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15.5-Inch MacBook Air Expected to Launch in Spring 2023
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Please stop purposely ignoring the point I’m making: you cannot simply pay $200 more to get the larger screen if you are going for the baseline specs.
You have to pay $500 more to get the 16”, and oh yeah by the way we at Apple believe you should have better specs processor, etc. because of course you want to give us more money for something you don’t necessarily need.
Yeah, I remember. That 17" was the best. I was so pissed off with Apple back then when they killed it because they couldn't drive that amount of pixels on the new retina screens.
This is what I was hoping for last summer.
There will be no hesitation. Will order as soon as they open for pre-orders.
My wife will take over the MBA M2 we bought when they released them and I will get the 15.5 inch version all those brilliant analysts thought was coming last summer.
There will be no hesitation. Will order as soon as they open for pre-orders.
My wife will take over the MBA M2 we bought when they released them and I will get the 15.5 inch version all those brilliant analysts thought was coming last summer.
Let's see what kind of physics magic Apple can put in here. People wanting a 13" Air with a bigger screen and more battery but no weight added? This will creep into 14" MBP territory in price and size. I know there are some people that want a 15" consumer laptop....but with Apple's prices, most of those people will still turn to Lenovo lol. I wouldn't be shocked if Apple requires the 10 Core GPU because TEH BIGGAR SCREEN. $1499 Base Price incoming with the paltry 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD
Wish this would have existed last year. I bought the 16" pro because I wanted the big screen but didn't really need all the cores. I did splurge on 32gb of ram and the 24 core gpu so maybe I'm being hypocritical, but looking back now I def don't need all that power.
For my 70yo mom also this 15.5" wayyyy better fits her needs.
For my 70yo mom also this 15.5" wayyyy better fits her needs.
This is what I'm most curious about. Honestly I'd probably rather save $200-$300 and use a standard LED panel if that was an option for basic use cases.
I'm guessing this is either because:
1. Non mini-LED panels have different supply chains or
2. There may be some yield/flaws with 16" panels where they can trim them down a bit to salvage them (I doubt it's this)
M2 PRO would be needed for it to have support for dual monitors?
(Can’t believe the ability to drive two monitors have to be in question in this day and age..)
(Can’t believe the ability to drive two monitors have to be in question in this day and age..)
I think it will be above 14" prices. There also was some rumor that the pro prices will increase too.
At the moment the Air is too expensive already relativ to the 14" pro. You get all the added features like screen, speakers, chips and if you spec it with the same RAM/SSD it almost comes out at the same price. Which does not make sense.
Personally I had a 14" for a while and it is awesome but I don't need the thickness and I so so wished there was an Air with a bigger screen. The 13.6" is a bit small and even 14" is a bit small but 16" is a monster. I care about the weight and keyboard all performance is perfectly enough on the Air.
15" with enough memory and as thin as the Air is perfect. A 120hz would be nice too but I can live without it.
Give it three (3) USB-C ports and the option to upgrade for mini-LED and watch this to become the best selling Mac ever. Sadly the latter is unlikely to happen but I would bet my money on that a lot of people would be willing to splurge an extra few hundred to get mini-LED over the regular display.
Mini led won't happen but there is also the OLED rumor, which would make that point moot. OLED would be thinner and lighter and surely endup in the Air. Kontrast would beat mini-LED, brightness might be lower.
There’s nothing “Air” about the Airs. Please just start calling them MacBooks! 😉
I think the lid thickness is driven by the notch camera and components not the display panel.
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Adding a larger MBA option is a natural expansion for the line and I can see it killing off the 13” MBP and becoming the mid-line laptop from Apple. Bigger than a base MBA so it could be ideal for general business use, but less powerful than the 14” or 16” MBP’s which cater to a more specialized user.
So OLED MacBook Airs will just lighter then… 👍🏻
No one expects (or desires) for the 15 inch to be the same weight as the 13 inch. What people are so excited about is the potential of a laptop as portable as the 14” MBP with a larger screen. 3.5 - 3.8 lbs is entirely reasonable and a huge improvement over a 4.7lb 16” MBP which is your only option now if you need the larger screen.
I think you’re probably right though that Apple will gimp the base model of this badly so users are forced to upgrade to the higher end model. If we’re very lucky they won’t force us to order BTO just to get >8gb of ram. But yeah. A reasonably specced 15” MBA is going to be expensive. Again though, this is for people who otherwise felt they needed to buy a 16” MBP. It will still be cheaper than that and if all you care about is the screen size that’s a huge win.
Your post is 100% correct my post is 100% correct it’s not difficult. Have a good day.
A small MBA with a lid that closes that protects the screen and a built in keyboard with trackpad is a lot more handy to use than a 12" iPad. I like and use iPads but people would diffidently buy them over iPads because of the MacOS vs iPadOS and not using a tablet case to protect the iPad.
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A little less Air, a little more Book.
I really don't need one, but I sure do want one.
I really don't need one, but I sure do want one.
That is all great, but if it doesn't have an SD card slot, but MagSafe and two usb c ports... just get a C port thumb drive for like $35 bucks and do the same thing. I know that's what I'm doing