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New MacBook Air Said to Launch Next Quarter Following Rumor of 15-Inch Model
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Yeah I feel that’s what’s going to happen. I think the base model will be a nice Bridge in the line but specc’ing this 15" with 16gb RAM and 512gb SSD will bring it above or on par with the 14" MBP.
I agree. This would sooo be my ideal laptop, for weight and size. And indeed if it is M3 with new 3nm chips, a long term buy this could really be for my needs! (So much so that even just knowing it might eventually come, I will probably buy an old M1 Air to get by till next year and sell it, rather than get an M2 now. Curses these rumours! )
The current Air only supports one external display. The M1 Pro/Max/Ultra and the M2 variants support more external monitors. The old Airs did support more than one monitor but in the current lineup Apple seems to have decided that multiple monitors is something that "pros" need a not consumers.
There are a lot of people here who wish for multiple monitors for the Air and maybe that will come eventually but, for now, you are limited to one.
YouTube reviewers tend to review laptops using their workflows which are production video processing and they tend to ding any machine that isn't what they would use in daily production work. Also, faux outrage drives traffic. Reasoned and moderate takes on subtle differences are not their stock in trade.
What if the 15" had an M3/M3Pro and was fanless?
I know the timing is probably not favorable to this but fanlessness is a good feature and an M3 die shrink might run cool enough to allow a Pro variant without fans.
LMAO
That may be one of the best discriptions of tech YouTube "personalities" I've ever heard.
For sure. I love that form factor but the thermals and battery on that model suck. The 15” MBA will be a huge improvement and the perfect successor to the 15-16” Intel MBP.
I bought a 13" M1 MBA from Apple refurb, and at times wished I had a larger screen and could run two external monitors even though I thought lugging around a 16" MacBook was undesirable & unwieldy....
Buying a $500 bare bones M1 Mac mini solved that problem quite beautifully, and at less cost than selling & trading up.
. Highly recommended "solution" for those wanting more monitor real estate but not a larger MacBook to lug around!
I'd be curious to hear what all of you wanting a lighter machine actually speculate the weight difference would be versus a 16" MBP? Considering the 2022 Air at 2.7lbs isn't exactly significantly lighter than a 13" 2022 Pro at 3lbs, I'm wondering if the difference in weight will be as back saving as you are hoping it would be?
Unless of course you are one of those hardcore backpackers that shave down toothbrush handles in an attempt to save as many ounces off your pack as possible.
Unless of course you are one of those hardcore backpackers that shave down toothbrush handles in an attempt to save as many ounces off your pack as possible.
I can’t imagine it will be around much longer. I’m shocked it even got the M2 upgrade. It’s the most pointless product in the current lineup and is about to become even more so.
I'd be pleasantly surprised if they put more than two ports + MagSafe on it. Lots of ports are basically now a high-end feature on Apple's line.
I don't think the point of comparison is the 13" Pro, it's the 14" Pro, which is substantially heavier. And regardless, there are people who just want a larger screen, and don't need the added performance and cost, let alone weight.
Pricing.
Arguably one of the most important factors that are keeping people from buying MacBooks.
Yes. Just want to see a large screened MacBook not locked behind insane specs are pricing. This is why I hope they keep the base as just a 13 with a 15 screen, and then have tiers for better specs and screen etc...
Dream machine means that it fits my needs for a very long time and was not available … I am already a prod owner of a MBP 14 but not only I don’t need that much power that pro screen but I don’t like the weight and the bulky feeling of owning one of my old machine
Hate to break it to you but, the 15" MBA is not going to be any lighter than the 14" MBP.
i rather not have the 3rd port, that makes life to easy!
and
sometimes i can't pop the watch cord in, which makes look foolish to my cats
if there was a 3rd USB slot, my cats would think I'm a total idiot,
until i feed them foods!
I doubt Macbook Air 15 will come with pro/max Soc, high unified memory/BW. It will probably come without a fan, not for sustained loads, max 24/32 Gb memory. I would be surprised if Air will have the same screen as 16, just a bigger Air 13" screen. It will fit right in the middle between 14inch and a 13 inch Macbook Air. The 13 " pro is odd man out if Apple releases a 15" Air.
It will be identical in specs to the 13" air, with a 15" display.
I think that there’s going to continue to be a need for a fan. I think they will continue to build chips that are physically the same size, with more packed into the same space.
I think M3 will be able to be fanless, but will benefit from fans in the iMac, Mac mini, and what is currently the M2 MBP 13.3” with a fan.
I think Pro onward won’t ever be able to be fanless in the foreseeable future.
As always, who knows what Apple has in the pipeline. They may have a passive cooling method or something in development
If the starting price is 2000+ and the same 2 ports there's going to be allot ALLOT of disappointed people