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nubus said:

A friendly update to a great product. Support for 2 displays is a nice surprise making it a good candidate for business customers. Prices have been reduced in Euro. Interesting that M2 15" has been discontinued keeping that price high. Wouldn't buy with less than 16 GB and memory is still too expensive.

Cheaper in GBP too which is nice.

dmskalnm said:

I'm seeing in the app on the headline list that the "MacBook" was updated. It should be changed to "MacBook Air" since these are two different products.

When I saw that I thought it might be a lightweight MacBook too for a second but alas it wasn’t to be. My comment above is how I think Apple view this now.

I’m in for a maxed out version. Would have preferred a 12” MacBook in regards to size and weight but it is pretty clear their user feedback it battery & screen size are more important (esp. with phones) than size and weight. I also think they would tell me that’s what my iPad is for so this is the lightest I am gonna get on and order this.

charlesn said:

At first I was surprised to read this news from Gurman. I would have thought Apple marketing would want an event. But on second thought, not so much. Apple doesn't do events for speed bumps, and that's the story for the MBAs and, in large part, for the iPads, too. So you're left with an event to talk about OLED screens, the XL iPad Air and a couple of new accessories. And it's not as if the existing screens in iPad Pros aren't terrific--they are. I'm sure the OLEDs will better them in ways typical of OLED tech, but this will be iterative improvement, not jaw-dropping advancement. Of course, Apple is a company that based its whole marketing campaign for iPhone's 15 Pro models on a piece of titanium trim, so I never question their ability to make an insignificant feature seem like so much more than it is. 

😂

I am reading this on the exact machine. It is an absolute workhorse after 11+ solid years. I will be getting a maxed out M3 13" MacBook Air when they come out but this is still going admirably. A couple of HD cable replacements, a SDD switch for the HD and a recent speaker and 'woofer' (such as it is) replacement later and it is still incredibly useable.

I am a fan of maxing out when purchasing new and keeping tech for a long time. This will be kept on as a home entertainment and streaming device, plugged into the TV for the apps my box doesn't have such as YouTube until it dies, which I can't see being anytime soon.

I went out of my way to get this one for the DVD drive, not really realising just how much the lighter & smaller MBP retina 13" was in terms of screen resolution and speaker quality. My other half has the retina MBP and I envied hers for a long time. Was it worth it the extra weight in my bag for 11+ years for that DVD drive I hear you ask? Absolutely not, other than digitising my music collection I have barely ever used the drive but I love the laptop and it continues to be an upgradeable, repairable and reliable trooper.

I can't deny I am looking forward to the light, thunderbolt dock-able, better sounding and smaller MBA M3 though