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thinks about the M2 Air and M2 Pro drones in terms of their features, performance, and value for money.

The weight and portability of laptops are the major characteristics that come up more often in Reddit threads and YouTube comments. The MacBook Air weighs 2.7 pounds, while the MacBook Pro weighs 3.5 pounds, and a thickness difference of around 0.17 inches. The lightweightness the Air offers pays off as you move around from place to place, and some people prioritize portability over performance.

The article discusses the importance of RAM and storage capacity for different types of users, especially for those who use their laptops for professional purposes like photography, video work, programming, and music production. It also highlights the impact of RAM and storage on the performance of apps and the need to future-proof oneself while making an upgrade.

The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have different physical features such as displays, ports, speakers, webcams, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules, thermals, and battery life. Although they have almost identical design language, the ports and the bottom of the chassis are different.

The MacBook Pro has HDMI 2.1 port that supports 4K displays at 240Hz and Thunderbolt 4 that allows connecting up to two external displays. The MacBook Air has only two USB 4 ports with Thunderbolt 3 backwards compatibility, which means only one external display can be connected at a time.

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The MacBook Air has an IPS liquid Retina Display running at 60 hertz, while the MacBook Pro has a mini LED 120 hertz promotion display. Promotion is a great feature, but if it doesn't matter to you, the IPS liquid retina panel still looks great and delivers the same SDR brightness at 500 nits as the MacBook Pro.

The difference between the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air is only in design, with the Pro having a black anodized aluminum keyboard deck. However, both laptops have the same keyboard and trackpad, with the trackpad surface being the same size on both models. The author personally feels that the Pro's keyboard and trackpad feel and sound different, but this may not be the case for everyone.

The speakers on the 14-inch MacBook Pro are better than the M2 Airs, with a high fidelity six-speaker sound system and Force canceling woofers. The M2 Pro also has a better mic array with studio quality 3 microarray with high signal to noise ratio and directional beam forming.

The author compares the webcams of two laptops and notes that they look very similar with a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, but the image signal processor computes the images slightly differently due to the M2 chips.

The MacBook Air has good thermals and stays cool during regular workloads, but can get warm when doing tasks such as editing on Photoshop or playing with xcode. It may eventually thermal throttle under certain workloads, but it did not during a massive xcode build test.

The narrator tests the performance of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro by running multiple business apps such as PowerPoint, Excel, Mozilla Firefox, and PDFs. Both laptops handle the workflow smoothly, and the MacBook Air performs just as well as the MacBook Pro, making it a suitable upgrade for people with less intensive workflows. The narrator also mentions the difference between Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 and 5.0.

The battery life of the M2 Pro and M2 Air varies depending on the user's workload. Both laptops perform similarly and can deliver up to 18 hours of battery life, but heavy usage can reduce the battery life to around 6 hours on the Pro. The Air, being a productivity laptop, can deliver better hours, averaging around 13 to 14 hours of use.

The author suggests that everyone has their own unique workflows and battery life behaves differently. They recommend checking out the Apple refurbished program to save money on devices and suggest that the M1 MacBook Air is the best laptop ever made to date. They also advise sticking to the M2 air if you don't need a lot of power and making a decision on whether or not 16 gigabytes of RAM and 512 gigabytes of storage is a must for you.