Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leaving iPhone

Re:Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leavi... by wtallis on Friday February 13, 2026 @11:58AM (#47004907)

Selling an old model for a few years after its replacement shows up is not unusual. The only thing unusual here is that the 12" MacBook didn't end up actually replacing the MacBook Air in the long run, and the next major iteration went back to being called "MacBook Air".

The three-year gap in processor updates you're complaining about disappears when you recognize the 12" MacBook as an attempt to move the product line in a different direction, which Apple partially backtracked on after a few years. That course correction was quite a bit quicker than for the Touch Bar MBPs and the trash can Mac Pro.

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Re:Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leavi... by soperj on Friday February 13, 2026 @12:27PM (#47005249)

> disappears when you recognize the 12" MacBook as an attempt to move the product line in a different direction, which Apple partially backtracked on after a few years.

and if my grandma had wheels she'd be a bicycle. As far as I can glean this was never something that they intended to do.

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Re:Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leavi... by wtallis on Friday February 13, 2026 @02:12PM (#47006508)

That's entirely you choosing to ignore real and relevant products that Apple shipped during the time period you claim they were doing nothing. If you're looking for some kind of absolute consistency in when and how Apple uses the "Air" modifier on their product names, you haven't been paying attention.

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Re:Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leavi... by soperj on Friday February 13, 2026 @07:56PM (#47010100)

I'm not really ignoring anything. They shipped real Macbook Airs for years with outdated processors, hence Hardware isn't first class.

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