I still think bringing back the 12" MacBook — with at least two Thunderbolt ports, please! — would be an amazing product. I would buy one in an instant. It's still the best laptop I've ever owned.
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15-Inch MacBook Air Demand Reportedly 'Weaker Than Expected' So Far
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Oh, i know that some people want power and some people want portability. I was just arguing against an assumption that all/most people would reject a 15” Air because it is not as powerful as a Pro or as portable as a 13” Air.
I know people who feel that a 13” screen is too small and would like something bigger but don’t want to pay for a 16” MBP and have no need for that kind of power.
The issue of limited RAM and storage in base models goes back several years prior to the introduction of Apple Silicon. It’s part of how Apple extracts extra charges from its customers.
Hmm but I want it as bright as possible..Wait there are smaller increments:
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Apple is like pre Steve Job's era Apple.
too many products to choose from.
some one should wakeup and kill 50% of the products Apple is making now.
MBP Air would be good enough for 95% of the people.
they should offr just one pro model.
Half of what was forecast, particularly a forecast made before the downturn, could still be a lot of sales. Plus maybe people are waiting for the M3.
I agree it's disappointing they're nerfing all the base M-series chips to 2 displays total (so 2 externals for the base Mini, and 1 external for the Airs, 13" MBP, and iMac); there's no functional reason they couldn't support more.
Not following; the 15" is only $100 more than an equally-equipped 13".
BRING COLORS TO THE LINE!!!
Enough with having only these half dead office colors for them.
Orange, green, red, blue, yellow, BRIGHT, BRIGHT!
Enough with having only these half dead office colors for them.
Orange, green, red, blue, yellow, BRIGHT, BRIGHT!
What is wrong and confusing about having a consumer and professional line in two sizes each? Size is an important factor in a laptop and not everyone wants the same size.
The 13” MBP is not really a consumer product. Most reports suggest that it is mainly purchased by corporations who buy them in bulk to meet a specification and get a very good deal on them.
I find only Mac Studio which offer decent base model, almost the other lineup base config is quite meh with 8/256.
I've heard that, but never an explanation for why. Do the corporations care about the fan and Touch Bar? Or is it simply that Apple can offer the corporations a special deal on these because they need to use up the backstock for the old form factor?
My bad… I was referring to Mac sales in general, and how small upgrades can nearly double the cost of the computer. $1,299 is a good deal, until you’re paying out the ass for upgrades that you want. It’s a deterrent for people to upgrade.
For me personally, this is enough to make me not buy the laptop I want. When Apple reduces storage upgrade pricing in the future, all used Macs will suddenly drop in value by a significant margin. An $800 SSD today could cost $200 in October, but only if Apple decides to.
But, hell, this is an Apple forum. 90% of MacBook buyers probably don’t even keep this stuff in mind.
Yep, that's beyond apple tax, that's apple rob.
Yep, my old now almost retired windows 10 computer has that configuration is a core i5 4 gen. But here people still claim that 8/256 is more than enough for 99% of people 🧐
Funny how people make all these predictions and claims while not having a clue what Apple's own expectations are for this product.
Windows handle ram differently.
Sounds like you need glasses more than you need a new laptop
Come on.
A stick of 2TB WD SN850X went on sale at $89.99 last month on Amazon. It is a top class consumer gen4 NVMe SSD, its sequential performance is 4 to 5 times higher than what you get on a base 256GB M2 gen Mac due to Apple's single-NAND gimping issue. A good Thunderbolt enclosure these days can also cost just around $100, which reduces the SSD's speed by more than half but still better than Apple's base 256GB.
So literally, for the same $200 you can get 2TB of external storage where Apple offers you from 256GB to 512GB, for the same performance.
What difference is there between Windows and MacOS in terms of memory management?