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Hoping the new MacBook Air redesign comes in smaller than the current 13” model. I’m looking to upgrade from a 2014 11” MacBook Air, which was one of my favori

by wffurr 5y ago

Hoping the new MacBook Air redesign comes in smaller than the current 13” model. I’m looking to upgrade from a 2014 11” MacBook Air, which was one of my favorite computers I’ve ever owned, but the performance was never great. Vastly better performance in a similar form factor and a jaunty color to boot would be a really great upgrade.

kitsunesoba 5y ago
Personally I'm expecting the Air revamp to bear a strong resemblance to the discontinued 12" MacBook, with the big differences being: - Screen with taller aspect ratio and notch - Keyboard with slightly more travel - Die-shrunken M1 CPU (M2 will probably be for flagship models only, similar to latest A-series in iPhones/iPads) It'll undoubtedly work better than when they tried that with Intel CPUs.
- ngcc_hk 5y ago
  Macbook is the one I bought to side with 15”. Still waiting for the same form factor and weight to get another macbook. Do have a m1 to get my feet wet.
baq 5y ago
I begrudgingly admit that the M1 Air is one of the best computers ever made, having never liked Apple as a company. Not sure what kind of smaller you’re aiming for, but that thing is borderline too small, which is just about perfect.
- skohan 5y ago
  Agree, it's a fantastic product. Performance is great, form factor is great. I don't every really think about the computer at all, just what I'm doing with it, which is perfect. If anything, I think the perfect machine for me would be a 15" macbook air. Same thin design, slightly larger chassis with an edge-to-edge screen. I don't need more performance, but a little more screen real-estate would be nice.
- wffurr 5y ago
  It's a bit bigger and heavier than the old 11" MacBook Air models. Lots of people found that one too small. It has a short trackpad because the screen is so short. It still had a full width keyboard though.
- vondro 5y ago
  12" Macbook form factor would be perfect. That thing was always slow with Intel, with M1 it would be super-compact, powerful computer.
Tagbert 5y ago
I doubt that they would use a screen smaller than the 13” but they might shrink the bezels enough to get the overall package pretty close to the size of the 12” MacBook. I had that 11.5” Air and it was my main computer for several years. Amazing performance for such a tiny thing. Mostly connected to an external display when at home.

by wffurr 5y ago

kitsunesoba 5y ago

Personally I'm expecting the Air revamp to bear a strong resemblance to the discontinued 12" MacBook, with the big differences being: - Screen with taller aspect ratio and notch - Keyboard with slightly more travel - Die-shrunken M1 CPU (M2 will probably be for flagship models only, similar to latest A-series in iPhones/iPads) It'll undoubtedly work better than when they tried that with Intel CPUs.

ngcc_hk 5y ago
Macbook is the one I bought to side with 15”. Still waiting for the same form factor and weight to get another macbook. Do have a m1 to get my feet wet.

baq 5y ago

I begrudgingly admit that the M1 Air is one of the best computers ever made, having never liked Apple as a company. Not sure what kind of smaller you’re aiming for, but that thing is borderline too small, which is just about perfect.

skohan 5y ago
Agree, it's a fantastic product. Performance is great, form factor is great. I don't every really think about the computer at all, just what I'm doing with it, which is perfect. If anything, I think the perfect machine for me would be a 15" macbook air. Same thin design, slightly larger chassis with an edge-to-edge screen. I don't need more performance, but a little more screen real-estate would be nice.
wffurr 5y ago
It's a bit bigger and heavier than the old 11" MacBook Air models. Lots of people found that one too small. It has a short trackpad because the screen is so short. It still had a full width keyboard though.
vondro 5y ago
12" Macbook form factor would be perfect. That thing was always slow with Intel, with M1 it would be super-compact, powerful computer.

Tagbert 5y ago

I doubt that they would use a screen smaller than the 13” but they might shrink the bezels enough to get the overall package pretty close to the size of the 12” MacBook. I had that 11.5” Air and it was my main computer for several years. Amazing performance for such a tiny thing. Mostly connected to an external display when at home.