Apple is Reportedly Planning a 15-inch MacBook Air 22
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple's upcoming MacBook Air redesign has been extensively reported on, but new information suggests it may come in two sizes. According to Display Supply Chain Consultants' latest quarterly report, Apple is working on a 15-inch version of the laptop to sit alongside the 13-inch model, which may itself get a slightly larger screen as well. TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo followed up on the report, saying that mass production is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2023. Kuo also says that the laptop is being designed to use the same 30W adapter as the MacBook Air, which would put it well below the latest MacBook Pro machines in terms of power consumption. Finally, Kuo notes that this new laptop "might not be called MacBook Air," which is more of a question of branding than anything else and is likely to be in the realm of speculation for a product that's so far out from production.
Should do really well (Score:1)
It's a bit strange Apple has not done this before - for those not really familiar with the Apple lineup, all of the laptops with bigger screens have been "Pro" laptops with beefy specs.
A lot of people would probably buy a cheaper laptop that wasn't as fast or had the GPU power of the pro models, but just a larger screen... heck I might even consider buying one to work on as it would probably still be decently fast for coding, but also lighter than even the 14" MacBook Pro they sell now. Maybe.
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"...all of the laptops with bigger screens have been "Pro" laptops with beefy specs."
For some fanboy definition of "beefy specs" sure. Objectively speaking, barely different specs.
"A lot of people would probably buy a cheaper laptop that wasn't as fast or had the GPU power of the pro models..."
As if those were a lot different in the Apple models. But not you of course! You would only (pretend) to have the very best!
"heck I might even consider buying one to work on as it would probably still be decently f
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It's a bit strange Apple has not done this before - for those not really familiar with the Apple lineup, all of the laptops with bigger screens have been "Pro" laptops with beefy specs.
A lot of people would probably buy a cheaper laptop that wasn't as fast or had the GPU power of the pro models, but just a larger screen... heck I might even consider buying one to work on as it would probably still be decently fast for coding, but also lighter than even the 14" MacBook Pro they sell now. Maybe.
The problem is, Apple after Jobs' Return has been extremely careful not to have many overlaps in its Product Offerings. To the point, actually, where I personally felt more than once that they were "leaving money on the table".
But, if this is Rumor is true, it seems to signal a shift back to the non-Jobsian days of the late 1980s and early 1990s; where Apple had completely lost its "vision", and, Samsung-like, seemed to launch a zillion half-realized Products with questionable, overlapping feature-sets.
Of c
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Samsung-like, seemed to launch a zillion half-realized Products with questionable, overlapping feature-sets.
That's a danger but I don't see this being as much of an overlap, since the pro and air lines still are pretty distinct in terms of user base. It's really just a larger screen for Air users.
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Samsung-like, seemed to launch a zillion half-realized Products with questionable, overlapping feature-sets.
That's a danger but I don't see this being as much of an overlap, since the pro and air lines still are pretty distinct in terms of user base. It's really just a larger screen for Air users.
You are probably right.
/. used to be "news for nerds, stuff that matters" (Score:2)
Now it seems to be "clickbait for suckers, stuff thats overpriced". Who cares about some minor variation on a laptop FFS? Does Dell increasing its screen size get an article to itself? No. Is /. sponsered by Apple these days?
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If only the Exclusions feature wasn't broken I would just nuke the Apple category. They stopped being interesting almost a decade ago.
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"Is /. sponsered by Apple these days?"
These days? LOL.
No, it's just untalented, bottom of the barrel contributors submitting garbage that panders to the fanboys.
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"Is /. sponsered by Apple these days?"
These days? LOL.
No, it's just untalented, bottom of the barrel contributors submitting garbage that panders to the Apple haters.
Fixed that for you. Engagement on anything Apple is almost 80% full time Apple anti-fans. They go into a frenzy for anything posted about Apple, so they keep posting about Apple to get their clicks and engagement.
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"Is /. sponsered by Apple these days?"
These days? LOL.
No, it's just untalented, bottom of the barrel contributors submitting garbage that panders to the Apple haters.
Fixed that for you. Engagement on anything Apple is almost 80% full time Apple anti-fans. They go into a frenzy for anything posted about Apple, so they keep posting about Apple to get their clicks and engagement.
Exactly.
Yay! (Score:1)
I'll wait for the 17" version. (Score:2)
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Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man.
13"-14" is what I consider useful. My work laptop is 16"-17" and I hate it.
Who cares? (Score:2)
Why is this blatant advertisement on here? No one gives a damn. "Laptop maker makes 15 inch laptop model." Big deal.
Are Macbook airs any good? (Score:1)