I love most of the changes Apple has made to its Mac line since the era of Jony Ive design hegemony came to a merciful end. It’s a safer, more functional design that isn’t trying to prove a point. The modern incarnation feels more traditional than it ever has. The thin and angled design was a world away from the god-awful Windows laptops I’d been used to using in other jobs, and even the plasticky black and white MacBooks of the era. I vividly recall the launch at MacWorld where Steve Jobs came on stage with a manilla envelope and pulled out what would become an entirely new category, spelling doom for the disc drive and the ability to connect a vast number of peripherals and accessories with ease. The original MacBook Air was one of the first “wow” products I remember covering as a budding tech journalist, back in 2008. I’ve felt this way multiple times down the years when this idea has been floated and rumoured, never to actually materialize.Īccording to reports from in the know Apple reporters, including the latest word from display industry expert Ross Young, it could now materialise as soon as April 2023. It just wouldn’t be a MacBook Air in spirit. Reports Apple is planning to launch a 15.5-inch version of the MacBook Air would be the final nail in the coffin for that lineage. The Air is now less than half a centimetre thinner than the Pro. Indeed, there’s only 0.3lbs or 126g between them in weight. The new model is squarer and has almost pared back the design so there isn’t much to distinguish it from the current MacBook Pro models. The whole idea of the MacBook Air was the portability of the range, and now you might has well have a MacBook Pro in your knapsack. It had that unique angular design that got gradually thinner, and very much had an identity of its own.
Certainly not in the spirit of the device’s lineage, which was all about being the thinnest and lightest possible.
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