2013 macbook air redesign

[Carouser]

good designs can be made better.

1) Apple knows that 'design' isn't the same thing as appearance
2) Excellent designs often can't be made better
3) It's very hard to improve on a design regardless

The 'drop the bezel' is an excellent case study in this. It ignores the function the bezel has in terms of perception (it's a break between the screen foreground and whatever is in the background), in terms of structure (it keeps the Mac from breaking, basically), and in terms of handling (you can move the screen easily without thinking about where you can and can't put your fingers).

The same applies to the call for 'no more aluminum because it's not distinctive'. This ignores aluminum's properties in terms of heat, strength, weight, appearance, the ability to machine it, how it feels in the hand, cost, and what it connotes.

This isn't being defensive, it's being capable of distinguishing between "I think I want X" and "X is a good idea for Apple".

 

[misterquin]

Everyone in this thread saying

"I can't imagine how they would change it."

"I can't imagine any way to improve it's current design."

The same could be said of the iPhone 4, and the previous Macbook Air, and the Mac mini, and the iMac, and the current Macbook Pro.

My point is that there will be a redesign. I understand if you feel that 2013 is too soon, and considering how Apple has been treating refreshes and updates of their products, I don't anticipate a redesign so soon either.

But to say there isn't a way to improve the product is to ignore Apple's unending pursuit of perfection, and to ignore their history of somehow finding a way of making spectacularly designed products seem obsolete with a simple redesign.