The reason is that this new style has been updated from the outside to the inside, and today's protagonist is this product.
First of all, the appearance of the new MacBook Air has changed a lot.
The wedge-shaped design used in broadcasting for several years has been replaced by a more square shape. If you have the latest MacBook Pro, you must be familiar with this design.
Although the edge of the new Air looks thicker than the wedge design, in fact, its overall thickness has dropped to 1. 13cm, which is quite thin.
And its weight has also ushered in quot slimming quot, down to 1.24 kg, equivalent to the total weight of three and a half cans and 330 ml cola. Because it is thinner and lighter, the portability of the new Air has been strengthened again.
Because the positioning of air itself is a kind of thin book, such an upgrade is reasonable.
However, it is a little surprising that although the rumored colorful new air has not been launched, Apple has added new products quot starlight quot and quot midnight quot, which together with the traditional silver gray constitute four new air color schemes. Take away my starlight color. For example, the new color scheme is closer to light gold, and the overall look and feel is more introverted, which is also Apple's consistent color scheme.
Another huge change is that this generation of air has added a quot fruitquot element: bangs on the screen.
Because of the new quot bangsquot, the border of the new MacBook Air has been reduced, especially the top border, so you can get a stronger visual immersion. Although compared with the previous generation's 13 inch, the new Air 13.6 inch is limited in lifting, and the actual look and feel will be wider because of the narrowing of the border.
It is observed that the built-in front camera of this "Liu Hai" is usually embedded in the top status bar. When the content is displayed in full screen, the status bar will turn black uniformly, and there will be hidden quot bangsquot, which belongs to the Apple version of quot hidden wood quot.
Speaking of bangs, you can quot bypass the screen of fresh air.
In terms of parameters, this liquid retina display supports P3 wide color gamut and 1 100 million colors, and the highest brightness is 25% higher than the previous generation, reaching 500nit.
In fact, the resolution of the new Air is still very clear, the color reproduction is still very accurate, and it is friendly to adapt to high-resolution websites. After all, as a traditional art of Apple, such as color matching and retouching, Mac computers cover a wide range.
Simply put, the new Air is still one of the best screens in the notebook field.
In the portable positioning, the thin design is definitely enough, and the endurance is also one quot the important indicators. After my test, new Air consumes 5% power for playing 4K video for half an hour and 2% power for closing the screen 12 hour. This feature makes it quite durable. If you are in a dormitory, class or library, you should be able to meet your daily use without a charger.
This endurance performance mainly comes from this latest M2 chip, which was officially unveiled at this year's Apple WWDC. Its main parameters are 5nm process, equipped with 8-core CPU, and it supports up to 24GB unified memory.
In the performance test, M2 has a single-core running score of 1877 and a multi-core running score of 8933, which is better than the M 1 chip of the previous generation Air, but slightly inferior to the M 1 Pro configured by MacBook Pro and other models. In other words, it can be classified as an entry-level product of Apple's M-series chips together with M 1 chips. However, considering the overall strong performance and energy efficiency ratio of M-series chips, M2 is fully sufficient to meet the medium-sized professional needs.
For example, if I output 10 minutes of 4K material into 45GB 4K video, it only takes 3 minutes 1 1 sec. This performance is exaggerated, which is obviously ahead of my other iMac equipped with Intel Core i9. I also superimposed four pieces of 4K material in the editing software. From the time line, there will be no stagnation in the new air.
It is worth noting that the new MacBook Air has no built-in fan. Although it is quiet to use, if professional software is heated for a long time, its performance release will be weaker than that of MacBook Pro equipped with fans. So, if you have a heavy dem,
The new MacBook Air has also been upgraded to four speakers and even supports spatial audio.
In spatial audio, the sound is not emitted from a single position, but a stereo sound quality with more surround effect. For example, when new air is placed in front of me, I can feel the sound coming from various positions in front of me, but there will be corresponding requirements for playing the sound source. Users can listen to tracks with this effect in Apple Music.
In addition, compared with the previous generation 720p front camera, the new Air has also been upgraded to 1080p image quality.
The magnetic charging head will also return on the new MacBook Air.
In addition to avoiding the bump caused by pulling the charging cable to a certain extent, compared with the previous generation, there is one more interface to use under the premise of charging. However, in the face of the two thunder of the new Air, the interface docking station is still a necessary accessory.
So how do you evaluate this latest MacBook Air?
Compared with the previous generation of Air, the new MacBook Air has been upgraded in terms of volume, performance, battery life, sound quality and charging. Unlike the extreme professional tool positioning of MacBook Pro or Mac Studio, Air pursues a precise balance between performance and portability.
If your demand is mobile office, or the attraction of large-scale software has ended, then this more portable Mac will be very suitable. Because there is air, it is even more air.
However, compared with the previous generation, the starting price of the new MacBook Air has also increased by 1.500 yuan. If you have a plan to start it, your wallet will be more air friendly.
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