Price: £1,200/$1,200
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The MacBook Air released in 2022 is the direct replacement to the MacBook Air of 2020 and, while it looks incredibly similar to its predecessor, it has been redesigned and is now powered by a more powerful M2 CPU chip, rather than 2020’s M1. The base package includes an Apple M2 chip with 8‐core CPU, 16‐core Neural Engine powerbox which can be upgraded to a 10-core GPU for an additional cost. It also ships with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD storage as standard, but photographers and other creatives will almost certainly want to get at least 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD storage, with the option to then run libraries of images off an external hard drive via USB-C.
The magic behind the MacBook Air
