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14" Macbook
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Ah, so your word doesn’t mean anything and no one should believe anything you say, gotcha.
What’s confusing is having a significantly lower spec’d MacBook Pro with a different class of CPU in the same size and body of the regular 13” Pro with the same branding.
The 14” has been an option in the cheaper and lower-performance MacBook range before. There’s no reason why it can’t or shouldn’t be again, other than Apple being lazy and money-hungry.
It’s clear the MacBook is the new Air and performs as well as most previous Air users probably need. The whole point of the Air moniker was alluding to its lighter-than-air appearance and form factor and predominantly wireless and cable-free operation ... i.e the new MacBook! It’s the MacBook that was traditionally a slight step up from the Air. It even took the MacBook Pro’s old body for a while. Both the new MacBook and the Air both share a similar tapered design as well.
Apple is being deliberately confusing and disengenous in its product matrix for no reason other than greed and profit. That Phil claimed the low-end 13” MacBook Pro is the new Air is classic doublespeak. It can’t be simultaneously the best Pro laptop and best lightest possible laptop at the same time. I’m seriously getting sick of that guy!
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Nonsense, Tim has assured me the 14” is in the works. Spoke to Tim today at lunch. I know Tim Cook, that’s why I call him tim. Do you know tim? What was he wearing today?
Apple doesn’t have any affordable larger screen laptop in the lineup. I would like a larger screen for writing as I often have 2 pages up. On my 13” everything is a bit too small. I would like 15” MacBook. The Pro starts at 2799 Euro whereas Windows machines can be purchased for $299 with 15” screens. Sure not the same quality and I won’t get one but I would really like an affordable MacBook 15” at 1500 Euro.
I'm in the exact same situation, the 15" pro is insanely bad value when you don't need a dGPU or H series CPU or blazing fast SSD or ultra colour accurate display - but it's the only option at that size. To really rub salt in the wound, the £2,349 model has the paltry 256GB storage, and the stock model with 512 is £2,699 bundled with more GPU and CPU power. While you can get the base model with 512GB it's a build to order, and you're only saving about £150 over the more convenient higher stock model. If they could just take the internals of the 13" and stick it in the 15" chassis for £100 more that'd be doable. Even then it'd start at £1,849 and the 512GB model would probably top £2k, but that would still be a lot better than what they've currently got on offer.
I have considered that, but I don’t want to pay £2k for something second hand - instead I’ve just adjusted my upgrade cycle from 2-3 years to 4 to cancel out the price increase...
a 14" MacBook would be great, but Apple won't ever make it. I think they could cram a 14" screen into the old air's dimensions.
Y’all owe me a soda. Everyone here nagged on me saying a large screen air was so out-of-touch!!