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Re: New MacBook Air

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Anyone here who has experience working with JS/TS development tools (vscode, yarn, webpack, Node.js etc.) on a recent MacBook Air? I wonder if the performance is noticeably worse than a 13” MacBook Pro for this type of work.

It's perfect from a performance point of view. I own the last generation (so no scissor keyboard) and I work the whole day in VSCode with JS/TS, Python, Go, Rust, etc.

Re: New MacBook Air

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The inverted-T arrow keys help you fly through lines of code, spreadsheets, or game environments.

That sentence made me check again...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macbook_white_redjar_2006...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacBook_Air_1b.jpg

...and yes, it's the same layout of the arrow keys that was there 14 years ago. If they were advertising new full size arrow keys that would definitely be worth mentioning, but I'm not sure why they had to draw attention to that particular aspect... especially given that half-height arrow keys are one of the more annoying things about laptop keyboards in general.

Re: New MacBook Air

#14
bought macbook pro in 2017. Due to the issue with double typing keyboard I always regret everyday. And there is screen issue also. Probably they will charge $300. Looks like I did the worst investment in my life.

Re: New MacBook Air

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The inverted-T arrow keys help you fly through lines of code, spreadsheets, or game environments. That sentence made me check again... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macbook_white_redjar_2006... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacBook_Air_1b.jpg ...and yes, it's the same layout of the arrow keys that was there 14 years ago. If they were advertising new full size arrow keys that would definitely be worth mentio…

Anyone have experience with A) their keyboard holding back their performance, and B) their keyboard was also not a mac?

Re: New MacBook Air

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The inverted-T arrow keys help you fly through lines of code, spreadsheets, or game environments. That sentence made me check again... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macbook_white_redjar_2006... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacBook_Air_1b.jpg ...and yes, it's the same layout of the arrow keys that was there 14 years ago. If they were advertising new full size arrow keys that would definitely be worth mentio…

Apple recently converted all laptops to an annoying non-inverted-T arrow key layout that users generally didn't like.

They are advertising the switch back to the old style that people actually liked.

Re: New MacBook Air

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> Total greenhouse gas emissions of 176 kg CO2e based on Life Cycle Assessment.

This is definitely lower than the real number. Is there any more info on how this carbon accounting is done?

Re: New MacBook Air

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The refined scissor mechanism with 1 mm of travel delivers a responsive, comfortable, and quiet typing experience. The inverted-T arrow keys help you fly through lines of code, spreadsheets, or game environments.

This isn't progress. This is the baseline. Apple have gone from bad to OK, and they're celebrating as though they've achieved something amazing.

Re: New MacBook Air

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Still puttering along with my 2012 Air, only replaced the battery once. I've definitely been waiting to upgrade and this looks promising, but I also have a company laptop again, so the pressure is lower to get my old Air replaced.
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