Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by evo_9 » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:29 PM UTC

Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID
arstechnica.com

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by koolba » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:47 PM UTC

Summarizing a bit:

* Starting price of $1,199

* 13" display with trimmed bezels

* 2.75 lbs

* Higher resolution screen ("Over 4M pixels")

* HD front facing camera

* No Touch Bar (Yay!)

* No USB ports (Boo!)

Assuming it doesn't have any odd dust or logic board issues cropping up in the next couple months, I can see myself getting one of these.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by berbec » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:48 PM UTC

Pros: Thinner, lighter, better display, thunderbolt, 8th-generation chip, headphone jack(!)

Cons: Still dual core, no USB-A, no magsafe.

Would buy, and I'm a Lenovo fanboy. I just love the Airs.

Does anyone know if you can install Linux onto the newer Macs with the T2 chip? Or is it locked to osX^H^H^HmacOS?

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by saagarjha » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:51 PM UTC

berbec wrote: post #3

Pros: Thinner, lighter, better display, thunderbolt, 8th-generation chip, headphone jack(!) Cons: Still dual core, no USB-A, no magsafe. Would buy, and I'm a Lenovo fanboy. I just love the Airs. Does anyone know if you can install Linux onto the newer Macs with the T2 chip? Or is it locked to osX^H^H^HmacOS?

You can install Linux in them, just like you can on MacBook Pro. There is an option to disable this feature, though, in the name of verifying the boot process.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by ihuman » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:53 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #2

Summarizing a bit: * Starting price of $1,199 * 13" display with trimmed bezels * 2.75 lbs * Higher resolution screen ("Over 4M pixels") * HD front facing camera * No Touch Bar (Yay!) * No USB ports (Boo!) Assuming it doesn't have any odd dust or logic board issues cropping up in the next couple months, I can see myself getting one of these.

> No USB ports

No USB-A ports. There are still 2 USB ports, but they are Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by Splendor » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:53 PM UTC

Aside from losing magsafe this is my perfect Mac.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by atlasunshrugged » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:53 PM UTC

ihuman wrote: post #5

koolba wrote: post #2

Summarizing a bit: * Starting price of $1,199 * 13" display with trimmed bezels * 2.75 lbs * Higher resolution screen ("Over 4M pixels") * HD front facing camera * No Touch Bar (Yay!) * No USB ports (Boo!) Assuming it doesn't have any odd dust or logic board issues cropping up in the next couple months, I can see myself getting one of these.

> No USB ports No USB- A ports. There are still 2 USB ports, but they are Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports.

Gah, just what I need, another adapter. I guess in this day and age pretty much everything is in the cloud but still, I like having at least one USB port. A little surprised they kept the mic jack

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by rbanffy » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:55 PM UTC

Splendor wrote: post #6

Aside from losing magsafe this is my perfect Mac.

The other day two MBPs were running out of battery during a meeting. We plugged one into the room charger and plugged the second one out of another USB-C port on the first one.

I miss MagSafe, but USB-C is seriously cool.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by Digory » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #2

Summarizing a bit: * Starting price of $1,199 * 13" display with trimmed bezels * 2.75 lbs * Higher resolution screen ("Over 4M pixels") * HD front facing camera * No Touch Bar (Yay!) * No USB ports (Boo!) Assuming it doesn't have any odd dust or logic board issues cropping up in the next couple months, I can see myself getting one of these.

New keyboard has a "4x more stable butterfly mechanism."

I'm still limping along on a 2012 Air. This could finally be the upgrade.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by xutopia » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #8

Splendor wrote: post #6

Aside from losing magsafe this is my perfect Mac.

The other day two MBPs were running out of battery during a meeting. We plugged one into the room charger and plugged the second one out of another USB-C port on the first one. I miss MagSafe, but USB-C is seriously cool.

Wait... you can charge a MBP with another MBP?