MBA should have new 15" version?

[TigeRick]

With Microsoft's announcement of new 15-inch of Surface Laptop 3, I start wonder do we need new category of MacBook Air with 15-inch Retina display?

The main issue with current 15-inch MacBook Pro is steep entry price. And I believe Apple has 15-inch MBA in design but because of so called product segmentation we never see it... But with Microsoft's announcement, things might change. So what do you guys think?

 

[LeeW]

I am doubtful that will happen, the Air will always be the budget piece despite its pricing being so close to the MBP, a 15" will catapult the pricing into at least $1,500, there is no place for that in the current or future line-up.

 

[dgdosen]

With Dell and MS shipping Ice Lake 10nm chips - I have to think Apple will put those in the Air - in October? I'm hoping... I've tried the 2019 MacBook Pro - and I really dislike the touchbar. I'd like a new laptop, and an Ice Lake Air with a 4 core 10 NM Ice Lake chip would be pretty spectacular.

 

[BootLoxes]

I am doubtful that will happen, the Air will always be the budget piece despite its pricing being so close to the MBP, a 15" will catapult the pricing into at least $1,500, there is no place for that in the current or future line-up.

Id go for it if it got a cpu bump similar to that of the entry level mbp

 

[turbineseaplane]

A 15 inch air has always kind of been my dream machine.

Now that said, the dream began back when they had great Keyboards and lots of ports and were the more traditional “air”.

I will never again be interested in an air if it doesn’t ever again get a great bulletproof keyboard like it used to have.

You used to be able to recommend to basically anybody to go get an air since it had bulletproof keyboard and trackpad, lots of ports, was thin and light yet reliable...It was the do all workhorse for anyone or everyone in the mainstream