Apple Has Probably Killed the ‘Air’ Brand

Re:Apple Has Probably Killed the ‘Air’ Brand by J0-onas on Friday April 15, 2016 @05:29PM (#11507756)

- People who like having a USB+Video port - Don't want to buy expensive adapters (at least the less expensive ones)?

- Performance (CPU wise)

- Price

I would rather ask why are people buying a macbook over a macbook air? The macbook air has a better price/performance ratio. And the form factor cannot be a logical argument... The macbook air compact enough to fit in everyones bag.

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Re:Apple Has Probably Killed the ‘Air’ Brand by zwily on Friday April 15, 2016 @05:44PM (#11507853)

I have a hard time living without the Retina display now.

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Re:Apple Has Probably Killed the ‘Air’ Brand by fpoling on Friday April 15, 2016 @05:53PM (#11507903)

I got MacBook due to its screen resolution and because it is silent. Owning fanless Dell Latitude X1 decade ago spoiled me as even rather silent quality notebook fans had started to bother me.

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Re:Apple Has Probably Killed the ‘Air’ Brand by profmonocle on Friday April 15, 2016 @05:52PM (#11507896)

The cost of the adapters is only part of it. Adapters are inconvenient, and IMO the reduced thickness isn't a good tradeoff for that extra inconvenience. (It has been in the past - losing the optical drive and ethernet port was absolutely worth it to me for a lighter & thinner machine.) Not to mention you only have one port, so even if all your USB devices use type C, you'll still need an adapter just to charge your laptop and use a USB device at the same time.

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