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2022 MacBook Air Again Rumored to Feature Mini-LED Display
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I keep thinking I’d rather have a keyboard color-matched to the machine, the way the iMac does it, with a darker shade and a lighter shade in different places.
But then I think that might be too much. But I also think a black keyboard and deck would clash hard with those soft pastel colors.
Here we go again with the white bezel debate.. White bezels are nothing new for Apple, they have done it several times for several models. iBooks, iMacs and MacBooks have had white bezels, it's nothing new. Now, I do think that the notch itself should be black so it blends better full screen apps.
You are not in the minority. You are in the minority of the most vocal MR commenters but they do not represent the real world.
Well, I kinda like it, and next time I buy a mac it will be this model, not the pro. Would I prefer a space grey (or bolder, darker colors) with black bezels? Yeah of course, but I already know this will follow the line of the new iMac and I personally like that machine.
Apple needs to remember a lot of business people buy the MBA because it's all the power they need and drops easily into a brief case, and is great for travel. But a Hello Kitty MBA is a no-no in a business meeting. They need to have silver or grey or black.
11" iPad Pro very likely. MacBook Air probably, but I think no ProMotion for Air
The bezels don’t look too bad white with those machines. Toss in a notch and then the bezels cause attention to themselves.
I think the render of this MacBook Air looks better, more modern and unique than the latest MacBook Pro models. The thinner profile definitely has an appeal that makes the latest MBP’s seem like they’re from 2006. I get why Apple designed the cases the way they did for internal packaging benefits, but they seem chunky in a bad way, imho.
Yeah I do think the MBP re-design is very regurgitated, yeah the screen is nice etc… but the chassis has pretty much been done before it’s nothing special.
They basically have just reverted to an old design, old port selection, with new internals and new screen tech, basically just fixed where the MBP went wrong and calling it innovation.
I’m in the market for a new Macbook to replace my MacBook 12” 2017. Upcoming Macbook Air would have been ideal, but these white bezels would be a deal breaker for me. From a personal standpoint I just find them distracting and black bezels frame content so much better imo. If they do indeed go ahead with these white bezels then I may go for a discounted M1 Macbook Air
I understand why the white bezels would be polarizing on this forum, but I don’t think the vast majority of people will care one way or the other. The average consumer just wants a thin and light machine to get their stuff done, and that will overcome any kind of preference for bezel color.
I will say that I personally don’t mind the white bezels; the way they are shown in the renders looks really good IMO. These will sell like crazy, just like they have always. If these end up having ProMotion, I will buy it day one. I’m not expecting they will do that since Apple is clearly marketing ProMotion as a feature for their “pro” machines but that would really be awesome.
I will say that I personally don’t mind the white bezels; the way they are shown in the renders looks really good IMO. These will sell like crazy, just like they have always. If these end up having ProMotion, I will buy it day one. I’m not expecting they will do that since Apple is clearly marketing ProMotion as a feature for their “pro” machines but that would really be awesome.
There’s no way they’re gonna do the white bezels *and* the notch. I feel like they’re gonna pick one or the other.
Way to kill my buzz. I thought I had a slam-dunk comment, and you just crushed it.
Will they leave the logo off of the lid so that it will take on that movie set prop look like the iMac? A generic, mass-built machine for OEMs to slap their logo on? An Apple logo in the contrasting color of each iMac color would have completed the design. Not sure what they were thinking or trying to do by leaving it off the chin. I hope the new MacBook Air will not adopt the iMac's design style. I am hoping that there is an iMac Pro that will adopt the new MacBook Pro design and MacBook Air's to follow. There needs to be a happy medium - something in between the current MacBook Pro's, and these rumored happy-fun colored Airs with white bezels.
Yep like they used to do with iPhones/ iPads. The space grey got a black bezel with silver/ gold/ rose gold getting white. Gives everyone the option without bumping up the number of SKUs enormously.
I don’t think it’s a good idea to remove the bezel on a tablet. You need a certain amount of space for thumbs. Even now, if you are holding it with one hand and trying to scroll with another, it can trigger 2 finger gestures by mistake unless you are careful about where your thumbs are.
They have the low end 13” MBP. They could make a low end 14” with an M2 processor, the larger screen and extra ports and sell it in a similar price point.