preface
Apple brought a MacBook notebook with a new M2 computing and processing chip at the WWDC 2022 developer conference in June last year, and the Air series also got a piece of the pie; But the recently released MacBook Pro M2 seems to be suspected of using old abrasives and booed on the Internet.
The charging head network is also the first time to get the latest MacBook Pro M2, before also released an unboxing article, interested users can read, and today, will be compared with the MacBook Air M1 released in 2020, what is the difference in appearance, configuration and charging performance?
Product introduction
Think clearly, look at the appearance first.
Both Apple notebooks use a 13.3-inch IPS technology LED backlit display, with 2560×1600 pixels and P3 wide color gamut, in terms of official brightness, Air M1 is 100 nits less than the classic brightness of the Pro M2 screen; The keyboards are all scissor designs, and the Pro M2 keyboard has a Touch Bar on the top, and the trackpad area is larger than the Air.
In terms of interface configuration, both notebooks are equipped with two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports and a 3.5mm headphone interface on the right; although the positioning of the two notebooks is different, from the side, even under the same series, the Pro M2 body is obviously thicker.
Standard charger comparison
The power of the original charger that comes standard is also different.
Pro M2 is equipped with a 67W high-power charger as standard, and Air M1 is equipped with a 30W charger as standard, the parameters of the original charger will not be repeated here, the following will be charged to see if these two standard configurations can meet the charging needs.
Comparison of maximum charging power
The two notebooks are equipped with different chargers as standard, whether this means that the maximum charging power that the notebook can receive is the maximum charging power of the accompanying charger, let's take a look.
Use Apple's 96W charger to charge the MacBook Pro M2, the power is 19.96V 2.92A 58.34W, it seems that the notebook supports up to 60W charging power, and the standard 67W charger can fully meet its fast charging needs.
Coming to the MacBook Air M1, the MacBook Air M1 comes standard with a 30W charger, so this time we chose a higher power one to test. Use Apple's 140W gallium nitride charger to charge the MacBook Air M2, the power is 20.33V 2.31A 46.99W, the maximum charging power has reached 47W, it seems that the standard 30W charger does not reach this value.
Comparison of the whole charging process
Let's take a look at the data changes of the two laptops throughout the charging process.
This is the data of the whole process of charging the Macbook Pro M2 using the Apple 67W charger, the whole process is roughly divided into 4 stages, the power is around 57W before 15 minutes and 56 seconds, and then it begins to gradually decline; The power is about 38W in about 40 minutes to 49 minutes; The power then gradually drops to 32W, and finally ends with a charge of 2 hours and 16 minutes, with a maximum power of 57W.
Here the data of four chargers of different power to charge MacBook Pro M2 is plotted into a graph, from the curve can be seen that Apple's 20W charger charges Macbook Pro M2 for half an hour to charge 13%, 1 hour to charge 27%, and it takes about 4 hours and 08 minutes to fully charge; The Apple 30W charger can charge the Macbook Pro M2 21% in half an hour, charge 42% in 1 hour, and it takes about 2 hours and 59 minutes to fully charge.
From the figure, it is obvious that the Apple 67W charger and the Apple 140W charger trend is similar, they can charge more than 40% of the Macbook Pro M2 in half an hour, 1 hour, the two chargers charge the Macbook Pro M2 67% and 70% of the charge, and the full charge takes 2 hours and 10 minutes and 2 hours and 16 minutes respectively.
Let's look at the MacBook Air M1 charging data.
This is the data of the entire charging of the MacBook Air M1 using the standard Apple 30W charger, the power is at 28W input before 1 hour and 18 minutes, then starts to drop to 21W, and finally ends in 2 hours and 40 minutes of charging.
This is a graph of the data of Apple's five chargers of different power WieMacBook Air M1 charging process, and the overall gap is still very obvious. The first is the curve of the 20W charger, 33% of the charge in 1 hour, 65% in 2 hours, and it takes 3 hours and 28 minutes to fully charge, this charger standard on the iPad is still a little weak in the face of the MacBook Air.
As a standard 30W PD charger, it takes 26% to charge in half an hour, 52% to charge in 1 hour, and it takes 2 hours and 40 minutes to fully charge, but this is not the optimal solution. As can be seen from the graph, the charging curve of 67W, 96W, and 140W almost coincide, about 41% in half an hour, about 70% in 1 hour, and it takes about 2 hours and 18 minutes to fully charge, which is faster than the 30W PD charger that is standard with MacBook Air, especially in half an hour and 1 hour time point.
Charging head network summary
A brief look at the comparison between MacBook Air M1 and MacBook Pro M2 in terms of charging, although they are both 13.3-inch laptops, but one is Air, the other is Pro, the two product positioning is different, and the standard charger in the box is also different. The MacBook Air M1 comes standard with a 30W charger, while the MacBook Pro M2 comes standard with an Apple 67W charger.
The two laptops are also different in charging, MacBook Air M1 comes standard with a 30W charger, but supports 47W fast charging power; The MacBook Pro M2 comes standard with a 67W charger, but supports 60W of charging power. Pro is still Pro, and it is still full in terms of charging.
The standard charger can also directly reflect the data of the whole charging process, the measured 67W charger can fully meet the fast charging needs of MacBook Pro M2, even if the 140W gallium nitride charger is changed, the charging time is almost the same as 67W; The 30W charger has no way to meet the fast charging needs of the MacBook Air M1, and the more powerful charger can restore power to the MacBook Air M1 more quickly.