Re:Apple Has Probably Killed the ‘Air’ Brand
by IkmoIkmo on Friday April 15, 2016 @06:33PM
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I'd for sure buy the air over the Macbook. Hell my gf just did.
You couldn't convince her to drop hours of battery, an inch of screen space, a few ports, a few hundred bucks, better performance, in return for a marginal portability value that approaches 0 in her daily bag, default storage she doesn't use (she's approaching 30gb of use!), default ram she doesn't use, and pixel density she can't see. (she's likely an exception here, I definitely notice the density myself like most would, although I wouldn't pay a few hundred extra for it, but she can't even notice it.) There's just nothing the Macbook offers her that's worth it. I expect this to change within 1-2 years though.
You couldn't convince her to drop hours of battery, an inch of screen space, a few ports, a few hundred bucks, better performance, in return for a marginal portability value that approaches 0 in her daily bag, default storage she doesn't use (she's approaching 30gb of use!), default ram she doesn't use, and pixel density she can't see. (she's likely an exception here, I definitely notice the density myself like most would, although I wouldn't pay a few hundred extra for it, but she can't even notice it.) There's just nothing the Macbook offers her that's worth it. I expect this to change within 1-2 years though.