MacBook Air With M2
It might not be the most inventive pick, but the MacBook Air with the M2 processor is easily our favorite laptop of this year. It’s not for gaming or extended heavy workloads, but if the MacBook Air with M1 updated the Air line to feel appropriately modern inside, the M2 version keeps all of the same benefits and finally has an outside to match.
There’s a notch, yes, but the area around the notch finally opening up means thinner bezels and more screen real estate to work with, all without making the machine larger. The notch serves a good purpose, too, since it houses a 1080p webcam, which means no more fuzzy calls with coworkers. MagSafe charging returns to the Air’s left-hand side, and the bottom of the laptop is now flat rather than wedge-shaped, despite the laptop as a whole being thinner.
The function row’s keys are also full size, and there’s some new colorways. All in all, a professional looking and feeling device that makes older models feel ancient.
– Michelle Ehrhardt
