Brand new Macbook Air M2 15 Inch 16 GB

I found that I liked the Intel Macbook Air 2019 13 inch laptop.
It was enough to give the new M2 Macbook Air a shot. I was very suprised when I tried one out at the Apple store, to find that I liked the 15 inch size as well.
The only thing I wish was that they kept the very slip slanted build fo the intel 2019 version.

The first thing I noticed was when I opened the Macbook, it instantly turned on without me pressing any buttons.
The speed to get to the OS surpasses any x64 laptop I have tried.

I originally looked into possibly buying the Asus Zenbook 14, with its Ultra I7 which was suppose to get around 12 to 14 hours of battery life.
Being a life long user of Windows, I have to say, the familiarity was what has held me to it.

The only side effect is that Microsoft has not gotten down the whole standby thing, meaning I cant put the laptop in my bag and have it actually maintain battery life for very long.
This might change with the ARM version of Windows 11 laptops, but I just can't say those really make me excited.
This brings me to the battery life of this 15 inch Macbook Air. I could not believe that I used my unit for 2 hours and only lost 2 percent of battery life.
That is some sort of hoodoo for sure because I had never seen that before.
Few days later, I left the laptop in a new laptop bag that I purchased and I am amazed to say that it only lost 6 percent battery life while not in operation.
This unheard of for me.

I also got an excellent green leather sleeve that is designed specifically for this laptop.
Of course it is green

The laptop build quality easily surpases any X64 based laptop I have ever used. The all metal body feels very premium.
The keyboard is also a joy to use, with a very nice travel and very professional feeling touch. I actually can type a lot faster on this, it is almost like they did a lot of research to make sure that it types the way it does.
The touch pad is also one of the best I have ever used and it is the largest one I have seen as well. Glass touchpads are amazing.
The screen is gorgeous and the body is so slim, even though it is larger than the 13 inch older version, it still has a smaller footprint than most x64 laptops.

I ended up getting the 16 gig version with 256 gigs of SSD space. I have to say I did hesitate with the size of the HD, but after using this, I have no regrets. Definitely and excellent purchase even not understanding how the operating system works, I do enjoy it. I also didn't mind missing the 10 key because that would have increased the size of the unit. I guess if I really needed one I could purchase a 10 key add on.

I did end up installing Windows 11 Arm with free Fusion Pro from Vmware, since Broadcom bought them out.
I feel like it runs better than an intel based laptop though I could not install SQL Server 2014.
Wasn't meant to work with Arm CPUs. There is suppose to be a way to install SQL with docker but decided Microsoft RDP would do the trick running from Mac.

Another thing I miss is being able to RDP into my laptop. Macs use VNC which is ok but requires installation of another software for microsoft and doesnt support clipboard copying.
There is a software called Nuords that installed RDP capability to the laptop and works really well except that sleep mode causes problems.
Laptop has to be open or a program called Amphetamine has to installed to prevent the laptop from going to sleep and I dont like that idea.
So VNC it is and it works for the most part, can even access the laptop remotely if I ever need to in a pinch. Just have to plug the laptop in which I prefer to have the laptop with me.

Overall, I will check back when I have used the laptop more and give additional input on it as a Windows user.