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> The lineup is a little strange. They have Macs they call Macbook Airs, but their Macbooks look like "Air" Macbooks, they really should have swapped the names

> The lineup is a little strange. They have Macs they call Macbook Airs, but their Macbooks look like "Air" Macbooks, they really should have swapped the names on those models long ago.

Kwpolska 2y ago
The 12" MacBook Abomination was a short-lived, badly-designed, performance-limited computer. Apple doesn’t sell them anymore, and modern Airs are very respectable computers.
- rsync 2y ago
  ... except for the fact that they refuse to re-issue the second greatest laptop form facter of all time: the 11" MBA. First place, obviously, goes to the Toshiba Libretto.
  - nazgulnarsil 2y ago
    Because the 13" is close to the same physical size as the old 11
    - torstenvl 2y ago
      It really isn't. While it's only .12" wider, it's almost an inch deeper and over 5oz heavier.
  - robterrell 2y ago
    Come on. First place has gotta be the PowerBook 100.
    - bitwize 2y ago
      Nope. ThinkPad with the butterfly keyboard.
    - red369 2y ago
      PowerBook Duo or 2400C - surely! :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_2400c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_2400c Wow - how was I impressed with a laptop "only" weighing 2kg?!
    - kalleboo 2y ago
      I thought with the emphasis on repair within the geek community today we'd go for the Macintosh Portable, which is so modular and repairable that Jean-Louis Gassée was able to build it directly on stage when introducing it.
deergomoo 2y ago
The no-adjective MacBook hasn’t been sold for years. It’s just Air and Pro again now.
- giancarlostoro 2y ago
  Makes sense, it never made sense to downgrade, I guess the Air should drop "Air" moving forward then...
  - Dylan16807 2y ago
    It's better this way. It's clear whether someone means any macbook, or just the non-pro, or just the pro.
dagmx 2y ago
They haven’t sold the MacBook you’re talking about since 2019.

> The lineup is a little strange. They have Macs they call Macbook Airs, but their Macbooks look like "Air" Macbooks, they really should have swapped the names on those models long ago.

Kwpolska 2y ago

The 12" MacBook Abomination was a short-lived, badly-designed, performance-limited computer. Apple doesn’t sell them anymore, and modern Airs are very respectable computers.

rsync 2y ago
... except for the fact that they refuse to re-issue the second greatest laptop form facter of all time: the 11" MBA. First place, obviously, goes to the Toshiba Libretto.
- nazgulnarsil 2y ago
  Because the 13" is close to the same physical size as the old 11
  - torstenvl 2y ago
    It really isn't. While it's only .12" wider, it's almost an inch deeper and over 5oz heavier.
- robterrell 2y ago
  Come on. First place has gotta be the PowerBook 100.
  - bitwize 2y ago
    Nope. ThinkPad with the butterfly keyboard.
  - red369 2y ago
    PowerBook Duo or 2400C - surely! :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_2400c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_2400c Wow - how was I impressed with a laptop "only" weighing 2kg?!
  - kalleboo 2y ago
    I thought with the emphasis on repair within the geek community today we'd go for the Macintosh Portable, which is so modular and repairable that Jean-Louis Gassée was able to build it directly on stage when introducing it.

deergomoo 2y ago

The no-adjective MacBook hasn’t been sold for years. It’s just Air and Pro again now.

giancarlostoro 2y ago
Makes sense, it never made sense to downgrade, I guess the Air should drop "Air" moving forward then...
- Dylan16807 2y ago
  It's better this way. It's clear whether someone means any macbook, or just the non-pro, or just the pro.

dagmx 2y ago

They haven’t sold the MacBook you’re talking about since 2019.