The 12” MacBook had a great size and form factor with a niche that remains unfilled by the Air, as good as it might be. It also looked great, but then again I’m

The 12” MacBook had a great size and form factor with a niche that remains unfilled by the Air, as good as it might be. It also looked great, but then again I’m a sucker for machines where the keyboard goes from edge to edge (PowerBook G4 12” is great for the same reason). If they were to attempt a modern re-do, I think it’d be smart to go hard on the hyperportable angle and pare down the hardware a bit to accomodate that. With how powerful Apple Silicon is these days, you wouldn’t need a full fat M-series SoC for a good macOS experience… a passively cooled A-series like those used in iPhones could do the job about as well. Heck you could probably even downclock the SoC a bit for better thermals and still have about as much power as much of the thin and light competition yet have ridiculously better battery life.