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You are literally repeating the same marketing/self-justification that everyone said for every new Air model. Don't take my word, look it up. Around launch da

You are literally repeating the same marketing/self-justification that everyone said for every new Air model. Don't take my word, look it up. Around launch date, everyone in the universe will post "new MacBook Air is by far the best laptop I've ever used. It has fantastic battery life". Then the same model 6-12mo later "I loved the thinness, but now it's being too slow for X so I might get a macbook"

valine 5y ago
Apple had never release a MacBook Air that's faster than the previous top of the line MacBook Pro. This is a first. The air has had great battery for a while that's true, but now it has great battery and great performance.
- TheRealSteel 5y ago
  I find it very interesting that due to the existence of the Emoji Bar, and the lower performance and worse battery life due to Apple Silicon, the MacBook Air is now a far more Pro machine than the 15 inch MacBook Pro.
  - philistine 5y ago
    In the late 80s and early 90s, every computer that Apple made was better than all their other machines. Even if they were making a smaller budget device like the SE or SE/30, performance increased so quickly that it would beat all the previous machines. For one short year, in 2020, due to the ARM transition, Apple repeated that feat. It could keep on going, if for example, the refresh of the Macbook Air comes out in 2022 and beats the Pro machines that came out in 2021.
    - mrkstu 5y ago
      Yep, going from a Mac Plus to an SE-30 is probably the closest experientially to my MacBook Pro 15/Intel Mac Mini-> M1 Mac Mini in my memory. Form factor basically same, screen the same, OS the same, yet somehow the qualitative feel changes with the new responsiveness. I don't switch to any Mac other than the M1 now except of necessity because of the instant ability to feel the downgrade.
ghshephard 5y ago
As someone who has been a laptop upgrader for 17 years with Apple, and about 7 with Dell, I can affirm what others are saying that the M1 upgrade is a quantum leap forward. It's a pretty big deal in terms of integrated (Battery + CPU + Latency + Responsiveness - every time my Monitor adjusts without blinking I smile) experience. Not just marketing speak. If they can keep up this momentum with M2, etc... they'll be creating some defensive moats around their laptop/desktop business.

valine 5y ago

Apple had never release a MacBook Air that's faster than the previous top of the line MacBook Pro. This is a first. The air has had great battery for a while that's true, but now it has great battery and great performance.

TheRealSteel 5y ago
I find it very interesting that due to the existence of the Emoji Bar, and the lower performance and worse battery life due to Apple Silicon, the MacBook Air is now a far more Pro machine than the 15 inch MacBook Pro.
- philistine 5y ago
  In the late 80s and early 90s, every computer that Apple made was better than all their other machines. Even if they were making a smaller budget device like the SE or SE/30, performance increased so quickly that it would beat all the previous machines. For one short year, in 2020, due to the ARM transition, Apple repeated that feat. It could keep on going, if for example, the refresh of the Macbook Air comes out in 2022 and beats the Pro machines that came out in 2021.
  - mrkstu 5y ago
    Yep, going from a Mac Plus to an SE-30 is probably the closest experientially to my MacBook Pro 15/Intel Mac Mini-> M1 Mac Mini in my memory. Form factor basically same, screen the same, OS the same, yet somehow the qualitative feel changes with the new responsiveness. I don't switch to any Mac other than the M1 now except of necessity because of the instant ability to feel the downgrade.

ghshephard 5y ago

As someone who has been a laptop upgrader for 17 years with Apple, and about 7 with Dell, I can affirm what others are saying that the M1 upgrade is a quantum leap forward. It's a pretty big deal in terms of integrated (Battery + CPU + Latency + Responsiveness - every time my Monitor adjusts without blinking I smile) experience. Not just marketing speak. If they can keep up this momentum with M2, etc... they'll be creating some defensive moats around their laptop/desktop business.