Reactions to new MBA?!

[Mr. Dee]

I want one, but I don’t need one. With my M1 MBP, I am not looking at another Mac until 2025. But I do love that midnight. My sibling has a 2017 MBP (4 port), I could buy this for them as an upgrade.

 

[lowkey]

And again no SD Card for the Air.

FU Apple, where is the problem? Especially on such a portable device and if you use your device a lot while travelling, dongle fun is so annoying.

The vast majority of MBA users have no need to pay for a built in card reader for one specific format of SD card.

 

[Dealmans]

The vast majority of MBA users have no need to pay for a built in card reader for one specific format of SD card.

Yeah right lol, how would you know this

 

[jdb8167]

Notch is silly. On their marketing pages they even show the help menu on the right side of the notch. It seems like on a smaller display than the MBP, it's going to be even worse. The menu bar isn't a superfluous part of macOS. It's a part I interact with constantly. I'd much prefer a larger bezel.

And I know I'm in the minority, but I still want USB A.

I do like the midnight color, though.

You can turn the notch into a bezel if you want. How to Hide the Notch.

USB-A needs to die. Until then you can get a tiny adapter. USB-C to USB-A Adaptor. $10 for 2. Buy enough to attach to all of your USB-A cables as needed.

 

[swingerofbirch]

You can turn the notch into a bezel if you want. How to Hide the Notch.

USB-A needs to die. Until then you can get a tiny adapter. USB-C to USB-A Adaptor. $10 for 2. Buy enough to attach to all of your USB-A cables as needed.

It's not a cable I need to attach, though. There's no USB-C equivalent to a flush-fitting USB-A flash drive. They all just way out and get snagged on things.

 

[jav6454]

You can turn the notch into a bezel if you want. How to Hide the Notch.

USB-A needs to die. Until then you can get a tiny adapter. USB-C to USB-A Adaptor. $10 for 2. Buy enough to attach to all of your USB-A cables as needed.

USB-A still has several uses in the tech world.

 

[Argon_]

USB-A still has several uses in the tech world.

Turning the plug upside down?

 

[jav6454]

Turning the plug upside down?

Good one, but there are applications like printers and keyboards (overall peripherals) that are perfectly fine with USB 2.0.

 

[ignatius345]

Also the screen should have at least a paid option to go bigger/HDR/120Hz Promotion.

There is a paid option to upgrade the screen. It's here.

 

[Argon_]

Good one, but there are applications like printers and keyboards (overall peripherals) that are perfectly fine with USB 2.0.

Then buy a 2.0B to C cable, plug it into your old but functionally good printer. Done.

 

[lowkey]

Yeah right lol, how would you know

Check the forums. The amount of people complaining the Air needs an SD slot is minuscule.

What’s the average consumer going to use the SD slot for?

“Professional cameras” LOL

 

[Dealmans]

Check the forums. The amount of people complaining the Air needs an SD slot is minuscule.

What’s the average consumer going to use the SD slot for?

“Professional cameras” LOL

yep

 

[jav6454]

yep

MBA's are not oriented to that crowd, so it makes no sense to add it.

 

[Dealmans]

handy to have for anyone

 

[georgivelev]

What’s my reaction? It’s insanely great new product. The price is a little steep but that does not change the fact the new MBA is an amazing computer. AFAIC the 1 external monitor does not concern me. It’s light, powerful and portable. And beautiful - love the colours!

 

[Dealmans]

after using my 14" MacBook pro for a day and then going back to my 24" iMac, no way i'd be buying a MacBook without pro motion

 

[turbineseaplane]

after using my 14" MacBook pro for a day and then going back to my 24" iMac, no way i'd be buying a MacBook without pro motion

Yep
Not on Apple hardware, but my 32" 144hz 4k monitor has ruined 60hz for me completely

 

[Dealmans]

Yep
Not on Apple hardware, but my 32" 144hz 4k monitor has ruined 60hz for me completely

What monitor is that? Might have to ditch the iMac lol

 

[jav6454]

after using my 14" MacBook pro for a day and then going back to my 24" iMac, no way i'd be buying a MacBook without pro motion

I've heard that argument before. Yes, it's a difference, but not a deal breaker for me.

 

[DrCC]

Yep
Not on Apple hardware, but my 32" 144hz 4k monitor has ruined 60hz for me completely

Can a M1/M2 Mac support 144hz @ 4K in the first place and be smooth for all the apps on an external monitor at 120-144 Hz ?

 

[appleguy123]

Disappointed that the design is literally Macbook Pro, a bit thinner/lighter. The iconic wedge design set it apart. Also the screen should have at least a paid option to go bigger/HDR/120Hz Promotion. The 24GB RAM option is nice. No USB-C on the right is just ********.

For the $200 price bump it really should have included a mini-led promotion display. Making it bto at a higher price would likely make this MacBook Air more expensive than the macbook pro at the same storage and price.

 

[Dealmans]

I've heard that argument before. Yes, it's a difference, but not a deal breaker for me.

go back and forward between a iMac 24" and 14" MacBook for a day and get back to me lol

 

[lowkey]

yep

Hence the LOL. Professional camera owners are hardly entry level consumers. The vast majority of MacBook Air buyers don’t own professional cameras.

 

[Dealmans]

Hence the LOL. Professional camera owners are hardly entry level consumers. The vast majority of MacBook Air buyers don’t own professional cameras.

lol again with the assumptions, how would you know, got stats to back that up?
don't cheaper cameras have sd cards?

 

[lowkey]

Nah you got me. Every bottom of the range Mac laptop comes with a free camera :lol:

Have you ever been to a photography forum? How’s the outrage levels for the cheapest apple laptops not having Sd cards? Haha.

Basically you want an SD. Even here very few care.

Go check the MacBook Air forums if you really think the majority of MBA users a- ask about cameras and b- request SD cards.