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Macbook Air with Retina - The popular laptop with more power and a beautiful display

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Apple today introduced an all-new MacBook Air, bringing a stunning 13-inch Retina display, Touch ID, the latest processors and an even more portable design to the world’s most loved notebook.

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Ryan Hoover
This is a beauty, although I prefer a Macbook Pro because the bigger 15" screen > the Macbook Air's portability, for me.
Brian Sugar
@rrhoover can't use 15" on plane comfortably
Anna Filou
@rrhoover noooo, portability for the win! The battery life is fantastic too. For me that's much more important so I'm excited there's an upgrade! (I have the early 2015 model) But why did they kill magsafe?? That I will never understand. Just why. The perfect charger just gone.
Cam Adair
@briansugar it's so annoying :(
Sumant Subrahmanya
@rrhoover Can't just whip out your Mac fast enough with the 15''
Federico Jorge
@rrhoover Same feeling with the Pro 15" screen. Those extra inches make all the difference.
Saif Al Falah

1200$ for a laptop with dual core processor and DDR3 RAM in no way justifies the premium Apple is asking for it. No matter how good the retina display is.

Pros:

Build quality and the hardware software integration

Cons:

Doesn't justify its price

Dmitry A.
Not agree, it will work for the next 3-4 years with no downsides if you will treat the laptop properly. Speaking of Windows laptops, you're going to spend half of the price each year and going to hassle with all cons of Windows.
Saif Al Falah
@dr_dimitru Don't be so sure. My <2 years old MacBook Air just recently stopped working without as much a scratch. And Apple gave me a repair quote of 400$. So I think I have a right to be skeptical about their longevity.
Dmitry A.
@saifalfalah then you shouldn't add "Build quality" to pros. I'm happy with MBP 15" 2012 and MBA 13" 2014 so far so good, minor repairs and battery replacements, total maintenance cost around $600 during last 6 years
Saif Al Falah
@dr_dimitru I don't consider longevity being equivalent to build quality. Build quality is when you can lift the lid of your laptop with just the tip of your finger. It's when it doesn't wobble when you type hard. Longevity is a different issue altogether. My laptop is in pristine condition on the outside. On the inside, the battery is dead and the fan is kaput.
Dmitry A.
@saifalfalah Not agree again, maybe sadly nowadays "Build quality" means only book's cover of the product, I still believe it should correspond to the whole product.
Andreas Duess
The 13" Air is the primary workhorse in our company. These little things take a beating and rarely have any issues. Glad they've updated them.
Joshua Pinter
@andreasduess "workhorse"? I'm guessing mostly email and maybe some light dev, then? I don't think in 2018 you can call a 2-core machine a workhorse.
Andreas Duess
@joshuapinter Not everybody is a developer and/or designer. Our Account Execs, Community Managers and events people have more than enough horsepower available with an Air.
Michael Musgrove

Very nicely-designed product, but a lot of the price goes into their marketing of it.

Pros:

Nice design. Lots of apps and software available.

Cons:

Overpriced, impossible to work on or upgrade, everything is proprietary.

Saif Al Falah
1200$ for a dual core laptop with DDR3 RAM? I'll pass.
nikkwong
Looks like they killed the touchbar, which makes me more likely to snatch one of these. Hopefully they kill it on the next pro too.
Saif Al Falah
@nikk_wong MacBook Air is not their top of the line laptop. The absence of touchbar can also be attributed to the need of pricing it competitively.
Dayal
Apple Co. is becoming attractive and interesting, only for "crazy rich" and well accomplished people.. And most importantly more greedy! Apple definitely need to replace the CEO, Tim Cook with someone else.. Otherwise he will screw up the hard earned reputation of Apple.
Saif Al Falah
@dayaldave LOL! Apple was always making products for the rich. The Mac was never cheap. 🤦‍♀️
Dayal
@saifalfalah I mentioned "crazy rich" people. If you do a comparison of their product pricing in previous years, you will understand what I meant.
Saif Al Falah
@dayaldave Yes, they have been slowly increasing the price of the product this last year. However, Apple's products were always premium. It's just that they've become even more premium. And even though that's sad, I don't think it was unexpected.
Dinuka Jay

1200 is an insane price for mediocre hardware. Better off buying a razer blade if you need performance

Pros:

None. Same old laptop. Just a little polished.

Cons:

Overpriced.

H. Y. Dawood
This to me is the nail in Apple's "lack of innovation coffin". This is a repackaged Macbook Pro in a new chassis. For $100 more, just get the Macbook Pro...if you're spending over $1000 anyway. Does the ~.25lb weight difference mean that much? Am I missing something that the MBP doesnt have that the new MBA does?
Andreas Duess

The Air isn't aimed at the "lets count features" crowd. Instead, it is a rock solid workhorse that goes on working year after year after without as much as a hiccup. The Airs in our office get used by Account staff, financial staff, events teams and culinary teams. They take heaps of abuse and keep on ticking.

Pros:

Goes on working for years without needing expensive support. Both hard and software are rock solid. More than adequate for office tasks.

Cons:

Can't think of any. Lack of IT support hours more than offsets initial cost of purchase.

Nicholas Johnson
Only USB-C Ports again! looks like it will require adapters... or an Orange Charger... https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Shaim Noora
Well explained. Can we use this laptop for machine learning program purpose? I want to buy new one for my profession.