2012 MBA 11" upgrading - what's the same size?

[bobm]

So I have a wonderful 2012 MBA 11", 8G, 500G and a i7. It was the bleeding edge at the time for the size and I really like the size, etc.

Looking to upgrade for something that will get me minimally 16G and more cores but the market seems pretty dead.

Main uses are when I need to hit the road but I bring along virtual machines for work. I can't get over how amazing the 11" was/is and how hard it seems to be to replace it.

I'm on Mojave and it's fine from what I can tell and it was a clean, easy update (eg: no patches). I'm not going to go beyond that since I don't think it will buy me anything.

The dimensions are the main selling point.

thanks for any thoughts

 

[Mac47]

I own the 2012 MBA 11, too. Two of them. My kids use them for school now. A great machine, and very repairable, too. I upgraded mine with a 1 TB SSD.

Nothing modern is quite as small, but the newest M1 Macbook Air (13”) is your best bet if you need MacOS. If you can live with the limitations of iPadOS, then the iPad Pro 12.9 is closer in size.

 

[bobm]

Thanks, I'm hoping that M1 gets x64 emulation and I would jump in a second based on the current performance information. My big blocker is that I really spend 100% of my work time in linux and windows VMs (under vmware fusion). I just like the osx world but the money comes from non-osx. I will say that my desktops are a Dell XPS and MacPro trashcan and macmini. The Dell because I can't afford a new macpro and need cores.