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I don't think it will be remembered like the iPhone. Probably more like the original Macbook Air. The original Air created the class of ultrabooks which made t

I don't think it will be remembered like the iPhone. Probably more like the original Macbook Air. The original Air created the class of ultrabooks which made the bulky Windows laptops at the time obsolete for average users. The new M1 Air has created a class of laptops with ultrabook bodies, but remains cool to the touch under load without sacrificing much in performance and having 16+ hours of battery life. Like the original Air the new one has basically made every ~$1,000 Windows laptop obsolete. Even really nice ones like the Dell XPS 13 have worse battery life and performance while reaching CPU temperatures as high as 100 °C.

gumby 6y ago
> Like the original Air the new one has basically made every ~$1,000 Windows laptop obsolete. This price qualification is important and insightful, and has been ignored by all the breathless prose about how it will replace all (or no) PCs. The real historic lesson that applies here: Apple by and large aims to serve the highest margin segments and are happy to ignore other segments, even higher revenue ones.* M1 will help them dominate a couple of other segments; everyone else will fight over the scraps. By contrast, a Dell or LG tries to serve all but a tiny sliver of the market, which is more expensive and difficult. * sometimes they have halo product like the Mac Pro that might better be thought of as part of the marketing budget, though I’m sure they’re pretty high margin too.
fractallyte 6y ago
Apple marketing again! I had a Sharp Muramasa MM10 years before that!