People have been predicting the next huge crash since the last crash, what 15 years ago?
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New MacBook Air Models With M4 Chip Expected to Launch 'Earlier' Than iPhone SE 4 and iPad 11
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People have been predicting the next huge crash since the last crash, what 15 years ago?
The base price is $500 apart. That drops to $300 if your MacBook Air matches the 512 storage of the pro. That’s a pretty big difference for a very similar computer, unless you really need the extra ports or higher refresh rate of the pro. And you say that retailers have the pro for less, which is true, but they also discount the air by about the same amount, so the price difference remains. Air is also thinner and lighter. Both products are great and do substantially overlap, but there’s definitely room for the air.
M2 Studio and M2 Mac Pro have left the chat in disgust.
You have an M4 Pro that it seems is smoking everything you need it to do. Why would you buy an ultra or anything else?
I am hoping for HDMI but probably not gonna happen
My Macbook Pro m3 with HDMI is a bit bulkier than I want
My Macbook Pro m3 with HDMI is a bit bulkier than I want
no one cares about them. Almost no one buys them either when M4 mini is so good
Exactly. Im happy with my M2 Air but a M5 MacBook Pro might be tempting. I’ve always regretted not just going for the pro models and now that they have the texture display.. might be worth it.
Excluding the people who in fact do need them, which probably isn't many left anymore, you're totally correct. It's a shame, imo.
Wouldn’t count on that being an option for this model given its value proposition.
Given how this will almost surely be “new chip in the otherwise exact same computer”….
One wonders why it’s not out already
Feels a bit artificially spread out to juice sales along the way
I wonder how many folks opt for an M4 MBP that would have perhaps gone MBA had it been an option
One wonders why it’s not out already
Feels a bit artificially spread out to juice sales along the way
I wonder how many folks opt for an M4 MBP that would have perhaps gone MBA had it been an option
The iMac received Nano Texture option. I can definitely see the MBA getting it as well.
I'm planning on switching from my MBPro with M2 Pro. I would like something lighter and I don't need all the power. Might need the max RAM though.
If Tim Apple realized the economy was tanking (knew for absolute certainty that the economy was tanking), he definitely wouldn’t add more production. Overproducing right before a recession is a quick and easy way to lose a ton of money.
The simple truth is that nobody knows anything about when the economy will peak or when the economy will bottom. If they tell you that they do, they are either lying to you or lying to themself.
You can certainly make predictions based on data. Of course. You can do your best to predict an outcome based on an available data. But predictions are just that: predictions.
My M1 MBA is still going strong, though a 15” MBA at this point is looking mighty tempting…
I am actually considering the M4 Air precisely because it has a normal LCD display
mini-LED is the worst by far when it comes to eye health. Feeling wise, the EMFs are off the charts - I've now switched to always wearing blue blocker glasses, it helps a bit. Not sure if because of blue light or just generally having something between my eyes and these millions of LEDs but it feels better.
Older screens are much more soothing. My MacBook Air is fine.
My eyes aren't really good enough to see the difference in quality, which I am sure exists - it's just not a normal day to day concern.
There has never been a time when I used my older MacBook Pro models, or my M1 Macbook Air, where I thought "man, I just wish this display was better". Never.
The display on those devices is very good. Improving on very good may be important for designers and photographers, but I don't care. I'd rather have a LED display with less EMFs and less power draw.
They make the processors rather than buy them, for one.
My guess is that Intel used to be left to worry about what to do with old models, but Apple doesn’t want to eat losses on their own components.
I would assume they will have the option. I mean the iMac does now. Seems like Apple is bringing it to all Macs. Makes way more sense on a MacBook than anything.
Based on the reports we are seeing, the M5 seems like the biggest jump in Apple silicon, particularly in power savings and transistor count. They should simply refresh the entire lineup with the M5 next year.
Still 60 Hz on Apple's base products for artificial reaons. I bet it wouldn't cost a single cent for them to make it 120 Hz.