I just saw that Costco has the MBA for presell and is expected to ship between 7/15 and 7/22. Looks like they only have the 256 and 512 gb base models.
I ordered the 512 GB M2 Air in Space Gray (no customization) at 11 Central Time this morning, and it is supposed to arrive on July 15. I wonder if the delayed times have extra padding because of the continuing problems in international shipping? I hope Apple has decided to “under promise, over deliver” and that you will all get your computers earlier than the estimate.
I rarely order a model without customization, and it’s always a delay. The delays got shorter in the years leading up to the pandemic, but it all fell apart when China went into its lockdowns this year. The analyses I’ve read is that those late-winter/early-spring disruptions will be causing problems through the end of 2022 — and any further lockdowns will only extend it.
This laptop will be an experiment for me. It’s going to be mostly a personal machine, and I’ll be relying on iCloud to keep my data in sync. The trick will be in keeping customizations and app preferences in sync, too. The last time I tried this (back in the white MacBook era), I found the latter so frustrating that I gave up and switched to a 1-computer lifestyle.
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No way Steve Jobs would have ever let those old macbook pro boxes be shipped with an m2 sticker added to it. thats if he even would still be selling this…
I got a promotion (yay!) and my very cool new manager put me in for an equipment upgrade to a new M2 MBA for work, and today I was informed that I was selected!
I’m very happy with my personal M1 MBA that I occasionally use for work, so I was okay with not getting a new workstation, but now feeling very fortunate to get to work on a new M2 and put it through it’s paces.
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Please let us know how they compare. I won’t be upgrading anytime soon from my M1 MacBook Air, but I’m still curious about how much Apple has improved the Air with an M2 and a new design!
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Will do! I tried to option for the highest amount of RAM I could get, so we’ll see how it goes!
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The wait is killing me. 
There has been no progress in 4 days. 
Humor?
In the video he said upfront that he was deliberately running an extreme stress test (not real world example - meant for the target market) just to prove his point about thermal throttling which showed disappointing results.
He discussed 7 issues including:
- lowest model has only 1 chip so it has lower ssd read / write
- un-impressive exports compared to previous model
- Logic Pro X Track Count test: Less tracks before overload in M2 vs previous M1
- he said it looks like Apple is using lower downgraded quality SSD’s - that have lower performance during sustained writes…
- and more…
How is this humorous?