tomtad
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Low-Cost MacBook Expected on March 4 in These Colors
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Correct.
macOS 26 will be the last OS to support Intel chips. MacOS 27 will be the last to include Rosetta2.
Still: there is no reason to believe the Mac with A chip will be treated any differently than the Mac with the M chip.
Both will lose access to Rosetta at the same time.
Mrkevinfinnerty
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Its not going to have a charging brick in the box is it? Maybe not even a cable.
It might just ship in a dusty old potato sack tbh...
It might just ship in a dusty old potato sack tbh...
Apple_Robert
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The MBA with 16GB runs MacOS 26 without any problems.
Apple_Robert
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It comes stock with the sack and the potato. You have to have the potato to run the MB. Think potato clock in science class. Those who wish to upgrade to faster charging can pay extra for the hamster and wheel accessory pack.
lazyrighteye
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It's good to see vibrant colors make their way back into the consumer lines. I always liked the era(s) where they distinguished consumer and prosumer based on color. I'm not sure any of us have access to such data, but I'd be curious to learn what colors Apple customers buy, on a per-product/category basis.
Hoping these new MacBooks draft off the current MBA design - which has been my fav Mac laptop design to date. My M2 MBA is ridiculously portable and shockingly capable. When leaving the house, I grab it 98% of the time over my M1 MBP. The latter is a ridiculously thick/heavy "portable" - harkening back to the old 17" MBPs.
Also curious to learn what is meant by "low-cost."
Hoping these new MacBooks draft off the current MBA design - which has been my fav Mac laptop design to date. My M2 MBA is ridiculously portable and shockingly capable. When leaving the house, I grab it 98% of the time over my M1 MBP. The latter is a ridiculously thick/heavy "portable" - harkening back to the old 17" MBPs.
Also curious to learn what is meant by "low-cost."
It's going to be neutered to only run Mac App Store programs and has only 8GB of memory all for $699. Epic failure, Tim Apple.
I'm not sure I understand your comment? Are you suggesting that the laptop won't be powerful enough to run anything more than that, or that Apple will come up with some new locked-down OS that only allows people to use Safair & the free iWork apps?
haha! Why do people keep saying that? It's like the third time in this thread that someone has made this comment.
There has NEVER been any report of this being some restricted form of Mac OS, nor has Apple ever offered a version of Mac OS on any device that does what you are suggesting.
It seems like people are just making stuff up to see if they can get a rise out of others. There is literally zero chance that what you are saying will happen.
haha! What advertising????? They haven't even announced the device yet. You're just making stuff up now.
So funny to see everyone dreaming of MacBook Pro specs when this is going to be apples version of a 200 buck chromebook. Perfect for education accounts to fleece taxpayers and probably all the computer 95 percent of the world really needs at the same time.
Apple_Robert
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The failure is with your post calling it a failure without any facts much less it hasn't been released or confirmed by Apple.
Apple_Robert
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I think the base will come with 8 / 128 and the buyer will be given the options to upgrade RAM and SSD. I think for those that do upgrade, it will be close to the base price of the current M4 MBA 16/512. I could be wrong. We shall find out soon enough.
Finally.
Base iPad equivalent among Macbooks. Hope its laminated.
True value to be seen in 1.5 years after.
Certainly many “look what this thing can do” moments are coming.
I am looking forward to this, been waiting long, not going to buy new. If(i/o are acceptable) if(os is full macOS) if(display is 12 inch and not chasi 12 inch) then used 2nd generation maybe 3rd. Lower price will be justified. Beware of resell value.
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Base iPad equivalent among Macbooks. Hope its laminated.
True value to be seen in 1.5 years after.
Certainly many “look what this thing can do” moments are coming.
I am looking forward to this, been waiting long, not going to buy new. If(i/o are acceptable) if(os is full macOS) if(display is 12 inch and not chasi 12 inch) then used 2nd generation maybe 3rd. Lower price will be justified. Beware of resell value.
Edit: spelling
Oops, my mistake! I was researching on Everymac and accidentally pulled up a weird BTO option. I knew the original Air was pricey but not that pricey.
Fair enough, I put in the wrong price.
Still I think my point stands: the Air has dropped in real-world price by not going up at all with inflation.
Everyone go home, @Apple_Robert has won the internet for today!
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M5e is a pretty clever idea: They could sell M5 chips that have more defects than they can tolerate for MacBook Air by significantly capping the number of CPU and GPU cores, amount of cache, and Neural Accelerator capacity. This could make the chips cheaper AND at the same time have them deliver M5 level single core performance.
Ok, forget the the two lenses at top and bottom of the logo, no iGlasses to be announced on March 4 after all. Let’s focus on “experience”. It’s an “experience event”, that is new, isn’t it? And a new Mac. So: Experience our walled garden on a Mac for the first time. Enjoy the privilege of downloading Mac software exclusively on The Mac App Store …
Apple_Robert
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Why do some people keep making the unsubstantiated claim that MB buyers will only be able to install apps from the App Store? Where is this foolish talk coming from?