....officially launches July 15th [ confirming the rumor posted last week ].....


Apple Announces MacBook Air With M2 Chip Available to Order Starting July 8, Launches July 15

....Apple today announced that the new MacBook Air equipped with the M2 chip will be available to order starting Friday, July 8 at 5 a.m. Pacific Time. Apple said deliveries to customers and in-store availability will begin Friday, July 15.

MacRumors exclusively reported that Apple planned to launch the new MacBook Air on July 15, and the date has now been confirmed by Apple. Customers will be able to order the MacBook Air via Apple.com or the Apple Store app.

The new MacBook Air has been redesigned with a slightly larger 13.6-inch display, a notch, flatter edges, and new Starlight and Midnight color options. The notebook features MagSafe charging, an upgraded 1080p camera, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a 3.5mm headphone jack with support for high-impedance headphones, four speakers, and more.

Apple says the M2 chip has up to an 18% faster CPU, up to a 35% faster GPU, and up to a 40% faster Neural Engine compared to the M1 chip. With the M2 chip, the MacBook Air can be configured with up to 24GB of unified memory, whereas the M1 chip supports a maximum 16GB of memory. The notebook is available with up to a 2TB SSD.

Pricing for the new MacBook Air starts at $1,199 in the United States. The previous-generation MacBook Air with the M1 chip remains available for $999.


release date.............confirmed........?!

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That is a really compelling offering. I bought my wife an Air a LONG time ago and she just upgraded last year to an M1 Air. There was nothing wrong with her old computer. It still worked fine and handled everything she needed. The battery still had plenty of life too, but the M1 was noticeably quicker and the battery seems to last about 8 hours, which is incredible to me.

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This is going to be the best selling Mac ever. It's probably the ideal computer for me as a daily driver, but I'll probably end up getting a 14" or 16" M1 Pro...or if I can wait long enough, one of the M2 successors.

We'll hear a lot of nonsense about the 256GB M2 Air having the same "slow" SSD speed as the 13" M2 Pro, but no one purchasing the 256GB model would ever notice the difference.

We'll hear a lot of nonsense about the 256GB M2 Air having the same "slow" SSD speed as the 13" M2 Pro, but no one purchasing the 256GB model would ever notice the difference.


I've only seen one or two mentions of Apple using a slower SSD for the M2 Air.

Is this a cost savings or a marketing strategy (not that cost savings isn't a marketing strategy)?

There probably won't be a 'faster storage' upgrade option.

At this point, I think the faster CPU is almost irrelevant compared to a faster GPU.

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I know someone ready to order this. He will be quite excited for the news.

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