Apple unveils all-new MacBook Air, supercharged by the new M2 chip

Post by WesolyKubeczek » Tue, Jun 07, 2022, 12:07 PM UTC

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dgellow wrote: post #202

I hoped the notch would be just an experiment and Apple would get rid of it the next iteration. It seems I was wrong. It looks so weird to have your top menu bar split in two, I really don’t get why it is necessary.

I'm currently sitting at my notchless-MBP noting how there is not a single thing in the middle of my menu bar and there never has been. I can't think of a single reason I wouldn't want a notch in exchange for smaller bezels. Especially given the aspect ratio of a Mac is taller such that it doesn't interrupt typical video or photo content

Post by theluketaylor » Tue, Jun 07, 2022, 1:28 PM UTC

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Or they just found that there's no enough market for lightweight Macbook, similar story as iPhone mini series. It's sad.

According to their page the Macbook Air is the world's best selling laptop so presumably there's some market. I also went from an 11" air to the M1 and miss the smallness of the 11".

Post by TheArcane » Tue, Jun 07, 2022, 2:55 PM UTC

ProfessorLayton wrote: post #14

This looks like what the Macbook (2015) wanted to be. Keyboard and single port aside, it was a fantastic form factor, albeit crushingly slow. Mine no longer holds a charge, and am eagerly awaiting replacing it with one of these. Over time I've also noticed I no longer care about having the fastest possible laptop, since my job provides me with an MBP and that's where serious work gets done. I have a feeling this is g…

Post by WesolyKubeczek » Tue, Jun 07, 2022, 3:45 PM UTC

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> makes the MBA an entirely viable dev machine for many workloads. So this, like the M1 supports only ONE external display.. so as long as you live the lopsided big-small life, sure.

>So this, like the M1 supports only ONE external display.. so as long as you live the lopsided big-small life, sure. Oh no, you're breaking my heart. Is there no adapter you can buy that splits that 6k thunderbolt bandwidth into two smaller external displays? Okay I just googled, and it looks like there are third party DisplayLink which sort of maybe work, but are not officially supported? But people SEEM to have dua…

Post by Bud » Tue, Jun 07, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

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The new Air is significantly smaller in volume, though.

The new Air is thinner, but still slightly larger in volume, and ~35% heavier than the last gen of 12" Macbooks. -- 2012 12" Macbook: Height: 0.52 inch Width: 11.04 inches Depth: 7.74 inches Weight: 2.03 pounds Volume 44.43 cubic inches -- 2022 13" Air: Height: 0.44 inch Width: 11.97 inches Depth: 8.46 inches Weight: 2.7 pounds Volume 44.56 cubic inches