That's what I'm worried about. I'm sure I could get used to a white bezel or black it out with a skin or something, it just seems like such a terrible design choice especially now that dark mode is so prevalent.
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Kuo: Redesigned MacBook Air With Mini-LED Display and Several Color Options to Launch in Mid 2022
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You answered your own question, the pandemic
The pandemic and silicon shortages have made it difficult for many tech manufacturers to get stuff released and or supplied
Will it have touch now???
Or do I need to buy both a Mac and iPad because Apole wants the dollar bill yall?
Or do I need to buy both a Mac and iPad because Apole wants the dollar bill yall?
I don't know ... If you hold up a sheet of paper next to these they are still thicker than the paper.
It is a reflection of Steve Jobs' premise of a simplified product lineup. You have a base product for a category and a pro version. Air branding made sense when introduced but is cringe worthy when applied to a notebook that is not significantly lighter than the pro version.
I said it a little bit up but it’s worth repeating, 99% of the people who purchase the “consumer” level Apple products just don’t care at all about the bezel color.
The chip shortage is actually mostly affecting older 55nm-ish chips. Apple has been largely unaffected too, as they order in the kinds of quantities that gives them priority manufactuing status.You answered your own question, the pandemic
Shouldn't the word personality be in quotes, so we all catch the joke?
Totally agree - it’s what I thought when I first looked at the image of the stack of MBA’s in the article. These pastel colors are just too light, too feminine - maybe that’s not exactly the right word for it. They look too child-like. It’s not that I want the old dark grays, silver or black colors that we’ve lived with for the past 20 years, but I’d love to see a rich orange or even the dark greens and blues of the past iPhones, as options.
What does it matter if he's right or wrong in terms of this article. He's predicting these models to come out in mid 2022. We're currently in mid 2021. Nothing to get excited about. If anyone is excited over a baseline computer being released an entire year from now I think they need to find more exciting things in their life.
Yep, an entire year.
So there thinking , guessing, and who knows whatever else that the new and revised MBA is going to look like the MBP?
And colorful ?
WTF Apple. Those colors are hideous. Black, Aluminum, Space Grey
And colorful ?
WTF Apple. Those colors are hideous. Black, Aluminum, Space Grey
I'll take it. Exciting. Caveat, I came into Apple during the release of the iMacs and clamshell iBooks, so this is giving me all the feels.
I wonder if material MacBooks are made out of are difficult to get in bright pungent colors like the back of the M1 iMac? Or maybe not profitable for Apple? It would be amazing if you could chose between the lighter pastel metal colors or the bolder colors. Though the images of the new iMac don’t do it justice in real life. It’s no where near as “light” in real life. The color is really nice in person
Will be a great Macbook. With redesign and colours similar to iMac, it should sell really well.
Not correct. The iMac is still on delayed shipping. Order today for delivery in September. That's the base model. All the others are for late August shipping if you don't do CTO. Increase the ram and delivery is for September.
The launch date doesn't make sense. This will most likely be the cheapest laptop apple sell, so most likely the best selling, and it will fall in the back to school program promotion.
Don't apple usually get rid of old stock using the back to school promotion and launch a new laptop around October?
Don't apple usually get rid of old stock using the back to school promotion and launch a new laptop around October?
The 2020 M1 Air used the last intel Air chassis. Apple probably won't bother spending money in making extra new colors for it.
And if they put a white bezel around the screen like they did the new iMac I'm out.