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Firstly if you are broadly familiar with their product line then you'd know that the Macbook doesn't remotely replace the Air. As a regular user off the Air an
by misterhtmlcss 8y ago
Firstly if you are broadly familiar with their product line then you'd know that the Macbook doesn't remotely replace the Air.
As a regular user off the Air and those around me; all of whom use Airs except for like 2 people who need the Pro's big GPU haven't upgraded for four big reasons.
1. The screen resolution and quality.
2. Removal of the magnetic locking port and other port related issues that are well noted
3. Not enough RAM
4. Price
4b. If they use the Butterfly keyboard on the Air then that would become an issue as well.
Magnetic power port: This is huge and how ironic that MS launched a magnetic 'super' port for their Surface equipment and Mac moved away. I haven't had a Mac hit the floor in 10 years for the very reason this port exists
Mac Airs were more expensive when they initially launched, but afterwards they moderated for much of their time int he $1200-$1500 USD range. This is way way less than what's on offer from a Macbook.
Lastly, regarding the Macbook itself, the screen size is too small. This is a toy for a more niche use case. The Air is a mobile warriors tool box; it's got ports, longevity and it's just about impossible to break. What people don't often even realize is that the the triangular shape of the Air is a critical structural feature that makes typing easier than most others and also makes it impervious to nearly any reasonable drop. I've got so many dings, gouges and scars from it's heavy usage that I'm always amazed.
I genuinely would buy a brand new Air if it was 13", Retina which is so standard now, under $1500 and had 8GB of RAM. This is a completely reasonable expectation. What I would ask for is different. If I could ask I'd want a 14" screen, Retina, option of 8-16GB of RAM and a magnetic port. Two of those things you are know aren't going to happen, but I dream of day when the magnetic port comes back to me; life was much less stressful never having to worry about a $1000 devices safety.
- coldtea 8y ago>Firstly if you are broadly familiar with their product line then you'd know that the Macbook doesn't remotely replace the Air. It doesn't replace it as in "is the same thing, just upgraded". It's supersedes it. In the future, it will Macbook and Macbook pro -- the Air in its last legs, and it's just still sold for the profit, not as the direction going forwards (like e.g. the Mini is). >Mac Airs were more expensive when they initially launched, but afterwards they moderated for much of their time int he $1200-$1500 USD range. This is way way less than what's on offer from a Macbook. Doesn't matter. New product line is just more expensive. A product doesn't have to be in the same price range to replace something else. Just to cover the same niche ("lightweight machine for less-cpu-hungry-users"). The MBP with touch strip also replace the old MBPs (even though some old MBP models are still sold) and they are also higher in price than the machines they replace. >Lastly, regarding the Macbook itself, the screen size is too small. This is a toy for a more niche use case. The "big screen" was never the MBAirs point. The "lightweight, very thin" was. In fact, there were 11" MBAir models as well. Compared to them, the Macbook with 12" screen sits right in the middle.
- misterhtmlcss 8y agoThank you for dismissing my concerns; I'm probably just a nut job that clearly doesn't know anything about products or positioning.