Skeptical

fowzie said:

With all due respect, Apple could release the 6th version of the ultra. It makes no difference that globally, people are convincing themselves that a single days (2 even) battery is something they’re cool with. It’s insane. We’re a slave to it, as it dies daily. It’s why I got off the Apple Watch bandwagon a few years back. I’m not going to talk about what I switched to as it detracts from my main point but I sincerely hope folks understand how bad the situation is. 

charlesn said:

Skeptical said:

Let me guess. It’s faster, with a bigger screen. 

That would be an incorrect guess! Bigger screen yes, but speed should be on par with the MBA 13" from last year, UNLESS... if you recall, the new MBA 13" introduced us to SSD-gate. Instead of the base model SSD getting a 2x128 configuration as with the wedge M1 model, Apple switched to 1x256... which, if you pushed the machine to do what no base model of the MBA would be purchased to do, did not perform as well as the wedge M1. But if you ordered 512GB of storage or more, you still got the 2x configuration. In the latest MBPs however, Apple switched to a 1x512 configuration for those ordering that size SSD. Only 1TB and above gets the 2x configuration. So I wonder if that will be the story with the new MBA 15" -- the 256 and 512 storage tiers will get a single chip, in which case the MBA 13" 512GB might outperform the 15" model on certain tasks.