The M1 MacBook Air: Perfection

With the ability to run iOS apps, the lack of a touch screen leaves me scratching my head. The only reason I have resisted buying one is that the lack of a touch screen is, in my view, going to make it feel like I missed the boat once that's inevitably added.

Re: The M1 MacBook Air: Perfection

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Post by ape4 » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 3:22 PM UTC

A perfect laptop would also be waterproof, user upgradable hardware (eg add more memory), user serviceable, hardware buttons for camera & bluetooth, more travel for keyboard (I know that's hard when its thin but I can ask).

Re: The M1 MacBook Air: Perfection

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Post by robert_foss » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 3:23 PM UTC

ape4 wrote: post #5

A perfect laptop would also be waterproof, user upgradable hardware (eg add more memory), user serviceable, hardware buttons for camera & bluetooth, more travel for keyboard (I know that's hard when its thin but I can ask).

Run your OS of choice

Re: The M1 MacBook Air: Perfection

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Post by mhh__ » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 3:24 PM UTC

robert_foss wrote: post #6

ape4 wrote: post #5

A perfect laptop would also be waterproof, user upgradable hardware (eg add more memory), user serviceable, hardware buttons for camera & bluetooth, more travel for keyboard (I know that's hard when its thin but I can ask).

Run your OS of choice

Can't be doing that now!

Re: The M1 MacBook Air: Perfection

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Post by r00fus » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 3:24 PM UTC

It’s so popular it seems out of stock everywhere in the Bay Area. Mail order places are in back order. I suspect a really good Mac quarter for Apple.

Re: The M1 MacBook Air: Perfection

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Post by tstrimple » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 3:27 PM UTC

phren0logy wrote: post #4

With the ability to run iOS apps, the lack of a touch screen leaves me scratching my head. The only reason I have resisted buying one is that the lack of a touch screen is, in my view, going to make it feel like I missed the boat once that's inevitably added.

I'm tired of paying for touch screens and then never using them. Most screen resolution upgrades come bundled with a touchscreen but I hate smudges on my screen. That people willingly to that to themselves on a regular basis is baffling to me. Especially because you've got to move your arm further to touch the screen than to touch the trackpad. It's just less efficient for most computer interactions.

Re: The M1 MacBook Air: Perfection

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Post by DiederikvandenB » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 3:27 PM UTC

phren0logy wrote: post #4

With the ability to run iOS apps, the lack of a touch screen leaves me scratching my head. The only reason I have resisted buying one is that the lack of a touch screen is, in my view, going to make it feel like I missed the boat once that's inevitably added.

I would assume it’s only a matter of time now before touchscreens are added to MacBooks.