that midnight colour is gorg, it reminds me of the black polycarbonate MacBook
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Redesigned MacBook Air With New Starlight and Midnight Colors Revealed in First Hands-On Photos
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Came here to post the same thing. Back in the day, I had one of those and loved it.
During the keynote I was on the fence, but now I'm thinking I'll probably order a new MBA in Midnight when it goes on sale.
That Midnight looks really slick. Still, I think my M1 MBA (16 GB / 1 TB, refurb for $1399) should be good enough for a while, and the upgrade seems fairly minor and probably not noticeable for what I do.
That said, I HATE the notch.
That said, I HATE the notch.
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A 12" MacBook replacement would be an instant buy for me.
They really need a 15” Air at this point. M2 is kinda meh, I think M3 on TSMC 4nm or hopefully 3nm process node will be where it’s at!
I want a Midnight 14” MBP, M3 Max 16 core CPU, 48 core GPU, 64GB RAM, 4TB SSD, OLED display, and Face ID.
Autumn 2023 can’t come soon enough! I want to dock it to a 32” or 36” 6K OLED or similar display. Hopefully some other companies come out with some more reasonably priced displays by then (aka under $3000). Should be powerful enough that I won’t need a separate desktop and should last me the rest of the decade. Although with the M2 offering up to 24GB of RAM, there is a chance the M3 Max might offer something weird like 96GB of RAM so I might do that just to future proof. Really doubt I’ll need 8TB of SSD internally with the cloud becoming more prevalent so that’s hard to call. Wish they could offer in-between storage tiers, like 6TB.
I want a Midnight 14” MBP, M3 Max 16 core CPU, 48 core GPU, 64GB RAM, 4TB SSD, OLED display, and Face ID.
Autumn 2023 can’t come soon enough! I want to dock it to a 32” or 36” 6K OLED or similar display. Hopefully some other companies come out with some more reasonably priced displays by then (aka under $3000). Should be powerful enough that I won’t need a separate desktop and should last me the rest of the decade. Although with the M2 offering up to 24GB of RAM, there is a chance the M3 Max might offer something weird like 96GB of RAM so I might do that just to future proof. Really doubt I’ll need 8TB of SSD internally with the cloud becoming more prevalent so that’s hard to call. Wish they could offer in-between storage tiers, like 6TB.
someone needs to make a tiny little magsafe cover that you can keep over the port (thats flush) for those who will never use it. like me
Just fill it with glue.
Midnight is beautiful, but it looks like a smudge/fingerprint magnet judging by those pictures. I think I will stick with space grey and keep my OCD in check.
Midnight. Lovely.
Would have really liked a proper rich bright orange or a deep, luscious purple. One day.
Midnight is good for now.
Hoping for more, brighter colour choices in the pro iPhones this autum.
Would have really liked a proper rich bright orange or a deep, luscious purple. One day.
Midnight is good for now.
Hoping for more, brighter colour choices in the pro iPhones this autum.
Gonna wait for the M2 Mac Mini instead. Hope the Minis get new color options too.
Yes! Perfect time to upgrade my trusty old late-2013 MBP. The battery is no longer charging and the display is on its last leg as well. I don't actually mind the price of these since I don't upgrade that often. 16Gb will be enough for me, that price bump for 24Gb is a bit too steep.
Kinda disappointed that there's no purple version, but that midnight looks pretty good. Not sure if I'm going to go with that or space grey, not a huge blue fan and would have preferred actual black version instead. It's so hard to tell from all the pictures what it's actually like, in some it looks like dark grey in some it looks almost black and in some it looks to have bluish tint.
Also what is the starlight supposed to be? Like, beige or off white? It's kind of weird because of how close to silver it is but just a little warmer. I guess I was expecting there to be more clearer differences between all the colors.
Kinda disappointed that there's no purple version, but that midnight looks pretty good. Not sure if I'm going to go with that or space grey, not a huge blue fan and would have preferred actual black version instead. It's so hard to tell from all the pictures what it's actually like, in some it looks like dark grey in some it looks almost black and in some it looks to have bluish tint.
Also what is the starlight supposed to be? Like, beige or off white? It's kind of weird because of how close to silver it is but just a little warmer. I guess I was expecting there to be more clearer differences between all the colors.
I bought a 13" M1 Pro as a real-time "emergency" replacement for a dead machine because the M1 Air was out of stock. Turns out I quite like the touch bar.
This smaller and crappier MacBook Pro looks pretty good. It wasn't cheap and lazy to get rid off the iconic wedge shape at all. Bravo Apple for your magical and innovative thinking.
It wouldn’t be Apple if the pricing scheme wasn’t way off and the base specs would actually be adequate for a laptop in 2022 (16GB RAM and 512GB SSD).
Yes, I noticed them too. I'd have to see one in an Apple store to see how the finish stands up to fingerprints / smudges. As beautiful as the Midnight colour looks, it would drive me nuts if it turned out to be a fingerprint magnate.
Immediately after the WWDC 2022 keynote, Apple invited the media to a hands-on demo area for the new MacBook Air, which features an overhauled design with a slightly larger display, a notch, flatter edges, and new Starlight and Midnight color options.
CNET photographer James Martin shared photos of the new MacBook Air in Midnight on Twitter. Depending on the lighting, the color looks like a mix of navy blue and space gray. While some rumors suggested the new MacBook Air would feature a white keyboard, the keys are in fact black, and the Midnight-colored chassis is visible between the keys. The keyboard retains full-size function keys and a Touch ID button for authentication.
Tech journalist Nobi Hayashi tweeted photos of the Silver and Starlight color options, with the latter appearing to be a champagne-like gold.
The new MacBook Air features Apple's all-new M2 chip with an 8-core CPU and up to a 10-core GPU, a brighter 13.6-inch display with a notch, MagSafe charging, a 1080p camera, a fanless design, two Thunderbolt 4 ports on the left side, a headphone jack with support for high-impedance headphones, four speakers, three microphones, and more. The notebook can be configured with up to a 2TB SSD and up to 24GB of unified memory.
The new MacBook Air will be available next month, but no specific date has been provided by Apple. Pricing will start at $1,199 in the United States, and the previous-generation MacBook Air with the M1 chip will remain available for $999.
Article Link: Redesigned MacBook Air With New Starlight and Midnight Colors Revealed in First Hands-On Photos
1560 EUR STARTING price. And still 8GB/256GB Base model. Makes me sick.
Immediately after the WWDC 2022 keynote, Apple invited the media to a hands-on demo area for the new MacBook Air, which features an overhauled design with a slightly larger display, a notch, flatter edges, and new Starlight and Midnight color options.
CNET photographer James Martin shared photos of the new MacBook Air in Midnight on Twitter. Depending on the lighting, the color looks like a mix of navy blue and space gray. While some rumors suggested the new MacBook Air would feature a white keyboard, the keys are in fact black, and the Midnight-colored chassis is visible between the keys. The keyboard retains full-size function keys and a Touch ID button for authentication.
Tech journalist Nobi Hayashi tweeted photos of the Silver and Starlight color options, with the latter appearing to be a champagne-like gold.
The new MacBook Air features Apple's all-new M2 chip with an 8-core CPU and up to a 10-core GPU, a brighter 13.6-inch display with a notch, MagSafe charging, a 1080p camera, a fanless design, two Thunderbolt 4 ports on the left side, a headphone jack with support for high-impedance headphones, four speakers, three microphones, and more. The notebook can be configured with up to a 2TB SSD and up to 24GB of unified memory.
The new MacBook Air will be available next month, but no specific date has been provided by Apple. Pricing will start at $1,199 in the United States, and the previous-generation MacBook Air with the M1 chip will remain available for $999.
Article Link: Redesigned MacBook Air With New Starlight and Midnight Colors Revealed in First Hands-On Photos
I don't know what kind of material they'd have to create to avoid smudges. At least it isn't as bad looking as, let's say the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon series. Those look absolutely disgusting after a while because of the black matte material. My boss has one of those and it looks disgusting tbh. At least with a metallic surface like the Macbooks, it's relatively easy to just wipe it clean.
£2149 maxed out is way too high for the class of laptop this is. That’s Pro pricing. Apple really losing the plot on the prices.
The m1 was already pretty amazing, I guess this will be more amazinger .. Is that even a word ? 😝
I was going to wait for the new mini , tbh I think I might invest in one of these bad boys .
Looks perfect to me
Looks perfect to me