Casey Liss
Jason Snell@caseyliss they chose to go with $599 instead.
@jsnell Yeah, that’s the thing. This is far and away the better choice for Apple.
But I want a multi-trillion dollar company to cater to my wants and needs.
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sukh@caseyliss @jsnell except it’s really a $699 device.
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Not only is this baby MacBook got terrible name but to confirm the rumours that it has A18 Pro instead of A19 Pro is insane to me when they got A19 Pro in an iPhone Air! Sure I get that they need to meet a price point but ultimately the one most people should be getting is the 512gb version, not only because 256gb is utterly ridiculous in 2026 but more importantly the target market won’t want a password to type in! So really this is a £699 device. iPhone Air can be had externally for £799.
@jsnell @caseyliss useful response. Here’s the M1 Air spec sheet that this device is replacing: https://support.apple.com/en-us/111883
It has Touch ID.
@InterfaceEngineer @caseyliss my response was exactly as useful as yours was.
@jsnell @caseyliss blimey someone seems 🌶️ today…
Seems like we can’t critique Apple? Biometrics has become norm.
To confirm I’m not downing this overall. It’s great to have MacBook well below $1k
My point is around Apple cutting a little beyond than they should’ve plus marketing a Mac with a older iPhone chip when the cost to R&D it in a tiny iPhone Air, which would’ve been higher than this base MacBook are critique points to be made. Or not in six color world…
Seems like we can’t critique Apple? Biometrics has become norm.
To confirm I’m not downing this overall. It’s great to have MacBook well below $1k
My point is around Apple cutting a little beyond than they should’ve plus marketing a Mac with a older iPhone chip when the cost to R&D it in a tiny iPhone Air, which would’ve been higher than this base MacBook are critique points to be made. Or not in six color world…
Alpacheez@InterfaceEngineer @jsnell @caseyliss I agree that they cut more than I'd like to see which results in a worse experience at this lower price, but I can see why they cut features to both hit the price and encourage the upgrade in-store. I also think this strategy that pushes the upgrade in-store is underhanded.