I think this is a decently unpopular opinion---6 hours of battery life is atrocious for the use case the Air is competing in.
Re:The 2020 MacBook Air
by andrekandre on Friday March 20, 2020 @05:04PM
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maybe for the market of the air, but would definitely appreciate a lighter design option personally, so maybe there is probably a market for it, but maybe just not big enough for apple i guess <sad-face/>
Fair enough. What are you using yours for that requires it be so light? Apple is probably trying to market the iPad Air in that space.
Re:The 2020 MacBook Air
by andrekandre on Friday March 20, 2020 @06:41PM
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i ride bike/take train to work, and have my personal phone, work phone, work laptop, some other things such as power adapter, and a drink to take along the way (all in the same bag)
the other thing is, even though i mostly program, at work we are always up and about, going for meetings, or offsite etc etc
so for me, being as light as possible helps a great deal... the last gen macbook w/dual core i7 (4 thread w/hyperthreading), 16GB ram and 512GB storage, retina display, and all being less than 1kg is a huge boon
JohnTHaller is talking about this MacBook line, which weighed 5 pounds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_(2006%E2%80%932012)
Not this MacBook line, which is the one you're talking about, and took over the MacBook Air line of old:
If that's the case, I'd like it to become as light as — or even lighter than — the old MacBook, which weighed merely 2.03 pounds.
At this point, I'd love to have a Macbook Air with a battery that lasts "only" 6 hours, but weighs around 1.5 pounds. Hell, I'd pay extra for the option.