of its most impressive laptops it's ever made

其有史以來最令人印象深刻的筆記本電腦之一

with the M1 MacBook Air.

與M1 MacBook Air。

But as good as that machine was and still is,

但就像那臺機器過去和現在一樣好。

all of the advancements were on the inside.

所有的進步都在內部。

The outside of it was an old design

它的外部是一個古老的設計

that we've been familiar with for years.

這是我們多年來一直熟悉的。

Now, Apple has released a brand new Air

現在，蘋果公司已經發布了一個全新的Air

with a complete redesign that brings the outside

徹底的重新設計，將外面的

up to speed with how impressive the inside is.

迅速瞭解裡面的情況是多麼令人印象深刻。

Plus it's got the latest M2 chip

加上它有最新的M2芯片

for even better performance than before.

以獲得比以前更好的性能。

There are some buts, though,

不過，也有一些但是。

and the big one is this new Air is $200 more expensive

最重要的是，這款新空氣機的價格高出200美元。

than the older one, starting at 1199.

比老式的要好，起價1199。

Plus with the M1 Air still being produced,

再加上仍在生產的M1 Air。

you can find sales and deals on it quite easily

你可以很容易地找到它的銷售和交易

which pushes the price gap between the two even further

這使兩者之間的價格差距進一步拉大。

while the real world performance difference

而現實世界的性能差異

might not be as much as you might think.

可能沒有你想象的那麼多。

So let's dive in.

是以，讓我們深入瞭解一下。

(cool electronic music)

(很酷的電子音樂)

I'm here to tell you the wedge is gone.

我在這裡要告訴你，楔子已經消失了。

The new Air is the same thickness in the front

新空氣的前部厚度相同

as it is in the back.

因為它是在後面。

Some people might be bummed that Apple's moved away

有些人可能會對蘋果公司搬走的做法感到不快

from this iconic MacBook Air shape, but I'm not one of them.

從這個標誌性的MacBook Air形狀，但我不是他們中的一員。

I think this new design is fantastic

我認為這個新設計非常棒

and exactly what Apple needed to do.

也正是蘋果需要做的。

It's modern and sleek, and just really nice to look at.

它很現代，很圓滑，而且真的很好看。

That is, unless you get this new midnight color.

也就是說，除非你得到這種新的午夜色。

This new color is quite beautiful.

這種新顏色相當漂亮。

It's got a blue black finish that changes in the light

它有一個藍黑色的表面，在光線下會有變化。

but as soon as you touch it,

但只要你一接觸它。

it gets covered in nasty fingerprints.

它被覆蓋在討厭的指紋上。

And if you're anything like me, those will drive you batty.

如果你像我一樣，這些會讓你發瘋的。

Apple's far from the only company

蘋果遠遠不是唯一的公司

to face this problem on dark colored laptops.

在深色的筆記本電腦上面臨這個問題。

I'm looking at you Razor.

我在看著你，剃刀。

But if that's something that will bother you,

但如果這是會困擾你的事情。

go with one of the other colors.

搭配其他顏色。

I've also got the new silver gold starlight color here

我這裡也有新的銀金星光色

and it stays fingerprint free without issue.

而且它能保持無指紋，沒有問題。

Though the wedge shape is gone,

儘管楔形已經消失。

the new Air is remarkably thin.

新的Air非常薄。

In fact, it's even thinner than the older model.

事實上，它甚至比舊型號更薄。

It's hard to convey in words just how thin this computer is.

很難用語言來表達這臺電腦有多薄。

But as soon as you open it and start typing on it,

但當你打開它並開始在上面打字時。

you'll notice it.

你會注意到它。

The bottom half is barely thicker than an iPad.

下半部分幾乎不比iPad厚。

The new Air is also slightly lighter than the old one

新款Air也比舊款略輕。

at 2.7 pounds versus 2.8.

為2.7磅，而不是2.8磅。

Now this is far from the lightest computer you can buy,

現在，這遠不是你能買到的最輕的電腦。

but it's certainly light enough that toting it

但它肯定足夠輕，以至於攜帶它的人都不知道。

around wherever I need to go isn't a problem.

在我需要去的任何地方，都不是問題。

But since this is an Apple computer

但由於這是一臺蘋果電腦

we're talking about here, that thinner profile

我們在這裡談論的是，較薄的輪廓

and lighter weight doesn't make

和更輕的重量並不能使

the new Air feel flimsy or weak.

新的空氣感覺脆弱或無力。

It's just as well built and sturdy feeling

它的結構和堅固的感覺一樣好。

as the rest of Apple's MacBook line

與蘋果公司的其他MacBook產品線一樣

and I don't fish foresee any bending

而且我沒有預見任何彎曲的魚

or durability issues here.

或耐久性問題在這裡。

This is just a really nice computer to hold and use.

這只是一臺非常漂亮的電腦，可以拿著使用。

With this new design, Apple has basically changed

有了這個新設計，蘋果基本上改變了

every aspect of the Air right down

空氣的每一個方面，直到

to its ports and charging configuration.

到它的端口和充電配置。

It's got the resurrected MagSafe charging

它有復活的MagSafe充電技術。

that debuted on the MacBook pro 14 and 16 last year

去年在MacBook pro 14和16上首次亮相的

and it's just as nice here as it was there.

而且這裡和那裡一樣好。

You even get a color matched cable in the box.

你甚至可以在盒子裡得到一條顏色匹配的電纜。

Take that, MacBook Pro.

接招吧，MacBook Pro。

Since the Air can now charge over MagSafe,

由於Air現在可以通過MagSafe充電。

you effectively get an extra port because you don't have

你實際上得到了一個額外的端口，因為你沒有

to use one of the two Thunderbolt ports

使用兩個Thunderbolt端口中的一個

for charging anymore.

越來越多的人開始為充電而努力。

Though you can if you want.

雖然你可以，如果你想的話。

Unfortunately, it's still just two ports

不幸的是，它仍然只有兩個端口

and they are both on the left hand side.

而它們都在左手邊。

I'd really have loved some ports on the right side,

我真的很喜歡右邊的一些端口。

and while I know it would never happen,

雖然我知道這永遠不會發生。

a USBA port is still super useful

USBA端口仍然是超級有用的

in this, the 2022nd year of our dongle.

在今年，也就是我們當家作主的第2022年。

Alas, this USB hub is staying in my bag.

唉，這個USB集線器要留在我的包裡了。

Also Apple still limiting external displays

另外蘋果仍然限制外部顯示器

than just one here, so if you like to plug your laptop

筆記本，所以，如果你喜歡把你的筆記本插在這裡，那麼，你就可以把你的筆記本插在這裡，而不是在這裡。

into two monitors you'll need to step up

變成兩個顯示器，你就需要加強

to a 14 inch MacBook Pro or find some other work around.

到14英寸的MacBook Pro或找到一些其他的解決辦法。

Let's talk about chargers real quick

讓我們快速談談充電器的問題

because in a very uncharacteristic fashion,

因為以一種非常不正常的方式。

Apple's actually giving you a choice here.

蘋果在這裡實際上給了你一個選擇。

The base model Air comes at the same 30 watt USBC brick

基本型號的Air採用了相同的30瓦USBC磚。

we've been familiar with forever,

我們一直都很熟悉。

but if you get the step up model, you can choose

但如果你得到的是升級版模型，你可以選擇

between a 35 watt charger with two USBC ports on it

在一個35瓦的充電器上有兩個USBC端口之間。

or a larger 67 watt brick that has one port

或一個較大的67瓦特磚，有一個端口

and can fast charge the Air to 50% in about 30 minutes.

並能在大約30分鐘內將空氣快速充電至50%。

My review unit came with the two port charger

我的評測裝置帶有雙端口充電器

and it's fine, but I'd probably opt

而且它很好，但我可能會選擇

for the 67 watt brick for the ability to fast charge,

為67瓦特的磚，因為它能夠快速充電。

even though it's physically a little bigger.

儘管它在物理上要大一點。

With the Air plugged into the 35 watt charger,

將Air插在35瓦的充電器上。

it gained an average of about 25% battery in 30 minutes.

它在30分鐘內平均獲得了約25%的電量。

The bigger charger would be about twice as fast as that,

更大的充電器會比這快一倍左右。

and the 35 watt charger speed will drop

而35瓦的充電器速度會下降

to half of its already slower pace when I've got

當我有機會時，它已經慢了一半的速度。

my iPhone plugged into it at the same time.

我的iPhone也同時插在上面。

I wish that Apple had just put two ports

我希望蘋果只是把兩個端口

on the bigger brick, but there are a lot

較大的磚塊上，但有很多

of third party chargers that are smaller,

的第三方充電器更小。

faster, and cheaper than what Apple sells

更快，而且比蘋果公司銷售的產品更便宜

and they work just fine with the Air's MagSafe cable.

而且它們與Air的MagSafe電纜配合得很好。

If you look down at the Air's deck, you'll probably notice

如果你往下看空氣號的甲板，你可能會注意到

that it doesn't have any speaker grills

它沒有任何揚聲器柵欄

like virtually every other MacBook has.

就像幾乎所有其他MacBook都有的那樣。

Instead, the speakers are integrated

相反，揚聲器是集成的

between the keyboard and the display for a cleaner look.

在鍵盤和顯示器之間，有一個更乾淨的外觀。

There's four speakers in there,

裡面有四個揚聲器。

two woofers and two tweeters,

兩個低音炮和兩個高音炮。

and they support Apple's spatial audio technology.

而且它們支持蘋果的空間音頻技術。

The side by side against the M1 Air,

與M1空氣機的並肩作戰。

they sound a little bit better

他們的聲音好了一點

with maybe a little less hollow sounding

也許不那麼空洞的聲音

or echoey sound to them at full volume.

在全音量的情況下，它們會有回聲。

But the difference really isn't huge

但差別真的不是很大

or my ears are just old and I can't tell anymore

還是我的耳朵太老了，我已經分不清了

but I can tell you that they aren't on the level

但我可以告訴你，他們不在一個水平線上

of the MacBook Pro 14 or 16's, bassy, thumpy speakers

MacBook Pro 14或16的粗獷、厚重的揚聲器。

but they're still excellent for video calls,

但它們仍然是視頻通話的最佳選擇。

watching TV shows and movies,

觀看電視節目和電影。

or whatever else you might wanna listen

或其他你可能想聽的東西

to on a thin and light laptop like this.

在這樣一個輕薄的筆記本電腦上。

Plus, there's fortunately still a 3.5 millimeter

此外，幸運的是還有一個3.5毫米的

headphone jack for wired audio.

有線音頻的耳機插孔。

Last note on the design here, the branding.

關於這裡的設計，最後的說明是品牌的設計。

If you look closely and maybe if you have an older Air

如果你仔細觀察，也許如果你有一臺較舊的Air

to compare side by side, you'll notice that the Apple logo

並排比較，你會發現，蘋果的標誌

on the lid is about 30% bigger than before

盒蓋上的圖案比以前大了約30%。

but at the same time, the new Air doesn't have MacBook Air

但同時，新的Air沒有MacBook Air的功能。

printed anywhere on it.

在它的任何地方都印有。

It's not under the screen.

它不在螢幕下面。

It's not on the bound panel.

它不在綁定的面板上。

It's nowhere.

它無處不在。

You'll just have to trust me that this is in fact

你只需相信我，這實際上是

the new MacBook Air and not some other laptop model.

新的MacBook Air而不是其他型號的筆記本電腦。

The other big thing that comes

另一件大事是

with this new design is a brand new display.

這個新設計是一個全新的顯示屏。

It's a little bit bigger, 13.6 inches versus 13.3.

它有一點大，13.6英寸而不是13.3英寸。

But most of that is in the height

但這大部分都是在高度

as it's noticeably taller than before.

因為它明顯比以前高了。

There are also smaller bezels around the sides

側面也有較小的邊框

and top and bottom giving it a more modern feel.

和頂部和底部給人一種更現代的感覺。

It's also noticeably brighter than the older Air,

它也明顯比老款的Air更亮。

hitting 434 nits of peak brightness in my tests.

在我的測試中達到了434尼特的峰值亮度。

That makes it bright enough to use outdoors

這使得它的亮度足以在戶外使用。

and it's just more comfortable to look at all day long.

而且整天看著也比較舒服。

Makes the screen feel more roomy, less cramped,

使得螢幕感覺更寬敞，不那麼擁擠。

and just more comfortable to work on

而且工作起來更加舒適

without making the computer so much bigger or bulkier.

而不會使電腦變得更大或更笨重。

It is not as impressive as the mini LED screens

它不像迷你LED螢幕那樣令人印象深刻

you get on the MacBook Pro 14 or 16,

你在MacBook Pro 14或16上得到的。

but it's a certain improvement

但這是一種進步

over the old Air's display and better

比老款Air的顯示屏更好

than what you get on the 13 inch MacBook Pro M2.

比你在13英寸MacBook Pro M2上得到的更多。

But this display now comes with a notch

但這個顯示屏現在有了一個凹槽

just like the MacBook Pro 14 and 16.

就像MacBook Pro 14和16一樣。

Let me tell you, I hate the notch

讓我告訴你，我討厭這個缺口

on my own 14 inch Pro, and I hate it on this thing.

在我自己的14英寸Pro上，我討厭它在這個東西上。

It's not because it's ugly or distracting,

這並不是因為它醜陋或令人分心。

it's because it completely messes up

這是因為它完全搞砸了

how I use the menu bar on a Mac.

我是如何使用Mac上的菜單欄的。

See, I love menu bar apps.

看，我喜歡菜單欄應用程序。

I've got ones for clocks, calendars, tasks,

我有時鐘、日曆、任務的。

system monitoring, and a bunch of other utilities

系統監控，以及其他一些實用工具

but the notch takes up enough space that a lot

但這個缺口占據了足夠的空間，很多

of my menu bar apps just don't show up anymore.

我的菜單欄應用程序不再顯示了。

There are ironically other menu bar apps you can use

具有諷刺意味的是，你可以使用其他菜單欄應用程序

to make this workable, Bartender happens to work best

為了使其可行，Bartender恰好工作得最好

for my needs, but it's annoying that a third party app

滿足我的需求，但第三方應用程序的出現讓我很惱火。

is necessary to make Apple's own design usable here.

是使蘋果自己的設計在這裡可用的必要條件。

Fortunately, inside that notch is a new 1080P webcam

幸運的是，這個凹槽內有一個新的1080P網絡攝像頭

that's so much better than the crappy 720P camera

這比蹩腳的720P攝像頭要好得多

on the older Air models and the current M2 MacBook Pro.

在舊的Air機型和目前的M2 MacBook Pro上。

It's got better color, contrast, more detail.

它有更好的顏色，對比度，更多的細節。

It just really looks great for video calls.

它只是看起來真的很適合視頻通話。

While we're on the topic of video calls,

當我們談及視頻通話的話題時。

the MacBook Air's three mic array really sounds great.

MacBook Air的三個麥克風陣列聽起來真的很棒。

It's got great noise cancellation

它有很好的噪音消除功能

and clear audio, no complaints.

和清晰的音頻，沒有抱怨。

All right, that's all the new stuff on the outside

好了，這就是外面所有的新東西。

but Apple's also made some updates to the internals here.

但蘋果也對這裡的內部結構進行了一些更新。

My review unit is a $1,499 configuration

我的評論單元是一個1499美元的配置

with eight gigabytes of Ram and 512 gigs of storage.

有八千兆字節的內存和512兆字節的存儲。

It's probably the right spec for most people,

這可能是適合大多數人的規格。

which I'll get into in a bit.

這一點我稍後會講到。

The main update here is it has the new M2 arm chip

這裡的主要更新是它有新的M2手臂芯片

which is also in the MacBook Pro 13

這也在MacBook Pro 13中。

that Monica recently reviewed.

莫妮卡最近審查的。

In the base Air, it has eight CPU cores and eight GPU cores.

在基本的Air中，它有八個CPU核心和八個GPU核心。

In the model I've got here, it's got 10 GPU cores,

在我這裡得到的模型中，它有10個GPU核心。

same as the 13 inch Pro, and two more than you could get

與13英寸Pro相同，比你能得到的多兩個。

in the M1 air.

在M1的空氣中。

But while the Pro is a little thicker and has a fan,

但是，雖然Pro更厚一點，而且有一個風扇。

the Air is thin and sleek, and it doesn't have a fan.

Air很薄，很光滑，而且沒有風扇。

It's a perfectly silent computer, but the lack of fan

這是一臺完全靜音的電腦，但由於缺乏風扇

and thinner design makes the M2 chip

和更薄的設計使M2芯片

perform noticeably worse in benchmark testing.

在基準測試中表現明顯較差。

It doesn't really take much to get the system to throttle

其實不需要太多，就能讓系統節流。

back the power being sent to the chip,

芯片的功率被送回。

and slow its speeds down

並將其速度放慢

to keep temperatures manageable.

以保持溫度可控。

Here you could see the impact of that in our test results

在這裡，你可以在我們的測試結果中看到這種影響

of the multicourse in a bench 23 benchmark.

的多課程在一個基準23。

It also shows up in other stress tests

它也顯示在其他壓力測試中

like when we're using Premier Pro for video editing

就像我們在使用Premier Pro進行視頻編輯時一樣

or exporting a lot of raw photos from Lightroom.

或從Lightroom導出大量的原始照片。

The Air is just noticeably slower

空氣只是明顯地慢一些

at these things than the Pro.

在這些事情上比專業人員更有優勢。

The bottom of the computer also gets considerably

計算機的底部也得到了相當大的

warm doing these tests.

溫暖地做這些測試。

The other thing to be aware of is Apple confirmed

另一件需要注意的事情是，蘋果公司確認了

to me that the base 1199 model with 256 gigs of storage

在我看來，基本的1199型號有256G的存儲空間

has just one NAND storage chip,

只有一個NAND存儲芯片。

which makes its storage perform much slower

這使得其存儲性能更慢

when copying files or multitasking

在複製文件或進行多任務處理時

between a bunch of apps that models

一堆應用程序之間的模型

with the 512 gigs or more of storage,

擁有512G或更多的存儲空間。

which have two NAND chips.

其中有兩個NAND芯片。

It's even likely to be slower than the base model

它甚至可能比基本型號更慢

M1 Air storage because that used two chips.

M1空氣存儲，因為這使用了兩個芯片。

Now the new 13 inch Pro has the same problem

現在，新的13英寸Pro有同樣的問題

and we'll be testing the base Air just to see how

我們將測試基礎空氣，以瞭解如何

slow it is in practice.

在實踐中，它是緩慢的。