News MacBook Air 15-inch Exclusive: How Apple made the world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop

[admin]

What went into the making of the new MacBook Air 15-inch? Apple's Kate Bergeron and Laura Meta sit down with Tom's Guide to share the secrets behind this machine.

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[mchan1]

Should've asked why Apple insists on providing the base model with 8Gb ram with 256Gb storage IN 2023! It's ridiculous!
The base model should have 16Gb ram with 512Gb minimum, similar to many other PC laptop models.
Also, why only 1 external monitor port instead of 2? Force users to buy the MB Pro which costs Hundreds more??
Spec wise, it's essentially the same as the older 13" model but with a bigger 15" screen.

 

[Mark Spoonauer]

Should've asked why Apple insists on providing the base model with 8Gb ram with 256Gb storage IN 2023! It's ridiculous!
The base model should have 16Gb ram with 512Gb minimum, similar to many other PC laptop models.
Also, why only 1 external monitor port instead of 2? Force users to buy the MB Pro which costs Hundreds more??
Spec wise, it's essentially the same as the older 13" model but with a bigger 15" screen.

Both of those are fair points. Especially the dual screens. I think you can argue though that Air performs better with less RAM than competing Windows machines.

 

[mchan1]

Apple Macs are supposedly designed to perform better with less RAM for many years.

That's No excuse for the minimum specs, esp. in 2023 and future years, considering the Higher prices that Apple charges, while component prices have literally dropped!

If one is a student, it's not much of a problem, similar to those that only do 'simple' tasks like go online or view online media.

But anyone else, with how many software is getting more bloated and using more resources, 8Gb RAM is ridiculous.
Then the storage issue also repeats itself considering how file sizes for many software is literally growing in size year by year!

Apple is Literally marketing its products for Media people, who tend to create various media files which can and are large, like videos and photos. Yet it continues to sell the measly storage of 256Gb because it wants to Upsell the higher end parts and products while charging More.

Apple is become greedier year by year using the most minimum specs for its products.
Sadly, lots of Apple users still gladly pay the costly Apple tax even though they grumble quietly which is becoming louder, considering the state of the economy.
Worse, Apple users who have NEVER used a Windows PC complain and make fun of them.
For a comparable MBP that costs $3000+, one can get a very good Windows PC for much less and it's upgradeable.
Take care of the PC and the PC will take care of you! NO different than Mac users.

Would like to try the MB Air 15" but upgrading the parts made the model more expensive.
Many Windows laptops are defaulted with 16Gb/32Gb Ram and 512Gb/1Tb storage for a similar price, depending on the configuration.