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Gurman: Apple to Announce 15-Inch MacBook Air at WWDC
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It would be great if it had MagSafe but I'd bet the 15" Air will be a 13" Air with a larger screen and nominally larger battery to keep battery life in the same range while keeping weight as low as possible.
Agree !
As for the base config , I'm 97% sure it will be 8gb of ram
Storage might increase, probably 75% chances of keeping 256gb tho lol
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
and why do we have to keep listening to the same rumors from Gurman? that we all ready seen like 1,000 times buy now can't wait to see when Gurman gets a wrong and the 15" dos not come at WWDC
I don't see how a 15" Macbook air slots into the product lineup.
8/10 core 16gb/512gb 13" Macbook Air is $1699
10/16 core 16gb/512gb 14" Macbook Pro is $1999
I'm going to assume that a 15" Macbook Air will be $200 more than a 13" one so it really doesn't leave much space before you're just better off buying a 14" Macbook Pro.
Would you pay $1899 for a 16/512 15" Macbook Air and not just upgrade to the $1999 Pro? If you're shopping at the budget end of Apple laptops why not use that extra $200 to double your memory or storage (from the very paltry 8gb or 256gb).
8/10 core 16gb/512gb 13" Macbook Air is $1699
10/16 core 16gb/512gb 14" Macbook Pro is $1999
I'm going to assume that a 15" Macbook Air will be $200 more than a 13" one so it really doesn't leave much space before you're just better off buying a 14" Macbook Pro.
Would you pay $1899 for a 16/512 15" Macbook Air and not just upgrade to the $1999 Pro? If you're shopping at the budget end of Apple laptops why not use that extra $200 to double your memory or storage (from the very paltry 8gb or 256gb).
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I agree. I think Apple has boxed themselves in with the price hike vs. the M1 Air. They'd have room to make the Air pricing make more sense if they dropped the base 13" Air back down to $999.
If we are lucky, there will only be one software announcement this year:
We will be focusing on fixing bugs this year to improve our customer experience with macOS.
The 13" MBA M2 has MagSafe, so I expect the 15" to also have it.
My bad. I didn't realize the 13" M2 MBA had MagSafe.
"Larger than life"?? Please.
BTW, with every product that's mentioned on the front page, you always indicate you're going to buy it. You must have dozens of computers.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
You're thinking too deeply. Simplify for "average Joe:"
- The skinnier/lighter/cheaper ones come in 13" and 15" screen sizes.
- The thicker/heavier/more expensive pro ones come in 14" and 16" screen sizes.
Average Joe may not even be aware of M2 vs. M1 (and M3), SSD in one slot or two, etc. He'll simply be shopping for "an Apple laptop," more likely than not attracted to the cheaper ones (because price rules most of the consideration) and may only really be debating 13" vs. 15" because "I'm no pro user."
Pro/Power Joe will probably ignore the Air options because they need POWER, so they will only be considering the 14" and 16" options, loaded of course, because they need BTO maximization for "more power." Whether they actually use that full power much or not is beside the point. They'll see the Airs as relative toys.
Not so many will be thinking every model vs. every other model. Buyers will just split on price vs. "pro" and then have only 2 real choices (I'm mostly just dismissing MBpro 13" here).
As to all "would you pay just a little more for..." logic, that can get you all the way to a fully loaded MBpro. Apple hopes people are concerned with paying "only a little more" for a "bit more" Mac. There's lots of profit in pulling the purchase up for "a little more."
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Such a bummer it will ship with a 5nm chip. The M3, M4, M5, and M6 will all be next-gen 3nm chips, which will see massive graphics and, more importantly, energy management (and thus battery life) improvements.
Fair play to all those who will rush out to buy an M2 15MBA on Day 1. I've been wanting a 15-inch Air for over a decade now. But gonna wait another year, however, so mine isn't stuck on old 5nm tech.
Fair play to all those who will rush out to buy an M2 15MBA on Day 1. I've been wanting a 15-inch Air for over a decade now. But gonna wait another year, however, so mine isn't stuck on old 5nm tech.
What do you figure the average JOE is going to use the new over priced MBA 15" model with 24GB Ram and a 4 TB drive for?
If Apple releases a 15" MBA, it will be a "Pro" version and will have M3 Pro, a bigger battery and a couple extra TB ports. There is little to no chance Apple will release a new M2 computer this late in the M2 cycle. The 15" will become the flagship MBA and they are not going to handicap it out of the gate.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Or modern Apple could go the other way and JACK the pricing of the next iterations of MBpro to "fix" this problem. That's actually how I think these odd price conflicts will get resolved.
The Joes in the world would think too many laptop choices.
If anything would occur it’s a minor updated 13” M2 MBA and 13” M2 MBP to bring both the updated Bluetooth, the correct SSD installed without speed issue, and get rid of that 720 FaceTime camera the 13” MBP still has.
It sounds like it is going to be better than the $2000 MacBook with the M2 Pro chip at the base model, and be significantly cheaper. IUf they don't throttle the SSD and it comes with 156 GB of Ram, it will be the perfect MacBook.
Ross Young suggested panel production started in the first half of February, if this isn't available by June I'd really wonder what's going on with the manufacturing. Even iPhones don't have a 4 month initial production run & they move in much higher volumes!
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I'll hope with you but strongly doubt this scenario. 15" Air could be the "flagship" even if they re-use M1 (intentional). Why? Because Air sells best. The crowd that buys the most Macs are not nearly as hung up on the tech guts as "we" are. Does it work well? 15" vs. 13" screen size? Price?
Some of us here basically want MBpro power/guts/screen in a MBair case at MBair pricing. If we:
- demand MBpro powers/features, we should expect MBpro pricing.
- want MBair pricing, we should expect it to NOT have MBpro powers/features.
not a chance...15" Mba for a start will be fanless...M2 pro far better gpu and display and ports/support
I will add that Apple has evolved over time from one product category (laptops) into two product categories (MBA and MBP). So, expect that the product categories will evolve and overlap. MBA category will get a "Pro" version at some point. MBP category will likely get a new name.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Everyone is assuming the "cheaper" part. I haven't seen one rumor about new MBair pricing. If it really threatens MBpro territory on desirable features/power, I expect MBpro pricing (shock, in other words). And then I would expect the next MBpros to also shock with much higher pricing to resurrect the relative "bargain" of Air when compared to their pricing.
I won't be surprised if this 15" pricing is met with a whole lot of "better to just get the MBpro then..." on reveal.
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