Why have Apple ruined the MacBook Air design?

[fisherking]

Too much "sleek minimalism" was what got us laptops with a single port and a butterfly keyboard.

and that was fine (for me). backed up over the network, printed wirelessly; moved files with airdrop, and an occasional flash drive need. worth it (plus, am one of the five people who preferred the 12" butterfly keyboard...) 🤣

 

[Tagbert]

Though, I wish the notch was a bit smaller so I could have more menu bar space.

Best to just get Bartender so you can control which icons appear in the menubar and where and you can move the others to an overflow menubar.

 

[MmkLucario]

Best to just get Bartender so you can control which icons appear in the menubar and where and you can move the others to an overflow menubar.

Yeah, I just got to figure out if I really need it right now, or I can manage it for now.

 

[Feek]

My MBA sits on my desk and doesn't get moved around much and once it's here, I really can't tell any difference in the design because the shape isn't clearly visible. It makes no difference to me whether I can see the wedge from the M1 shape or the squareness of the M2 shape.

The notch is a different matter. I'd prefer it if it wasn't there but I do appreciate the extra few pixels in height on the main screen. I used bartender on my M1 MBA and have it installed again on the M2 and I can't have anywhere near as many icons on display. That's fair enough, I probably have too much up there anyway! I now have a lot which only appear when they change for whatever reason.