You liked it more than the 16?Not surprised at all. I sold my Intel 16" for an M1 MBA last December. Best MacBook I've ever owned, pending the arrival of my M1 Max MBP, that is.
You liked it more than the 16?Not surprised at all. I sold my Intel 16" for an M1 MBA last December. Best MacBook I've ever owned, pending the arrival of my M1 Max MBP, that is.
The MBA SE will basically be the exist MBA with the same chassis, screen and M1, the “standard” MBA will get an new chassis, M2 and possibly an improved screen.While I like that idea... I wonder what they would do to lower the price?
Binned CPU? 4c or 6c instead of 8c?
4GB RAM and 128GB SSD?
Dimmer screen?
I'd love to see a $699 or $799 Macbook SE... but I'm worried about what corners Apple will cut to still make their margins.
Or maybe that's what role the iPad fills?
If an A-series chip is powerful enough to run an iPad Air it's powerful enough to run a base model MacBook that's used primarily for browsing and gaming. Apple could slap 8 GB of RAM on an A15 or A16, call it the M2 Lite, and it would be a perfectly serviceable low-end processor that still outperforms most U series Intel chips.While I like that idea... I wonder what they would do to lower the price?
Binned CPU? 4c or 6c instead of 8c?
4GB RAM and 128GB SSD?
Dimmer screen?
I'd love to see a $699 or $799 Macbook SE... but I'm worried about what corners Apple will cut to still make their margins.
Or maybe that's what role the iPad fills?
Well, I have no idea about which Dell models were responsible for such an increase in sales. But it was huge. They are probably doing something right.True... but what were those Dells?
Were they plastic Inspirons with Pentium processors and dim blurry 1366x768 screens?
Were they Chromebooks?
It's all about perspective.
Apple's laptops can be found on-sale for $900. Their normal price is $1,000. And that's the starting price. Their average price is actually higher.
So are we really gonna break out the champagne for Dell and their $249 laptops?
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Well, I have no idea about which Dell models were responsible for such an increase in sales. But it was huge. They are probably doing something right.
Note that I live in Brazil and high prices are the only reason why Macs have such a tiny market share here.
Absolutely. Got used to the smaller display quickly, and being fanless is amazing. It handles everything I throw at it.You liked it more than the 16?
Look forward to seeing you then. Meanwhile I'll have been enjoying 5 years of superior laptops.
M1 Air is a truly astonishing bit of kit. The combination of form factor, price, performance and battery life is simply incredible.
You might try the new low power mode in Monterey?I replaced my MBA with the 14" MBP. Missing the extra battery life on the MBA!
The 11” MBA was a GREAT little Mac. I had two of them in succession. Perfect for writing. I still miss the extreme portability.I'm hoping to pick one up later in the month to replace my old 11" MBA. Will wait to see what deals are available on Black Friday (UK) - I managed to get a decent discount on my current MBA back in 2015 so hoping to do the same, if not I'll probably get a refurb.
fwiw (and of course it only deals with 1 of your issues), I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere that Crossover now works on M1.For some people, like me, we can't quite abandon Intel yet. Windows in a VM (real Windows, not that ARM crap) for example. And for me personally, I also use Crossover to run one or two Windows apps that would be inconvenient to run on a Remote Desktop. And for a situation uinique to me, I have an extensive video collection on my 8TB Macbook Pro, where I still use iTunes (courtesy of Retroactive) to manage it (sorry, the seperate apps are still garbage for those who custom manage their media).
For the kinds of jobs that an Macbook Air does, I use my iPad Pro 12.9 for.
See people saying this a lot. No idea what's meant by it though. My wife is still happily using her 2012 MBP, nearly a decade later. And has never touched bootcamp.Untill Apple decide that it is time for you to upgrade.
The cool thing about having Bootcamp available was that the computer could still be used with the latest windows for years to come even when Apple pulled the plug.
fwiw (and of course it only deals with 1 of your issues), I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere that Crossover now works on M1.
When Apple first announced the M1 Mac Pro & M1 Mac Air, Apple Execs touted the ability run iOS apps on those Macs.
But, I have NOT heard squat from Apple since !
Has ANYONE successfully run ANY iOS app on their M1 Mac ?
If the M2 in the 13" M2 MacBook Pro gets the same DDR PHY Controller as in the M1 Pro & M1 Max chips, I will order that Mac day one !
The M1 MacBook Air is probably the single highest value product Apple currently offers !
Umm... yesHas ANYONE successfully run ANY iOS app on their M1 Mac ?
I’d imagine it does, but I don’t know for sure. I’ve just watched a video of someone playing GTAV through it (was just the first thing that came up on searching for crossover M1) and it looked surprisingly good, considering how it was being run.Interesting. I assume it relies heavily on Rosetta 2 to accomplish that, since any app you would run under Crossover needs Intel.
Don't think it will lead to a 10% increase in volume, so probably not gonna happen. $899 is already available for students and during some sales anyway.Just think how may they would sell if they dropped the base price to $899
Its the best deal Apple has ever had if you ask me!I replaced my 2015 13” MBP with the M1 MBA and I absolutely love it. The battery life is great. It feels really snappy and is more than enough for some casual browsing, office work and photo editing with pixelmator pro
and I've seen them used on Swappa for a little over $700!Don't think it will lead to a 10% increase in volume, so probably not gonna happen. $899 is already available for students and during some sales anyway.
Would probably need to lead to significantly more of an increase than that wouldn't it? You'd need to know what % of the profit on a MBA is equal to $100, and increase sales by that much.Don't think it will lead to a 10% increase in volume, so probably not gonna happen. $899 is already available for students and during some sales anyway.