

Most photographers will likely be running a combination of Adobe Lightroom Classic and Photoshop simultaneously (or other comparable software) in order to process batches of images and then finish them off before publishing or saving.
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Build and handlingĭespite having no vents underneath, the M2 MacBook Air manages to stay remarkably cool (Image credit: Future)īy comparison we did the same test on a Windows Dell which, although it’s now a few years old, our model has a 6-core Intel i9 CPU running at 2.9GHz, 32GB RAM and an SSD and it still took 2mins 34seconds - nearly a full minute longer. Consequently you don't really have to worry about charging it fully before heading out for the day or on location during a shoot, as we've yet to have our M2 Air run out of charge before completing crucial work. It will happily last all day doing basic image editing, while using it as a general laptop (browsing the internet and streaming videos online) sees it last at least a couple of days if not longer depending on how much it’s used throughout the day. It’s built for all-day use and that’s exactly what we get out of it in real-world use. The biometric fingerprint login is lightning fast and one of the best we’ve ever experienced on either a laptop, tablet, or smartphone and works consistently every time.

It shouldn’t really affect photographers and image editors too much because keyboard shortcuts form the foundation for editing, regardless of the inclusion of a touch bar, and professional image editors will have their own external controllers should they require them. This is good news for some and bad news for others. One of the major features to point out straight away on the Macbook Air M2 is that users won’t be getting the touch bar that the Macbook Pro has. We were concerned that it was going to be too big, expecting to trip up on it while typing or hitting keyboard shortcuts, but it fits almost perfectly, ending in the cleft of the palm. Almost identical in shape and size to the M1 version, the Macbook Air M2 has a large trackpad to make editing on the go easier and more precise.
