Do you take your 15" MacBook Air on the go?

[jdb8167]

I ran through Heathrow with the “aircraft carrier” as some people called the 17.

“Lunch tray”

 

[Peterrocks!]

Both the 13" and 15" are supremely portable. Pick up a laptop from 10 years ago and you'll realize just how portable these are. We didn't all have gym sessions back then for our laptops either, we just used them and carried them.

All the same, I prefer the 13". I'm getting older and considering the 15" for my next one but more likely I'll stick with 13". I'm out of the home about 5 night every two weeks and typically take my laptop with my in my backpack, and space is a bit of a premium. It's not a huge difference between the two though.

I have a second screen at home but rarely use it. The 13" is just fine for me.

In reality, both are super portable.

Nope. 2015 11” MBA is more portable than a 2024 13” MacBook “Air”, as is 2017 12” MacBook. I still use an 11” MBA for portability in addition to my home M1 MBA. M1 MBA is a boat.

 

[DeepSix]

Nope. 2015 11” MBA is more portable than a 2024 13” MacBook “Air”, as is 2017 12” MacBook. I still use an 11” MBA for portability in addition to my home M1 MBA. M1 MBA is a boat.

Air 13 is hardly a boat. 11" screen is too small too.

 

[G5isAlive]

Air 13 is hardly a boat. 11" screen is too small too.

aren't you the guy who said..

Yes. But if you have a larger laptop, you can't downsize unless you buy a smaller one. If I need to use a larger screen I just bring my 16" portable monitor along

so let me understand, to you, 11" is too small, 15" is too big, and 13" is the only size that makes any sense? You tell those that like the 15" they are wrong, and that like the 11" they are wrong, but 13...

shrugs. Like I have said, choice is good. I would never tell you that 13 was wrong for you.

 

[Howard2k]

Nope. 2015 11” MBA is more portable than a 2024 13” MacBook “Air”, as is 2017 12” MacBook. I still use an 11” MBA for portability in addition to my home M1 MBA. M1 MBA is a boat.

True, I should have said "in general" when talking about laptops from 10 years ago. The 12" MacBook was an exceptional device.