Why are you trolling in a Mac group? A Mac is a GREAT investment which will last for YEARS unlike any Windows laptop.

current MacBook Air is all you need for these things…

It’ll be far more prtected in a backpack than having a risk of dropping so there’s one way to look at it. Most damage when in backpacks are when it’s in there too tight in between books and such or when a backpack gets casually dropped to the ground or tossed into the corner when you plop it down after lugging it around so you’ll just want to make sure t’s in it’s own sleeve or pocket when in the back pack and no pressure put on it by books and such and don’t forget it’s in there when tossing backpack down. I put my M1 14" in a zippered and padded case and then slide that into the dedicated laptop/tablet etc. pocket of the backpack if it has one, most do… and at the bottom of that pocket I put in a folded piece of this compressed presentation board that’s I cut and folded and taped with black gorilla tape making a 5" tall hollo square reinforcing pocket type of thing… it keeps things from squishing the pocket if that makes sense so it fits in there kinda loose and it’s harder for books and such to compress against it. Might be overkill but I LOVE my 14" protected as I spent 2300.00 on it plus applecare and tax when it first released.

congrats! great little medium end machine that’ll do more than many think. there’s always an upgrade so don’t worry about it if anyone says you should have got the pro or whatever. this thing will rock for many years

You shouldn’t be having noticable issues with a machine with these specs if everything is running correctly. It should be damn smooth and fast in fact. You might have a hung app or process running and chewing up resources. Have you opened activity monitor to check for anything eating up a lot of CPU or RAM? Have you tried the PRAM reset process? Do them both. Also shut down machine. Press and HOLD The power button until it says it’s booting into diagnostics mode , (can’t remember the exact verbiage) then when in that mode open disk utility from the menu bar… Run disk first aid in the actual SSD AND the volume. (Make sure in disk first aid that the pull down says show all volumes,). Hope this makes sense… If it doesn’t show it had issues and the PRAM reset process doesn’t help then take it to Apple because this machine should definitely not be feeling noticeably slow, even in light to medium Photoshop type stuff it should do pretty well. It sounds like something is stuck in memory or there’s a factory issue that needs resolved because wow this is not a workhorse machine, with that M2 processor you should still be able to do some pretty productive high to medium high type workload without it feeling super sluggish like you said it is. That definitely does not sound right at all. And you have AppleCare so it shouldn’t cost much if anything for Apple to diagnose it and fix it. At worst case maybe a small copay of 50 bucks or whatever but you should be able to run Photoshop and illustrator and whatnot on that M2 air just fine. Even some high-end work should be doable without feeling too much of a slowing down. Have you installed malwarebytes for Mac and ran it? Max can and do get malware quite often now so you could have some malware even so it wouldn’t hurt to try that either

That’s something only you can truly answer . If you need money sure. I wouldn’t otherwise and I’d definitely keep the REAL OS over a portable IS all day long but it depends on what you’re going to need it to do once the other one is sold and gone.

LOL! Seriously,? I think you’ll be ok. You bumped it on something obv and didn’t realize. This isn’t even noticeable and no one looks at the side anyway especially can’t see it much on a darker color either

They won’t honor it. You’ve used literally 1% of your battery. Apple will say it’s 100% normal and probably laugh after you leave the store. There’s nothing wrong with it lol. Relax bruh, you’re not doing yourself any favors here. See the downvote? They mean something…

WTF are you on? This is 100% spot on for the cycle count. You don’t understand that batteries degrade over time and usage do you? Is your car battery the same one as when it was new? Flashlight batteries original to purchase date? No… They need replaced when they degrade from being used… Just use the machine, replace battery when it no longer charges or acts up.

Completely normal. You’ve used 10% of the 1000 cycle rating and it’s dropped it 1% You’ll be fine. Purchase date has little to do with this. It’s how many cycles it’s been discharged and charged. Mileage will vary …

People are waaaaaay over concerned about their Mac batteries. I use my computer, it’ll need a new battery someday. I’ll buy a new battery when that day comes. Did you think that it wouldn’t drop as time goes on. Just use the machine however you do, and enjoy.

That’s up to you. They’re identical except for the screen size so if you’re talking about the same exact configuration just a bigger screen that’s something only you can answer. I like the 13-in but more importantly my 14-in MacBook Pro better than both of those it’s the perfect screen I feel and has the higher resolution :-) but if I was buying one today I would go with the 13-in because if I’m having a laptop with me I’m all about portability and the 15-in if you fly a lot isn’t the greatest experience flying coach on a airplane using a tray table. It’s not horrible but the 13 in is much easier and lighter to pack around

I use goof off. Just get a paper towel and put about a tiny half cap worth in one little spot on the paper towel and then use your index finger to rub that on the sticker residue and it’ll come right off. You’ll probably have to do it several times but it does take it off really well without pulling up the paint or finish whatsoever. I’ve done it on a ton of Macs and windows manufacturer laptops and tablets etc. Don’t use it on the screen obviously but to get sticker residue off the housing it’s completely safe won’t leave a mark whatsoever and it works awesome.