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MacBook 12 appreciation thread
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The MBA is a great device, but I am still hoping Apple will release a new <1 kg laptop in the future. I use my MB while travelling and weight is a big factor for me. Unfortunately an iPad can't replace a MB yet (for me).
Thx! Sold my first MB only to learn that a iPad can't replace it for my needs. Oh well.
The 12" Macbook was joy to use in term of ultra portability. The smallest 13" Air doesn't even come close.
I'm missing my rose gold 12" too. It was a 2015 or 2016 🤔 m7 refurbished. At least it was purchased directly from Apple by the End of 2016. My brother still uses it.
He always gets my stuff when he destroyed his and I have to buy something new. 🙃
That time it was a white plastic MacBook from 2010 with new SSD and 16GB RAM what he also got from me. He let it fall down outside on something very hard when it was icy.
He always gets my stuff when he destroyed his and I have to buy something new. 🙃
That time it was a white plastic MacBook from 2010 with new SSD and 16GB RAM what he also got from me. He let it fall down outside on something very hard when it was icy.
This!
They refrain from this to avoid cannibalizing their iPad Pro sales with its inferior ipadOS (compared to macOS). It is such a pity. An 11 or 12'' MacBook with an M processor and a real operating system would be a day 1 purchase for me.
I was on the verge of getting an iPad Pro several times.
Everytime I go through things I would do on the device in my head and come up with several things, which are borderline impossible or extremely cumbersome on iPadOS.
After all these years it has become rather stupid, that with their grip on both the powerful hardware and software Apple won't touch the ultraportables anymore and even worse - offers a gimped tablet instead.
Everytime I go through things I would do on the device in my head and come up with several things, which are borderline impossible or extremely cumbersome on iPadOS.
After all these years it has become rather stupid, that with their grip on both the powerful hardware and software Apple won't touch the ultraportables anymore and even worse - offers a gimped tablet instead.
One nice thing about the MB that was not mentioned (I think) is that it can use a 20-watt charger. These are now the most common charger since phones use them.
At least a 20w charger works on my 2016 1.1GHz m3. coconutBattery reports between 12 and 15 watts when both charging and using a 100w charger, so totally doable to go lower.
At least a 20w charger works on my 2016 1.1GHz m3. coconutBattery reports between 12 and 15 watts when both charging and using a 100w charger, so totally doable to go lower.
The greatest laptop of all time.
The current Pros look like the bulky brick windows laptops Mac users would scoff at in 2008, and the current Airs are less sleek than a 2015 MacBook Pro. Apples design and engineering (in terms of aesthetics) have absolutely fallen off a cliff.
The current Pros look like the bulky brick windows laptops Mac users would scoff at in 2008, and the current Airs are less sleek than a 2015 MacBook Pro. Apples design and engineering (in terms of aesthetics) have absolutely fallen off a cliff.
I agree. There is something esthetically pleasing about the MB that no other laptop has come close to -- for me, at least.
Same here re battery. Bought battery on it for "35 and a mr fixing type place here says $50 to install. That worries me.
I prefer to use my 2017 MacBook over my M4 Air with 32gb ram. I would buy a M1 MacBook in a heartbeat if they ever make one.
It's much easier to use on the go when traveling and also when I need to remote into my work pc when I'm out.
The M4 Air is nice but just doesn't have the same profile/size has the 12 inch Macbook and that makes it a little cumbersome while trying to use it in a car or on a plane etc.
The 12 inch MacBook was the perfect form it just needed the M1 and maybe a new keyboard.
we need this skinny legend to make a comeback. what a crispy laptop experience, the macbook air 13 doesnt hit the same way im afraid and NO an iFad is NOT a replacement.. the ipad mini is the beyonce of the lineup though.
give me an M4 in the 2017 chassis we can keep the butterfly keyboard idc
give me an M4 in the 2017 chassis we can keep the butterfly keyboard idc
I agree, I never had a problem with the butterfly keyboard with my 2015 and my current 2017 MacBook. I never eat/drink near my machine and the keyboard works as good as day 1.
I did have problems with the butterfly keyboard, but still the machine was a joy to use.
I do keep wondering if it would be such a disaster (in terms of iPad sales) if they did a Macbook Pro 11''. Same design as 13'' and 15''.
- 11'' OLED from iPad Pro with FaceID (which would make the laptop slightly thicker), but no touchscreen (pretty much useless for majority of laptop use scenarios)
- 2 or 3 USB-C ports, no HDMI, no SD card, no magsafe
- around 1kg weight
- priced between 13'' and 15'' (because of OLED)
I'd but this in an instant. No hassle with the added weight and thickness of iPad keyboard, proper macOS. Please, Apple.
I do keep wondering if it would be such a disaster (in terms of iPad sales) if they did a Macbook Pro 11''. Same design as 13'' and 15''.
- 11'' OLED from iPad Pro with FaceID (which would make the laptop slightly thicker), but no touchscreen (pretty much useless for majority of laptop use scenarios)
- 2 or 3 USB-C ports, no HDMI, no SD card, no magsafe
- around 1kg weight
- priced between 13'' and 15'' (because of OLED)
I'd but this in an instant. No hassle with the added weight and thickness of iPad keyboard, proper macOS. Please, Apple.
yes, we who have a MB still all are cheer for Apple to come out with an Ultra Portable with a M chip in it. That would be something...
But...
With the recent updates to the iPad at WWDC with Mac like functions, it does not look like Apple has plans and wants to push iPads for the Ultra portable. I for one gave away my iPad when I purchased a used MacBook 2015 just to try it out and to my surprise it became my every-day general Mac. I just like it. I can handle the butterfly keyboard as I did not mind it with my previous MacBook Pro 2018. No issues with either.
I am typing now on my M3 MacBook Air. It is a wonderful machine. I am on my couch typing. The MacBook is MUCH BETTER for this, tight spots, in the car, in the train or airplane (fits nice on the tray if economy class - but Apple either flys first class or their own planes - so no need for them so they don't know).
I do not think an ultra portable MacBook with a M-chip would eat sales from a MacBook Air or an iPad, as they have different usages, but Apple seems to think so and it looks like still no sight or thought of another MacBook.
Here is still hoping!
It's just bizzare with these iPadOS updates. Every year it's the same, "almost as good as a computer"...
Yet after 10 years of these updates iPads are somewhere 75ish percent there with usabilty compared to Macbooks.
I think what we need is a bug move coming from PC department. If most of PC manufacturers start offering $599 alternatives with comparable last-gen M chip in terms of performance and battery life, people are gonna start buying it instead of $999 MacBook Air. When it happens, it will push Apple to "reintroduce" the MacBook 12" at $599 with last-gen M chip to claw their sales numbers back.
It's a two side of a coin situation: the Snapdragon laptop chip hasn't gotten anywhere near M2 chip two years prior M4, thus making Apple sees no use to re-launch a new MacBook 12" in the first place.
PS: If anyone's wondering, I'm rocking an Apple refurbished M1 8/512 MacBook Air since 2021, Space Grey. Gold wasn't available at the time of my purchase, sadly. But alas, 4+ years and yet still going strong handling 4K 10-bit raw footage from my Lumix lol.
This. My mom has a 12" MacBook and its size and weight are great! It's especially great for my mom since she's in her '90 so it's really easy for her to carry around. I wish Apple would release a MacBook like that again, but as others have said they're probably worried it would
cannibalize iPad Pro sales.
I would buy any replacement for the 12” in an instant, even if all they did was put an m series chip in the old 12”. Man I miss that laptop. Such a great machine.
I've bought a Chuwi Minibook X with N150, 12GB RAM and 512GB expandable SSD (M.2 2280) for about 300$: gorgeous design, great 10.5" foldable display, good keyboard and can be powered with any USB-C PD 25W+ charger but that processor is meh.
It would be great to have something similar with an Apple Silicon in it, also without foldable and touchscreen display.
I'd like the same treatment for a Mele Quieter 4C: again standard M.2 NVME 2280 and USB-C PD charger as a power supply.
It would be great to have something similar with an Apple Silicon in it, also without foldable and touchscreen display.
I'd like the same treatment for a Mele Quieter 4C: again standard M.2 NVME 2280 and USB-C PD charger as a power supply.
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we needa start the campaign for a 12" macbook comeback.
it needs to be as unhinged as the "we need a smaller iphone" cult that made apple release a mini for 2 generations despite later flopping into oblivion.
the original macbook flopped because it was severely underpowered for a $1299 base price. with the M chips now it can be a huge hit. a 2-pounder in the SKINNIEST enclosure an apple laptop has ever engineered...where is the DAMN album @TimCook.
also this is a pipedream but the tapered/curved design felt skinnier (and more "throwable" on a bed) than the current flat/boxy look. i understand that's the aesthetic now but i fear a 12" macbook can't be as crispy and iconic with them.
it needs to be as unhinged as the "we need a smaller iphone" cult that made apple release a mini for 2 generations despite later flopping into oblivion.
the original macbook flopped because it was severely underpowered for a $1299 base price. with the M chips now it can be a huge hit. a 2-pounder in the SKINNIEST enclosure an apple laptop has ever engineered...where is the DAMN album @TimCook.
also this is a pipedream but the tapered/curved design felt skinnier (and more "throwable" on a bed) than the current flat/boxy look. i understand that's the aesthetic now but i fear a 12" macbook can't be as crispy and iconic with them.
100% agree. I don't know why, but the tapered design felt more durable and was definitely easier to slip into a backpack or a sleeve. And it made the laptop feel slimmer, and perception is important. I just moved from an M1 Air to an M4 and it still feels weird and clunky. I also have to look down at the orientation of the logo to know which way to open it, whereas my hands knew immediately exactly which way the tapered Air would open.
I just bought a mint 2017 base and amazingly it's almost as fast as my m1 MacBook air. I also have a base 2015 macbook, these machines are incredible and are like jewels,