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0 pointswlesieutre11y ago0 comments

Having a new "MacBook" that's thinner than the "MacBook Air" is admittedly a bit weird, but it's a transition period. Once the price on the new one goes down, they'll drop the Air from the lineup, and it'll just be MacBook vs MacBook Pro again.

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hobarrera11y ago

I completely agree.

The MacBook Pro Retina 13" is almost the same weight and size as a MacBook Air 13". It no longer makes sense to keep the Air around as a "lighter" alternative.

IMHO, both the Air and the non-retina-Pro are going away. Keeping just the MacBook and the retina-Pro is what makes sense the most (the rest are just cheaper alternatives, and Apple doesn't generally do cheap).

nsxwolf11y ago

The problem is the performance of the new MacBook has taken such a hit. The Airs had started converging on the territory of conventional high performance laptops, but now they're back to ultra low power low performance Intel skus to make the form factor possible again.

wlesieutreOP11y ago

Just like the recently announced Surface 3 (with an even slower Atom x7), it won't matter to most people. A 5 year old Air was fast enough to check email, watch YouTube, and write text documents, and the Core M versions will be the same. The thinner and lighter MBP turns into the computer for people who want a smallish performance laptop.

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