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Apple’s M2 SoC has been out for a while, but are the new MacBook Air and Pro models living up to the hype? Or is it just a lot of hot Air?

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link:    • [Electro] - Laszlo - Supernova [Monst...  
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sup...
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link:    • Sugar High - Approaching Nirvana  
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Artist Link:    / approachingnirvana  

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa   / mbarek_abdel  
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:09 Apple's Cooling Solution (or lack thereof)
2:52 Thermal Testing
3:22 Design, IO and Charging
4:24 Storage
5:50 Benchmarking
7:27 Real World Workloads
8:25 Overall Performance Results
9:17 Battery Life
10:13 Concluding Thoughts on the Air
10:38 As for the Pro...
11:38 Final Thoughts