The Mac delays are down to Intel.
Apple will replace Intel with ARM...the writing is on the wall.
Apple will replace Intel with ARM...the writing is on the wall.
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Not yet though. There is no such thing as an ARM chip that would rival a top-spec 15" MacBook Pro for example, let alone a baseline 13" still... Just a little ways off. Not dissing you totally, it is certainly a possibility but not just yet I don't think. And I don't think anybody would like to totally rewrite everything to work with ARM either, including Apple. It will take awhile for it to happen.
I really do hope they don't kill the MBA (at least the 13''), yet. I'm holding out getting one, as I do hope for an upgrade in some of the specs.
I don't think the MBA is any competition to the MB, yet. At least not the 13" model. There are many many people out there who just love and prefer the MBA to a MB or MBP any time for what it is: enough power to get more done than just writing an email sitting in Starbucks, yet way more portable than the MBP. I just don't think the MB is there, yet, regarding power, ports, ...that awful keyboard. Besides, 12'' really is a tat too small for serious working (such as continuous writing or photography). I still don't get why they re-introduced the 12'' (and yes, I am aware many long-term Apple users kinda missed the 12'' powerbooks...). It seems out of place among the 13" and 15" models...
They're just following Apple's lead.
Don't complain or they'll make it even worse.
Could be a good time to pick up some stock Monday afternoon...
Yeah I feel the same, if the MBA was properly updated, the 12" MB I feel would have not sold hardly at all compared to the MBA. There were WAY too many compromises for thinness with the 12" MB. I'd pick the MBA 100 times over the MB. Love the design and display of the MB but MBA can get much more done and has more ports, better keyboard etc.
I'm so worried this is going to be a flop.
In my opinion the MB has it's value. There are many many people out there who don't do much more than surfing the web or writing an occasional email. The MB is more than fine for those (though, they might get an iPad instead). At the moment the MB is especially one thing: a design statement. Nothing more and nothing less. Like the very first MBA.
However, I do think Apple should swap the prices of the MB and the MBA. Make the MB the entry-level macbook (and I'm pretty sure it would appeal to even more people). I don't mind paying a little more for the MBA, as long as it's just continued and gets an upgrade (I don't even mind about retina, although of course I would love to see the MBA getting retina - but I highly doubt it).
Indeed, it is a shame that Intel hasn't released the Skylake chips that are needed for the 13" MBP, the MBAs and the Mac mini after shipping the first production Skylake chips last August.
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What a roundabout way of saying the 5c was a rehoused version of the 5.
Yeah that's the thing, the price. The MB should NOT be more expensive than the MBA. If the prices were swapped like you said and the MB started at $899 for example, it would be a far more desirable product. I don't think having a non-retina MacBook Air in the middle of the lineup would make much sense though. Spending $400-500 more to go from a MB to a MBA and you get a FAR worse display? How about not.
All in all, the whole lineup is sort of wonky at the moment, swapped prices or not lol.
[Edit] Dang, I guess I'm right. Just realized the 12" MB is the same price as 13" rMBP. smh.
And exactly that makes me worry that they might discontinue the MBA already, after all. They can't swap prices (I doubt they'll bring retina to the MBA, it would be too close to the MBP both in specs and price -unless they increase the price of the MBP) but the way it is now just doesn't make sense to anyone who's slightly thinking about best-bang-for-the-buck (which are a LOT of people who are the ACTUAL target group of the MB). If they drop the MBA, they can almost keep the price of the MB...there's no comparison.
the best part is the new watch bands. definatly worth an 20 minutes of talk, about a watch band.....its so innovative, full of technology, sleek designed, very smart and much wow.
All those iPhone colors look beautiful in the event announcement Apple logo. I never noticed how harmonious they all are together until looking at that.
That said, nothing here for me, so moving along.
That said, nothing here for me, so moving along.
If they simply killed the MBA and kept the rMBP, (I hope that's the computer we've been talking about the whole time, I completely forget they still sell the old non-retina MBP) same prices and everything, that would be insane. $1300 for the 12" MB with basically no ports, crap keyboard and crap specs, or $1300 for the baseline top-of-the-line Retina MacBook Pros with all the ports, much, much better specs, slightly larger screen, much better keyboard... Apple would be nuts to do that, barely any MBs would sell because I think it's a no-brainer when looking at the 13" rMBP vs the 12" MB. But then again.. 12" MBs still sold, even though the prices are the same.. only difference is that MBA is in the mix for the cheap.
Yeah, I totally agree!
So it either will be some improvements in the MB and a significant drop in the price for the MB, or they have to keep the MBA around just a little while longer.
I actually just looked it up. When the MBA was introduced and still way under-powered yet over-priced (it's hard to grasp for how much the MBA sold back then), the then-MB stuck around for over three more years, until the MBA had caught up. Let's hope for the best.
And yeah of course I was talking about the rMBP
The other is completely out of the question for anything.