![]() (The 13-inch version base model Air has eight cores). Technically, the MacBook Air 15 should get more graphics performance than the base MacBook Air 13 M2, since it ships with ten graphics cores by default. But if you mostly work with video, you’ll get a lot out of the M2’s ProRes encoding engines–the Air 13 and Air 15 took about four and a half minutes to render a 3D image of a car in Blender. Their identical M2 processor is snappy for daily productivity and some light creative work. On paper, the MacBook Air 13 M2 and MacBook Air 15 have the same performance. The M2 processor on both the Air 13 and 15 sets them apart from their competitors. You also don’t need to worry about the aesthetics both laptops come in Starlight (a champagne color), Midnight (bluish black), Space Gray (a dark gray), and Silver. (But a fully decked out MacBook Air 15 costs $2,500, though, so consider the MacBook Pro 16 instead.) You can upgrade the base MacBook Air 13 to the same specs as the 15-inch version for $100, and add up to 24GB of memory and 2TB of storage on both versions. Meanwhile, the base MacBook Air 15 M2 starts at $1,299 with the same amount of memory and storage but has a 15-inch display and a 10-core graphics chip. It includes 8GB of memory, 256GB of storage, a 13-inch 2560 x 1664 Liquid Retina display, and an M2 processor with eight graphics cores. The base MacBook Air 13 M2 starts at $1,099-$100 cheaper than it was before the Air 15’s announcement. If you prefer to have your apps side by side and make the most of your display, the Air 15 is the better choice, but you can’t beat the Air 13’s portability.īuyers can anticipate to pay $200 more when it comes to the MacBook Air 15 which makes sense with the bigger display and M2 chip.Īside from the screen size and graphics processing, the M2 MacBooks come with the same configuration options. Whether you prefer to have 13 inches of screen real estate or 15 inches of it depends on you. However, most people will have their needs met with the MacBook Air models. If you need a display that can show HDR content as it was meant to be, you’ll still have to fork up for the MacBook Pro 14 or MacBook Pro 16, which are both HDR-certified or look at a Windows laptop with an OLED display like the Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED. They’re brighter than the original MacBook Air 13 M1’s display and on par with the MacBook Pro 13 M2. For the price, both laptops have some of the best screens you can get.īoth displays are stunning. Side by side, they also have similar display brightness (about 400 nits), 100% standard RGB and over 75% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage, and high contrast. The Air 13’s 2560 x 1664 display and the Air 15’s 2880 x 1864 display both have 224 pixels per square inch. The MacBook Air 13 and Air 15 have different display resolutions, but their pixel density is identical. The keyboard and trackpad are excellent, with flawless gesture tracking and keyboard inputs.īoth the Air 13 and 15 offer stunning visuals with identical pixel densities with an added bonus of the Liquid Retina Display that can support up to a billion colors. The extra drivers elevate the sound to a richer, fuller, louder profile on the Air 15 that obliterates most other laptop speakers.īoth laptops also have a fingerprint reader, 1080p webcam, two USB-C ports (which can be used to charge the battery), a 3.5mm headphone/microphone jack, and a MagSafe charging port. Because of the lack of a grille, the M2 Air 13 sounds more muffled than the M1 version, but it’s still better than most laptops out there. Despite the increase in length and width, the MacBook Air 15 is still 0.45 inches thick, making the Air 15 the thinnest 15-inch laptop on the market.īoth laptops have the same aluminum chassis design, but the Air 15’s extra space packs in two more speakers than the Air 13. Meanwhile, the larger MacBook Air comes with a 15-inch display, measures 13.5 x 9.5 inches, weighs 3.3 pounds, and also comes in the same four colors. The smaller MacBook Air comes with a 13-inch display, measures 12 x 8.5 inches, weighs 2.7 pounds, and comes in Starlight, Midnight, Space Grey, and Silver. ![]() When you put the MacBook Air 13 and 15 side by side, it would be impossible to tell them apart if it wasn’t for the size difference. Though the two both have a three-mic array, the Air 13 has a four-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio, while the Air 15 has a total of six.
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