No M3, no buy
The M2 was such a minor improvement over M1. I'm not buying a 3 year old chip.
The M2 was such a minor improvement over M1. I'm not buying a 3 year old chip.
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15-Inch MacBook Air With M2-Like Chip Spotted in Developer Logs
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This rumor says that the development unit seen in the stats was running macOS 14. If it RELEASES with macOS 14, then it will ship late September or early October, which means that it won't be announced at WWDC.
But WWDC could happen if it releases with macOS 13.x It's a mystery wrapped in an enigma.
But WWDC could happen if it releases with macOS 13.x It's a mystery wrapped in an enigma.
M2 or M3 is irrelevant for me. I’ll buy the 15” MBA when it comes out. With my 20% discount it will be more than worth it
M3? Don't care.
Just want 16GB RAM and 512GB storage as base
Just want 16GB RAM and 512GB storage as base
There's some real fortune-telling right there. Are we supposed to believe they are working on an M3 13" MBA alongside an M2 15" MBA??? What other way would they update the 13"?
This is all random wide-net Gurman nonsense as usual. If they are making both a 15" MBA and a new 13" MBA, they are probably both M3. If it's only a 15", then it might just be M2.
I wouldn’t underestimate how much thinness and a little wider body will make it feel lighter though. Just like how two individuals who are the same weight will look much different depending on their height.
If I am thinking clearly, I believe the 14” Pro also has a taller aspect ratio than the M2 Air, so I’d expect the 15” Air to feel noticeably wider.
If I want a 15 inch MBA with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB storage, that’ll easily push it over $2,000 right?
At that point I don’t think it’s worth it. Sorry. Too expensive for me.
At that point I don’t think it’s worth it. Sorry. Too expensive for me.
The older 2021 16" MBP with 16GB Ram/512GB storage is selling at BB for $1999 USD. The same in 14" is $1599 USD. Both use mini-LED displays, 6 speaker audio.
M2 like 🧐. Was expecting it to have M3. Hopefully it will have M3 and it will be announced at WWDC.
What if the “updated” 13” Air is still the old M2 Air but now…comes in colors?
“It comes in colours in the Air, oh everywhere, it comes in colours..”
(wishing they use the Rolling Stone song again just like they did for the iMac G3)
Colors were rumored for the M2 Air to begin with..what if they waited for the 15” to make a fresh re-launch of the Airs with both the 13” and the 15” coming in colors…Apple does this sort of things, every spring we get an “updated” (with a big marketing push to make it look like it’s new) iPhone in a new color..
I hope this will be the one.
I am not too happy with my 16" MBP M1 - overall it's a solid work beast, of course, but totally lacking the magic of the MBA M1, which is crazy fast, tiny, and lasts forever on battery. The 16" M1 Pro is too big, and the XDR screen burns through battery like no tomorrow, the display lid gets hot regularly because it's consuming so much power, battery life is average, and it's absolutely massive - wide, deep, thick - which I don't appreciate either.
The biggest and maybe only fail on the 16" MBP is the XDR display. The display is thick, hot, and uses all my battery, for ... yeah it looks better than LCD but not by a margin that would make all these mobility trade-offs worth it.
Apple's sales of macs are down 40%, which is above the industry average.
At the same time they have the ugliest lineup of laptops ever.
Macs prior to the design change of the new MBA and MBP M1 were slick - they were the slickest looking laptops by far. Now, a lot of PCs are thinner, smaller, and more high tech than the mac... which is now large and solid. So I think we went too far back from the Jony Ive inspired obsession with thinness - the pendulum had to swing back, it was over the top, but we now have a bunch of fat laptops that don't look good next to others.
M1 MacBook Air looks so much better than M2, it's not even funny. The M2 looks like a 13" MacBook Pro now, size-wise, it's not thin, not light. In terms of specs, yeah they measure thickness without the huge feet. But in terms of visual appeal, it's fat. The first fat MacBook Air ever.
Even iPhones have never been uglier, starting with the 12. 13 and 14, are all ugly as sin and indistinguishable from any high end Android.
Apple's lost the design touch. They need Jony Ive back.
I am not too happy with my 16" MBP M1 - overall it's a solid work beast, of course, but totally lacking the magic of the MBA M1, which is crazy fast, tiny, and lasts forever on battery. The 16" M1 Pro is too big, and the XDR screen burns through battery like no tomorrow, the display lid gets hot regularly because it's consuming so much power, battery life is average, and it's absolutely massive - wide, deep, thick - which I don't appreciate either.
The biggest and maybe only fail on the 16" MBP is the XDR display. The display is thick, hot, and uses all my battery, for ... yeah it looks better than LCD but not by a margin that would make all these mobility trade-offs worth it.
Apple's sales of macs are down 40%, which is above the industry average.
At the same time they have the ugliest lineup of laptops ever.
Macs prior to the design change of the new MBA and MBP M1 were slick - they were the slickest looking laptops by far. Now, a lot of PCs are thinner, smaller, and more high tech than the mac... which is now large and solid. So I think we went too far back from the Jony Ive inspired obsession with thinness - the pendulum had to swing back, it was over the top, but we now have a bunch of fat laptops that don't look good next to others.
M1 MacBook Air looks so much better than M2, it's not even funny. The M2 looks like a 13" MacBook Pro now, size-wise, it's not thin, not light. In terms of specs, yeah they measure thickness without the huge feet. But in terms of visual appeal, it's fat. The first fat MacBook Air ever.
Even iPhones have never been uglier, starting with the 12. 13 and 14, are all ugly as sin and indistinguishable from any high end Android.
Apple's lost the design touch. They need Jony Ive back.
Absolutely not. Jony Ive was a minimalism disaster.
It always baffled me why there wasn't a 15" MacBook Air released 12 years ago. Why the need to force people (perhaps even the majority) to buy smaller screens than they'd like to have? Because Apple think they knew better or because it drove some extra traffic towards the top end MacBook Pros?
Either way, better late than never, I guess. Perhaps the longest overdue upgrade in computing history.
Edit: Of course it's doomed to have the ugly boxy look of the M2 Air rather than the classic good looking tapered design, and it'll probably cost as much as a 15" Pro did a couple of years back.
Edit 2: It'll also be cursed with a ****ing notch, too, and one that doesn't even contain bloody Face ID. After decades of giving us unusable webcams, I don't think I've had a single web call or Zoom meeting using the in monitor junk Apple give us since the inception of the webcam. A pity they couldn't just offer a webcam and notch free version
Either way, better late than never, I guess. Perhaps the longest overdue upgrade in computing history.
Edit: Of course it's doomed to have the ugly boxy look of the M2 Air rather than the classic good looking tapered design, and it'll probably cost as much as a 15" Pro did a couple of years back.
Edit 2: It'll also be cursed with a ****ing notch, too, and one that doesn't even contain bloody Face ID. After decades of giving us unusable webcams, I don't think I've had a single web call or Zoom meeting using the in monitor junk Apple give us since the inception of the webcam. A pity they couldn't just offer a webcam and notch free version
because back then Apple wasnt samsung to have every single dimensionIt always baffled me why there wasn't a 15" MacBook Air released 12 years ago. Why the need to force people (perhaps even the majority) to buy smaller screens than they'd like to have? Because Apple think they knew better or because it drove some extra traffic towards the top end MacBook Pros?
Either way, better late than never, I guess. Perhaps the longest overdue upgrade in computing history.
Edit: Of course it's doomed to have the ugly boxy look of the M2 Air rather than the classic good looking tapered design, and it'll probably cost as much as a 15" Pro did a couple of years back.
But its good when you have choices i guess
8GB base memory still? That means $200 to upgrade to 16GB.
And the base model will have the slow 256GB SSD too.
Oh, Apple....
With M3, the base M3 Max and Ultra will have slow SSD too.
They offered 3 screen sizes, and they reserved the largest for the MacBook Pro. They hardly avoided offering the MacBook Air in a larger size to avoid offering "every single dimension".
Look I’m probably wrong… but, I think there’s still a chance for it to release with M3. Mark says this one’s going to have an 8 core cpu and a 10 core gpu? That seems pretty on par with the MacBook Air pattern.
M1 Air 8 cpu 7 gpu
M2 Air 8 cpu 8 gpu
M3 Air 8 cpu 10 gpu
Or maybe, and this seems less likely to me…
M1 Air 8 cpu 7 gpu
M2 Air 8 cpu 8 gpu
M3 Air 13 inch 8 cpu 9 gpu
M3 Air 15 inch 8 cpu 10 gpu
It makes no sense to upgrade the 13 inch without a new chip. Also they have 3nm chips being manufactured sure they could be for iPhone 15 but they have a while to build stock for that. On top of that unless they do it with no announcement I can’t imagine they release them before wwdc. And a 15 inch MacBook Air seems very fit for an announcement.
My other theory is it’s sticking with M2 and we get a new color. We had those rumored colors maybe we get a new color. Maybe the red from the iPhone 15
M1 Air 8 cpu 7 gpu
M2 Air 8 cpu 8 gpu
M3 Air 8 cpu 10 gpu
Or maybe, and this seems less likely to me…
M1 Air 8 cpu 7 gpu
M2 Air 8 cpu 8 gpu
M3 Air 13 inch 8 cpu 9 gpu
M3 Air 15 inch 8 cpu 10 gpu
It makes no sense to upgrade the 13 inch without a new chip. Also they have 3nm chips being manufactured sure they could be for iPhone 15 but they have a while to build stock for that. On top of that unless they do it with no announcement I can’t imagine they release them before wwdc. And a 15 inch MacBook Air seems very fit for an announcement.
My other theory is it’s sticking with M2 and we get a new color. We had those rumored colors maybe we get a new color. Maybe the red from the iPhone 15
How well will this kind of machine run on an external monitor?
I've never done that before, and don't know much about it, because I have both an old iMac and an old MacBook Air.
But I can see a pathway where I can consolidate around one laptop. And, because of the screen size, this is the laptop I'm considering.
Will this output as nicely as a MacBook Pro? My understanding is, at present, an Air can't power a multi-monitor setup - but that's the main limitation I'm aware of.
Thanks.
I've never done that before, and don't know much about it, because I have both an old iMac and an old MacBook Air.
But I can see a pathway where I can consolidate around one laptop. And, because of the screen size, this is the laptop I'm considering.
Will this output as nicely as a MacBook Pro? My understanding is, at present, an Air can't power a multi-monitor setup - but that's the main limitation I'm aware of.
Thanks.
The 256GB SSD is even more embarrassing than the 8GB RAM, for a product that's likely to cost £1,600...
There was a 20 month gap between M1 and M2. We are 9 months into the M2 generation now, and Apple has yet to update 1/3 of the Mac lineup. So absent any evidence that Apple is increasing their release cadence, I would expect M3 to come out in early 2024. The rest of 2023 will be spent with M2 versions of iMac, Mac Studio, Mac Pro, and the new MacBook Air 15" — which I’ll buy day one, even with the “old” chip.
The M2 is seen by some as a stop gap chip, and just a mild improvement on the M1. Hopefully it's not too long before the M3 and a more meaningful bit of progress