Dr. Zaus
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- Oct 16, 2008
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When they have a 14inch retina that fits in the same size as the 13 inch mac book air and has two usb C ports i'm buying into the mac books.I'm curious what they're going to do next. I mean, look at the new Macbook:
https://www.apple.com/macbook/
The thickness tapers from 0.52" down to 0.14". Somehow they were able to create keyboard keys that reviewers were pleased with, but I don't think you can get much thinner without giving up tactile feedback from springy keys, and I'd hate to lose that because that's how I type! It has the new 14nm CPU architecture, so it's fanless, which is pretty cool, and the modern 1.1ghz & 1.2ghz dual-core Core M chips are quick enough for average user tasks. I'm sure down the road we'll see a 3ghz model at 8nm with 64 gigs of RAM or something ridiculous, but I don't know if I'd want the form factor to get much thinner than that.
I did see one video review where they said it was surprisingly solid (no flex) thanks to being made out of metal & not plastic like other ultra-thin laptops. Now that they're pumping out sapphire glass, custom gold, etc. we may see even stronger, more drop-proof & scratch-proof laptops in the future. With that said, I'm pretty happy with my $199 Chromebook
Reviews are like "why isn't the mac book air update" answer: It's over, they're going back to mac book and mac book pro.