It is now 6 months since I purchased my Macbook Air with the M2 chip and afterwards added the magic mouse. So I thought I would do an update on my experiences with it since then.
When I first got it I purchased a guide to it as I thought it would come in use as it would be so different to any other system and laptop that I had used before. It is true the keyboard layout is slightly different and takes some getting used to, those differences are minor and actually make more sense than a windows laptop key board does. The touch pad is larger and I have found it easier to use because of that.
I like to use a mouse as I find it easier to do so, it is just a personal thing. I had a wired USB.C mouse which I used at first and that wasn't very practical. I then went and got a Blue Tooth mouse, which was for the money, about £50:00 very good, apart from a lag when doing things. It works fine with a Windows set up but not really that good with the Apple set up.
MAGIC MOUSE
It is quite costly to get a Magic Mouse, by Apple £99:00 at the time of my writing this, I think I got mine for £97:00 when I purchased it from my official Apple supplier and some may bulk at the price. (You can find it cheaper if you search on line, the only thing about that is, if anything goes wrong it may be harder to get help.) My personal thoughts are, that from experience I have tended to go through a few mice while keeping the same system so may have spent as much.
I find the Magic Mouse great to use. I didn't have to do any set up with it as it just connected and was ready to use. I have fairly large hands and while some say that, that makes it harder to use, I haven't found it so. Without a wheel and two parts as other mice have, I have found it easier to scroll up and down and to right and left click. There are many other things it does, which I don't really use, or haven't up to now.
Other
I am still discovering things that I can do, for example cleaning up the desktop using Stacks and the more I discover the better I like the system, which at the moment is Ventura 13.5.1 and I really have not want to change it at all as it works so well. I have added a virus scanner, which I learnt was important to do and would like to see that included within the OS which at present it isn't.
I have gone through all the major internet browsers to find an alternative to Safari which comes with Ventura and while they work well, I have gone back to using Safari each time, because it is a very good browser and I am still finding things out about it.
6th month conclusion
In all honesty, the only conclusion that I can give is that the Macbook Air is just great and suits me very well indeed. I almost want to say that I am in love with it, which is probably closer to the truth. Talking to others who have Macbooks they do feel the same way and while you may use another laptop, it is just a matter of using it because you have to not because you want to do and that is the real difference for me.
At this stage I will say this, I may not have to buy another laptop, but if I do then it will be another Apple one and if the Macbook Air is around at the time then it will a Macbook Air.
