That's a fair assumption. My problem is with the other poster using the term "real work" to imply that Apple's devices are underpowered or useless. And even then, if they are, there's a lot of dev work that can still be done on machines a decade old performance-wise.
For what is worth when I do code review I could do it from my phone if only the mobile Gitlab interface was a bit better.
The i5 MacBook air is 999$ and it's not gonna change with the A13
I don't see any advantage for the end user
If it had the same price, the same performance, and twice the battery life, that would be an advantage to many users
I would make that trade, I would work less hours and spend half a day, everyday, off
Anyway
My matebook 13 does 15 hours of normal workload on battery while also being very thin and light (and 350 euros cheaper than an equivalent MacBook air)
It mounts an AMD Ryzen
I seriously doubt that I will need 30 hours on battery in the near future
Unless I'm stranded on a desert island, but I guess I'd have to face more serious problems then...
There are only two things that I use at home that could benefit from an upgrade, AppleTV hobby projects and YouTube, not the video playback, that’s fine, but the pages loads slowly.