A $900 11" Macbook Air is really hard pressed to a better option than a $250 13" Chromebook for the types of low-end user that these appeal to. Yes, there are

A $900 11" Macbook Air is really hard pressed to a better option than a $250 13" Chromebook for the types of low-end user that these appeal to. Yes, there are those dedicated few who would prefer an 11" over a 13" model but, still do advanced computing on it but, those people aren't enough for a market. Apple is letting the low end of the market get gobbled up by Google like they have everywhere else. Chromebooks now dominate in schools where Apple used to shine. That isn't even to mention the effect of advanced mobile apps have had on our need for low end computing. Even the differences between 2012 and now is pretty stark. There is basically an app for everything that a casual user would do on their computer in a mobile device and that syncs up to the web. Google Docs, photo editing, light video editing and now what people mostly do is browse the web and consume various kinds of content online and games. There simply isn't the market for a small laptop like there used to be. Lastly, with a 20% reduction in volume with the 13" MBP, the distinction is more or less gone. The only thing is the price-point. There is nothing to fill that void.