Video Comparison: M1 MacBook Air vs. M2 MacBook Air
Apr 12, 2001 · Apple is selling the base M2 MacBook Air for $1,199 and the base M1 MacBook Air for $999, so is the M2 worth the extra money? For most people, yes. The M2 offers faster performance, a larger display, MagSafe, and Apple's latest design, which is worth the $200 premium if you can swing it.
When will Apple drop macOS support for M1 systems?
Mar 12, 2023 · After that, Apple doesn't guarantee to patch all security flaws on the older MacOS, but there are still some patches and maintenance releases. It will also take about two to three years until the newest apps start to require a newer Mac with a newer MacOS. Thus, M1 will be usable with the latest apps until 2030 at the very minimum.
Sequoia for Macbook Air M1 - MacRumors Forums
Oct 28, 2024 · Speaking for myself: I'm using an M1 Mac mini – a system similar to your MacBook Air – and I don't perceive a drop in performance; I intend to continue upgrading to new OS releases in the future. (I haven't yet installed OS 18.1, though, which sounds like something of a fundamental architecture shift with the big Apple Intelligence features.
What mouse works well with the M1 MacBook Air?
Jan 20, 2020 · defaults read -g com.apple.mouse.scaling which will show your current tracking speed (it will almost certainly be 3) To change this use defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling 5.0 which will set it to 5 - you can go to 7 as a maximum. I set mine to 5 which was great for me. You then need to restart the mac. It's reversible. It's all explained ...
M1 Air SSD speeds - MacRumors Forums
Mar 20, 2011 · I actually purchased both a 512 GB MacBook Air and a 1 TB MacBook Air this weekend. (I returned the 512 GB model.) Blackmagic results: 512 GB 2480.3 MB/s WRITE 2930.2 MB/s READ 1 TB 3039.6 MB/s WRITE 3012.3 MB/s READ I ran it a few times, and the numbers were a bit all over. The WRITE speed for the 512 GB laptop always seemed to be the lowest ...
MacBook Air M1 Performance Issues - MacRumors Forums
Jul 27, 2024 · I'm using a MacBook Air M1 base model and while I love using it, I've been running into some performance issues. Here’s what I’ve noticed: - Choppy Scrolling and Dropped Frames : When I scroll through some websites or documents, using the built-in trackpad or Magic Mouse, the scrolling can sometimes stutter and I notice dropped frames.
Stupid question, but do new M1 MacBook Airs have 1 NAND Chip?
Feb 19, 2022 · Depending on the manufacture date, your new M1 MacBook Air may or may not have dual NAND chip onboard For the basic 256 GB config. For 512GB and above, we should always have a machine with Multiple NAND chips.
Apple Silicon Soldered SSD Upgrade Thread - MacRumors Forums
Jan 30, 2024 · 2x KICM223 2TB config (for any standard M1 Mac, including MacBook Pro, Air, Mac Mini, etc. Tested and known working (courtesy of @gilles_polysoft) 4x KICM229 2TB config (for any M1 Pro/Max/Ultra system. Untested, but includes dumps of known-blank chips, which may be usable to revert a programmed KICM229 back to a "blank" state)
Apple M1 VP9/AV1 decoding? - MacRumors Forums
Oct 23, 2020 · "Device: MacBook Air with M1 chip, 8gb ram 256gb ssd in safari, for any video that is 8k 60fps, it's not playable, the video freezes constantly, other resolution works perfectly, including regular 8k which is not 60 fps, is this a bug or …
M1 Air with 16GB of RAM owners - MacRumors Forums
Nov 1, 2014 · I currently have the base M1 Air with 8GB of RAM that I use for streaming videos at night, mainly YouTube. I normally have about 10 tabs open with most of them being static pages and a couple YouTube tabs. I am very surprised by how much swap memory the machine is using, especially since the...