11 inch way too small for a laptop.
A lot of MBA buyers would disagree.
11 inch way too small for a laptop.
most MBA buyers buy the 13 inch size which is really good size for a laptop.11 is too small to work on comfortably in general,unless you use it as a second,"part time" laptop.A lot of MBA buyers would disagree.
most MBA buyers buy the 13 inch size which is really good size for a laptop.11 is too small to work on comfortably in general,unless you use it as a second,"part time" laptop.
Stats? Where are they from? Because the 11" is well known to outsell the 13".
I don't get the logic here. Why would it matter for a laptop what the exact PPI are? Isn't the whole point of a retina display that you can't distinguish pixels and they scale screen elements to whatever you want?
Also, I don't think apple would make a small technical detail the main point in what screen size they offer. They would clearly base this decision on customer demand and user experience. Only then they would choose the technology they need to produce the laptops.
All I really want is an 11" macbook pro with 1920x1080 Touchscreen and 16 hours battery life.
If a touch screen was used the bootcamp users would be tripping over them selves to buy as well as any digital artist if there was a good quality digital pen available to go with it.
I disagree, 1920x1080 would work perfectly if they stretched the glass closer to the edge of the bezel and if it was a 12" then even better (this increases pixel size and lowers price).1920x1080 is terrible for a 11" notebook. Everything is too small at the native resolution and the resolution is too low for the HiDPI mode. Apple won't do it until they can use the 2x trick.
That'll require a touchscreen and a flip hinge. I doubt Apple will make a flippable Macbook Air anytime soon.
This line up seems perfectly logical to me: 11.88" rMBA, 13.3" rMBP, 15.4" rMBP
And these weights: 2 lb, 3.5lb, 4.5 lb
I disagree, 1920x1080 would work perfectly if they stretched the glass closer to the edge of the bezel and if it was a 12" then even better (this increases pixel size and lowers price).
There are plenty of competitors out there in the market selling those spec'd or higher machines. A hinge is a simple problem for apple to overcome.
Apple is falling behind its competition. Acer s7, Lenovo Yoga2pro, Asus TAICHI 21 or zenbook, Sony VAIO Flip etc. The asus even has 2 screens so no hinge issue, Yoga has best hinge design that I like.
But then what would happen with the 11- and 13-inch models currently available? Apple's been slowly phasing out the non-retina MBP models (only 1 left now, I believe), but they had the same screen-sizes.
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Apples ARM chips have a higher performance-per-watt than anything out there including Intel so, no, I don't think Intel is doing "just fine" in the area. ...
... Apple is quite deliberate in choosing screen sizes for their new products. ...
Not to mention the cost of coming out with an entirely new size of MacBook Air, how much redesign/retooling would that require, supposedly just so screen resolutions could match... ??
Apple (or any other name brand electronic co.) doesn't really 'make' much of anything. For the most part, they buy componentry from 3ʳᵈ parties that is built to spec.
That being said, CNCing an aluminum case for and 11.9 in computer can be done with the same tools on the same lines that doing the same for an 11.6, 13.3, 15.4 or 17.7 in computer, and Al trades around $1/lb.