This is a major reach. If there's one thing that's true about Apple, it's that they do NOT cling to the past. This retreat to some of the old ports is rare, but the exception sort of proves the rule. They'll just do what they think needs to be done when it needs to be done. You really think they're going to keep the current design forever just because "Air = wedge shaped" or some nonsense, or is this just a troll?
Really hope this new design is called the “MacBook” and the new “MacBook Air” is the M2 version of the 12” MacBook, which I know and love (and still own). The 12” MacBook should become the “Air” design moving forward, albeit with larger, 13” display and reduced bezels. If they make a portable like that with 15 hours of battery life, it will sell like hotcakes. I’ll then trade in my Intel version and all will be right with the world…
Another person who doesn’t understand the marketing, concept or industrial design behind the original MACBOOK AIR … emphasis on the word “AIR”. Branding and industrial design newbies…class is dismissed.
That's the same thing you already said. I just don't get what makes you think the MacBook Air has to be wedge shaped. The thicker part of the wedge is legacy anyway--it was a concession in thickness to accommodate battery capacity and thermals. The M1 Air is simply a retrofitted 2019 Air with Apple Silicon. The wedge is going away soon.
Because the wedge shape is the defining design that made this laptop an AIR. The thickness of the laptop was defined by the height of the MagSafe charger/ USB/ ports in the rear and became thinner towards the front. Want to keep the laptop the same height as a MagSafe charger slot ? Okay! Be my guest….I guarantee you it will NOT be thinner than the wedge shape from the older designs. Class is dismissed.
I guess I just don't care. I'm not spending more energy on this.
I am starting to doubt it as well. At first I thought it was going to have a white notch, but now I am starting to think otherwise... For instance, a white bezel with a black notch. Ugly? Then how about this: The bezels will have the accent color of the MacBook (with a notch equally colored, of course).
I’m pretty sure it will be more expensive. We’re on an inflation situation where the money is losing value (and I am not talking only about the USA, I am from Europe and the Euro is losing value as well) and there is more demand of goods than supply of goods. So prices will only go up.
How about a Product (RED) case and bezel? That would be intense.
I think the entry-level M2 model will be about the same as the M1. There are exceptions, but Apple tends to keep the entry-level prices on new models about the same as those of what they replace. And an M2, while a newer generation than the M1, will still be their lowest-end Mac processor.
This isnt how it has worked in the past. When Apple releases a new model MBA, they generally bump the price a couple of hundred bucks. Then, over time, they bring the price back down to the magical $999.
M1 is the family of processors or die size of 5nm. M2 will probably be 4nm (possibly 3nm but less likely) The actual models vary the amount of CPU/GPU cores and the clock speed so they can be anything Apple wants them to be especially if "speed improvements" is the most specific metric we are hearing right now. Apple won't spend time comparing MacBook Air to anything other the previous MacBook Air so it's easy to believe that this 2022 MacBook Air will be a little faster and last even longer than the previous generation.
Nope, what I wrote seems to be just how it generally worked in the past. From the data I found, 2018 (which introduced the Retina monitor) was the one exception to the general rule that Apple keeps the entry-level prices about the same as (or less than) the previous generation's.
