The screen is not an issue from my perspective. I have the screen on my M2 set to half its max brightness, and even though I have Pro Motion on my iPad and iPhone, I don't notice the difference when I use my Air. /shrug.
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Apple Announces New MacBook Air With M4 and 'Sky Blue' Color Option
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Dude, nobody is "hating". We're having a discussion around the product and disagreement with the state of the product and Apple's decisions doesn't equate to "hate".
RIP and fare thee well Space Gray - a decade of venerable service starting with the anorexic MacBook 12.
Sky Blue is just not a serious colour.
Sky Blue is just not a serious colour.
I respect your opinion and I'm glad you enjoy it. I have an M1 Pro and was ready with credit card in hand to buy an Air today..........if they gave it 120hz and increased the brightness. They didn't, so I'll wait another year. There's sub-$500 Windows laptops that have 120hz screens now, time for Apple to quit being cheap.
Sure, let's use the word negativism then, and not hate.
This is how Apple rolls. They with a little bit of extra love could gain a significant amount of customer goodwill, but they just don’t. Myself love the products but don’t care much for the way they do by
Business. I had a trade in debacle last fall that feels like they stole my money, and really they did. To recoup I am buying a MBA which while I want don’t necessarily need.
You are wishfully thinking they will upgrade the screens. Until they upgrade the MBP screens you will continue to see the same screens on MBA. The spec bump will probably disappoint as well since it could be an upgrade to 90Hz or maybe a waterdown oled.
Writing this on my Space Gray M1, which I love just a little bit more today.
Toilet Bowl Blue, or TBT for short - has a ring to it
VAT is just another name for sales tax; except it is included in the displayed price usually.
However, the G3 was too underpowered so the following year I replaced it with a grey G4 PowerBook Titanium. And all of a sudden, all those random women stopped talking to me.
Spray paint is your friend.
No. I doubt Apple really cares vs making the sale.
If it’s bourbon I prefer to view it as half a glass more of pleasure with my cigar.
Where’s the evidence that space gray is their most popular colour? Or is it just personal preference? I’d argue anyone wanting a dark air was buying the midnight instead. I only see midnight and silver out and about, with few exceptions of starlight but never space gray. Obviously that’s not scientific but empirical, but pretty sure wouldn’t discontinue the “most popular colour” in their most popular mac. Unlike us, they fave real evidence and numbers to back up their decision making.
I’m not the one who originally quoted about the hate, but it is refreshing to see the post the OP made. If you look at posts there is way more negativity than positivity including some of my posts.
Silver - timeless and classic!
No one is dying because of the old-fashioned displays but it’s perfectly fine to leave a comment to mention why you’re not getting the machine. It’s not to rain on anyone’s parade, it’s going to be a really sweet device for everyone not used to normal refresh rates, it’s just to signal that a lot of people would appreciate it if Apple would change their treatment of potential MBA customers and leaving a comment on a popular fan website is the easiest way to do that.
Well..I think it's time to finally upgrade my 2015 Intel Macbook Pro lol
I don't understand this line of thinking. Why continue to post/frequent a site that so clearly doesn't align with what you want? Apple isn't going to make things for the vocal minority (smaller phones) etc and many billions of people enjoy Apple products and are satisfied with the direction of the company. Why not move on to something that more aligns with your needs?
Midnight is basically navy blue. It is a very dark color with a blue tint. Space gray has mostly been varying shades of medium gray.
Sad, but not suprised, that this doesn’t have a nano-texture display option. I’d be happy with the decreased performance, for the decrease in weight and price, but now I’m leaning towards the Pro just to get that display.
😂😂😂😂 my first computer used an black and white TV for a display.
I bought an M2 last year and in checkout couldn’t decided and got starlight. When it arrived. I hated it. Basically looked like a urine stained silver. Took it to store and swapped it for actual silver.
No disagreement here, but I want them to release products that I want to buy and will bring them more success. Nobody is asking for them to reinvent the wheel, but the competition is eating their lunch if you care about displays. I bought one of the Asus Qualcomm Snapdragon X powered laptops last fall, it is as fast or faster than my MBP, has an OLED screen, same RAM, same storage, Windows Hello, $700.