I honestly, truly cannot believe this thread... There is always something people can complain about.... Seriously...🤦♂️
sure you can pick up it one handed open but you won't be holding to for long like thatIt's funny, as my 15" Air is now my everyday remote work computer, coming from a 16" MacBook Pro that it replaced, I am still amazed, a couple of week in, at how light it feels in comparison, and how easy it is to grab and pickup with one hand and go from room to room. Yet, to some, it's too heavy...
I’m with you here. The “Air” branding bugs me because it has inconsistent meaning across the lineup.I've been using it for two weeks. I think it's a great machine. I wouldn't be asking myself if it's a bit too heavy if they'd named it MacBook rather than MacBook Air. After 13 years of using an Air, the name really doesn't fit.
Versus the MBP line I believe the Air nomenclature is a good fit for Apple's thin & light notebook line. The odd one out was the now discontinued 12" Retina MacBook.I've been using it for two weeks. I think it's a great machine. I wouldn't be asking myself if it's a bit too heavy if they'd named it MacBook rather than MacBook Air. After 13 years of using an Air, the name really doesn't fit.
Marketing plain and simple. Many likely over purchase for no reason other than the marketing and that's the game...What I don’t understand is why we are using a modifier like “Air” (or even “Pro” i guess) when there is nothing simply called “MacBook” anymore.
It’s like the weird period when there was a HomePod Mini… but no HomePod
A “mini” version of something that doesn’t exist
Just like a “Pro” and “Air” version of a “MacBook”, which isn’t a current product.
(Of course there was a HomePod before and ultimately one came back, and there have been MacBooks, but not for a relatively long time now)
I think the MBA15 would have been a perfect machine to call just “MacBook”
If there’s one machine and size I’d recommend to a general buyer, it’s the MBA15..
That power class and that screen size are a superb “every persons general do it all computer”
Does any of this naming stuff ultimately matter?
Not really. Just weird and at times confusing
Lol
Is exactly why Apple is a three trillion $ company, smartest marketing by a wide margin. Break both down to your needs and keep the winner...tough decision to send my MBA 15 back or keep my14 MBP, both beautiful machines and highly capable for my basic to moderate needs. Why does apple make it so tough![]()
haha apple psychologist they have? Larger screen is nice, but then again the screen is nicer on the 14!Is exactly why Apple is a three trillion $ company, smartest marketing by a wide margin. Break both down to your needs and keep the winner...
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Then buy a 14" MBP if that's a factor for you. Apple's portables have always had the advantage with display technology. Even the base M1 Air was better than the majority of PC laptops.haha apple psychologist they have? Larger screen is nice, but then again the screen is nicer on the 14!
That's an interesting interpretation. I interpret this thread differently. I think people are expressing their own feelings and preferences about the new product. Only they are expressing it without the self-righteous disbelief that some people are using to express their feelings and preferences about this thread.I honestly, truly cannot believe this thread... There is always something people can complain about.... Seriously...🤦♂️
I share your reaction.Why does apple make it so tough
My favorite is the 8 GB vs 16 GB discussions. That has been talked to death with people expressing their opinion, based on their use, which has almost zero correlation to the person asking the question, such question having been repeated dozens of times.If Apple made it easy, many of the threads at MacRumors (such as the many 15" MBA vs. the 14" MBP ones) would be moot!
The two lines could be merged soon. But they won't.
I’d wager 99% of Mac users don’t care about any of this.Exactly right
The ASi is so good, that the "Pro" vs "not Pro" distinctions are really mostly just forced for marketing and upsell reasons.
It's a shame. Someone more visionary than Tim should really re-jigger how they approach all these product and price points eventually.
Whatever the "cost" would be, the machine I want, they don't offer simply because of their marketing approach to all this -- and that's a 15" MBA, but with a ProMotion screen
I'd really like to see BTO optionality on core features like that.
PC laptops have offered that sort of upgrade at purchase, on key components, forever
Sometime in the past few years I stopped carrying the charger for phone or Laptop (air). I no longer had range anxiety. And it’s generally been fine.… Rare is the individual who would travel with the laptop and not bring the charger too...
That 15" air with 120hz could be 2-3 years away.It's a shame. Someone more visionary than Tim should really re-jigger how they approach all these product and price points eventually.
Whatever the "cost" would be, the machine I want, they don't offer simply because of their marketing approach to all this -- and that's a 15" MBA, but with a ProMotion screen
Why regret silver?Got mien today.
It's wonderfully light compared to my 2018 MBP 15-inch.
I regret getting silver, but that's another thing. But it's wonderful to hold.