What are you talking about? MacBook Airs are extremely popular with devs. Also, while there wouldn't likely be much new to develop for, it's still a new chip, and people would be interested to see the details.
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What to Expect If Apple Debuts a New MacBook Air at WWDC Next Week
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There is so much wrong with this logic I can't even begin to address it.
It's a MacBook Air with 15 hour battery life. Surely you can manage, with the device that doesn't even leave the house, to charge it and then use it. Off the charger.
LOL. That's news to me, that the lowest end product is somehow popular with the professional user base.
No, it isn't. Despite the fact that some developer somewhere might buy a MBA, that's not who the product is for. At all.
And...what? Is that why the M1 was shown off at WWDC? Oh wait, no. It wasn't. Do you have any idea what you're talking about at all?
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No ports
White bezels
No keyboard on base model*; interface is Siri +Touch Bar
*Butterfly keyboard available with wheeled option for $1000
540p webcam with CenterStage
Glowing cutout of Jon Ive on back
You haven't been paying attention then.
One year on, developers still love Apple Silicon Macs
Where are we after a year into the Apple Silicon transition? I spoke with developers from across the business to find out.
www.computerworld.com
BTW, some of the companies my friends work for get MacBook Airs for all the devs, and MacBook Pros for the multimedia content creators.
Like I said earlier in the thread. If it's ready to be released at WWDC, it will be released. If it's not, it won't.
I’m not against colours, I’m against a distracting bezel and a keyboard that’ll look dirty all the time.
The ONLY way I can see Apple using WWDC to announce a new MacBook Air is if they are smashing the price to make developer tools more accessible.
Perhaps if they are combining the Air with the entry-level Pro machine (MacBook Air Pro?) it would make sense - but I don’t think any of the supply chain rumors align with that.
Perhaps if they are combining the Air with the entry-level Pro machine (MacBook Air Pro?) it would make sense - but I don’t think any of the supply chain rumors align with that.
Personally I would have been inclined to believe the MacBook Airs would come later in the year. However, I'm just saying there is no rule that hardware can't be released at WWDC, because hardware has not infrequently been released at WWDC, including lower end Macs.
It's an oft-repeated mantra that WWDC is software only, but that's simply not true. However, although hardware may get released at WWDC, there is no guarantee that it will, despite the various rumours.
I don’t think the fact that it’s been five years since consumer hardware was announced at WWDC should mean anything.That was 5 years ago. Since then, the only Mac announced were the 3rd gen Mac Pro in 2019, and the A12Z developer transition kit in 2020 (if we count that one). Apple seems to refocus WWDC to be mainly about the OSes.
We'll see soon enough.
2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018 all didn’t have consumer hardware, while 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2017 all did.
Apple has introduced new versions of the MacBook Air before at WWDC.
WWDC is their Second biggest event of the year, next to the iPhone event.
If there is a MacBook Air thats ready to go, and given that they registered a new laptop computer in the Eurasian database just as recently as February along with the two Mac Studios it’s quite likely, they’ll announce it.
While the actual conference that lasts the entire week is for developers, including things like the platform state of the union which are almost exclusively for the developers, it’s no secret that the opening keynote is equally for both developers and consumers alike.
That’s why they spend so much time every year on the consumer features of the new operating systems during the Keynote, and usually save all of the talk about programming languages and new versions of Xcode for later.
Instead of the Consumer line being 13", 15", I like to see Apple maximize/improve the displays for given size and yes give us a 12" and 13" MacBook or Air (whatever they call them).
Have you watched the last several WWDC events?
In 2015 they dedicated over a fourth of the keynote to introducing Apple Music, and brought out tons of celebrities to talk about it. That had nothing to do with developers.
as already mentioned before, in 2017 they introduced a new 12 inch MacBook and a new slightly bumped MacBook Air, along with dedicating a huge portion of the Keynote to the HomePod. Again, none of that had anything to do with developers.
In 2019, while Parts of the Keynote where the new Mac Pro and Pro Display were introduced were clearly aim squarely at developers, The vast majority of the Keynote was dedicated to introducing things like dark mode and improved maps and other system features with a small tiny note that developers could implement the stuff. It was clearly not meant for developers only.
In 2020 they spent a good portion of the Keynote talking about AirPods and automatic switching and spatial audio and hand washing detection, stuff that had absolutely nothing to do with developers.
Last year they spent A good portion of the keynote talking about Fitness plus updates and FaceTime and iMessage improvements, again something that had very little to do with developers.
To act like the WWDC opening Keynote isn’t mainly for regular consumers, with a little bit of developer talk thrown in here and there is ridiculous.
The opening Keynote is the one part of the event that’s streamed to everyone, right in the TV app. They want regular consumers watching. it’s the one part of the event where traditional media is invited to join in. And that would be a perfect time to introduce a new fancy colorful MacBook Air.
The parts of WWDC that are aimed squarely at developers and developers only are what comes after the opening Keynote. The platform State of the Union, the workshops, the other presentations that aren’t given to the full public.
Same here. Still rocking my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro 15" (SSD + RAM Upgrade to 16GB)...using Ethernet and USB-A every day. Let's see what Apple shows us on Monday.
Probably you'll have the option to charge it via USB-C if you want. Others of us who want MagSafe will get to use that, and you can sell the MagSafe charger that it comes with on eBay and recoup those extra "costs" you feel it's adding to the price.
I see. BTW, why do you want the MacBook Pro M1? What advantages are you wanting to get over the MacBook Air M1 (besides the fan)? Battery life? Touch Bar?
Is the trackpad any different? I forgot to check that the last time I was in the Apple Store.
Disagree. The invitation for the keynote features a bunch of colorful memoji, which is hardly emblematic of "pro" hardware. Plus the last several pieces of computer hardware they released were either "pro" (14 and 16" MBP) or "prosumer" (Mac Studio, Studio Display) devices. Apple hasn't released a truly consumer-grade laptop in over a year and a half.
So, your computer is always fully charged and ready to go when you decide you need to use it? Mine is sometimes, but there are plenty of times when I have forgotten to plug it in and need some juice halfway through my session. The other night we did a three-hour Facetime happy hour with some friends across the country, and that chewed through plenty of my iPad's battery, which, fortunately, I had thought to charge ahead of time. But I don't always have such foresight, and expect the same is true for many others.
To be honest, I would think every day „what a waste of money“ and need to tame my urge to vomit. So no, I would not buy this thing.
My thoughts:
- I don't mind the white bezel at all. My current MBA has a silver bezel and it doesn't bother me one bit.
- MagSafe would be amazing on this. It's literally the type of computer MagSafe was designed for
- I hope it retains the wedge shape, unless it's really, really thin. The wedge shape makes typing on the Air much better than the Pro.
- M1/M2, don't care. I just want an option for 16GB of ram and 512GB storage.
- Make it as small and light as possible!
- I don't mind the white bezel at all. My current MBA has a silver bezel and it doesn't bother me one bit.
- MagSafe would be amazing on this. It's literally the type of computer MagSafe was designed for
- I hope it retains the wedge shape, unless it's really, really thin. The wedge shape makes typing on the Air much better than the Pro.
- M1/M2, don't care. I just want an option for 16GB of ram and 512GB storage.
- Make it as small and light as possible!
Honestly I don’t know why many people speculate about hardware announcements at a developers conference. Sure it’s been done in the past, but way too many people expect it every year and complain and/or are very disappointed when it doesn’t happen. Again it’s a developer’s conference, read that as software focused.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m certainly delighted when new hardware is announced, but I understand when there isn’t.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m certainly delighted when new hardware is announced, but I understand when there isn’t.