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Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
$999.00
Brand: Apple
Category: MacBook
  • Processor 3.5 GHz 8-core Apple M2 system-on-chip
  • Display 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology
  • RAM 8 GB, 16 GB or 24 GB
  • Storage 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB
  • Web Cam 1080p FaceTime HD camera
  • OS macOS
Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
Apple MacBook Air M2 2022 Technical Specifications

Product Brand: Apple

Editor's Rating:
8.5

Pros

  • Fast and powerful M2 processor
  • Slim and lightweight design
  • High-quality Retina display
  • Long battery life
  • Fast solid-state drive (SSD) storage
  • Two Thunderbolt 4 ports for high-speed data transfer and charging
  • High-quality built-in speakers and microphone
  • Improved FaceTime HD camera
  • Available in a variety of colors

Cons

  • Limited configuration options for RAM and storage
  • No touch screen or 2-in-1 design
  • No dedicated graphics card
  • No SD card slot or Ethernet port
  • Limited compatibility with some older software

On June 6, 2022, Apple announced a new MacBook Air based on the Apple M2 system on a chip. It incorporates several design elements from the fifth-generation MacBook Pro models, such as a flat, slab-shaped design, full-sized function keys, and a Liquid Retina display with rounded corners and a notch for a 1080p webcam.

Still, it retains the previous generation’s fanless design. It includes two combinations of Thunderbolt 3/USB 4 ports and adds MagSafe charging. The MacBook Air laptop with an M2 chip has:

  • 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;
    2560-by-1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch with
    support for 1 billion colors, Wide color (P3) and True Tone technology with 500 nits brightness
  • It has an 8GB unified memory, configurable to 16GB or 24GB during purchase.
  • The base internal memory is a 256GB SSD configurable to 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB during purchase.

TheApple MacBook Air laptop with M2 chip 2022 comes in four colors: midnight, starlight, space gray and silver.

Below are images of the Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) laptop in different color options.

  • Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) laptop midnight color
  • Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) laptop space gray color
  • Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) laptop starlight color
  • Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) laptop silver color
  • Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) laptop sideview
  • Apple MacBook Air with M2 chip, 2022 sideview

The Apple MacBook Air 2022 laptop with the M2 chip has 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking with Bluetooth 5.0 support. For internet calls or camera-related activities, there’s a 1080p FaceTime HD camera with an advanced image signal processor with computational video that makes FaceTime and other video calling enjoyable.

When it comes to sound or audio, the Apple MacBook Air 2022 with an M2 chip has a four-speaker sound system with wide stereo sound and support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos via the built-in speakers.

You can also use Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max. A three-mic array with directional beam forming makes the MacBook Air laptop 2022 with an M2 chip a good audio listener.

There’s also a 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones, making listening to audio via your preferred wired headphones easy.

You can view more detailed specifications for the MacBook Air 2022 laptop with an M2 chip on the technical specifications tab.

Full Technical Specifications

General

Device Type Laptop Computer
Released 06 June, 2022
Status Available
Predecessor Apple MacBook Air with M1 chip

Processor (CPU)

Processor Type Apple M2 chip
Processor Speed 3.49 GHz
Processor Cores Octa Core
Processor Cache L1 Cache: 192k+128k, 128k+64k x4*
L2/L3 Cache: 16 MB, 4 MB x4*

Details: Third-party software analysis has determined that the Apple M2 SoC in this model has a 192k+128k L1 cache per performance core and a 128k+64k L1 cache per efficiency core.

Each performance core reportedly also has a 16 MB L2 cache, and each efficiency core reportedly has a 4 MB L2 cache.
Base frequency 2.0 GHz
Turbo frequency 3.4 GHz
Threads 8
Fabrication process 5 nm
64-bit Computing
Processor Details Apple M2 chip

8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
8-core GPU
16-core Neural Engine
100GB/s memory bandwidth

Media engine

Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
Video decode engine
Video encode engine
ProRes encode and decode engine

Configurable to:

M2 with 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU
Benchmarks Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) - 1782
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) - 8197
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) - 1447
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) - 8120

Memory (RAM)

RAM 8 GB of unified in-package 128-bit 6400 MHz LPDDR5 SDRAM with up to 102.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth

Optional 16 GB or 24 GB at the time of purchase only.
RAM Type LPDDR5 SDRAM
RAM Speed 5200 MHz
RAM Max upto 24 GB
User Upgradable No

Storage

Storage Type Solid State Drive (SSD)
Storage Capacity 256GB
512GB
1024GB or 1TB
2048GB or 2TB
Technology PCIe
Channels 1x256 GB
User Upgradable No

Display Info

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) Liquid Retina display IPS LCD
Size 13.6-inch (diagonal)
Resolution 2560 x 1664 pixels
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. 1 billion colors
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. 225 PPI
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Aspect Ratio 16:10
Contrast 1384:1
sRGB color space 99.9%
Adobe RGB profile 87.6%
DCI-P3 color gamut 98.4%
Response time 29 ms
Max. brightness 500 nits brightness
Extras Wide colour (P3)
True Tone technology

Case

Height 1.13 cm (0.44 inch)
Width 30.41 cm (11.97 inch)
Depth 21.5 cm (8.46 inch)
Weight 1.24 kg (2.7 pounds)
Colors Silver, Starlight, Space Gray, Midnight
Area 654 cm2 (101.3 inch)
Screen-to-body ratio ~82%
Side bezels 5.6 mm
Opening angle 130°
Transformer No
Touch Screen No
Cooling system Passive
Material Aluminum

Graphics Card

GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. Apple M2 GPU (8-core or 10-core)
GPU Type Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm
TGP 15 W
GPU base clock 500 MHz
GPU boost clock 1456 MHz
FLOPS 3 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory type LPDDR5
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory speed 5.2 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 1024
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
GPU performance 3 TFLOPS

Operating System

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. Mac OS

Battery or Power Info

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. 52.6-watt‑hour
Placement Non-removable
Weight of AC adapter 174 / 189 gramm
Cable length 2 meters
Charge power 30 / 35 / 67 W
Charging port position Left
USB Power Delivery Yes
Fast charging Yes
Full charging time 2:30 hr

Multimedia Features

Audio Features Four-speaker sound system
Wide stereo sound
Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max
Three-mic array with directional beamforming
3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
Audio File Formats Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos
Video File Formats Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, and ProRes
HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG

Display Support Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colours and:

One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz

Thunderbolt 3 digital video output
Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output are supported using adapters (sold separately)
Speakers 2.2
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness 82.7 dB
Microphone 3

Connectivity Info

Bluetooth Features Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. v5
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. v6
Fingerprint Yes
Optical drive No

Input and Output

Keyboard and Trackpad Backlit Magic Keyboard with:

78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement
Touch ID
Ambient light sensor
Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures
USB-A No
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 3
HDMI HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. No
3.5mm Audio jack Yes
Display Port No
VGA No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
SD card reader No
Proprietary charging port Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes

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