![]() ![]() Not that the name MacBook doesn’t have a proud legacy, but that it’s both the name of a specific computer model and the name of an entire product line. To be honest, the worst part of the MacBook is its name. Surely one of those designs would be thin and light enough to be tucked into a new MacBook. But Apple has already done the redesign work, twice-first for the Magic Keyboard in modern Mac laptops, and second for the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro. Obviously, that keyboard’s not going to work. ![]() The butterfly keyboard design that debuted on the MacBook and gradually migrated to the entire Mac laptop line was a multi-year disaster for Apple that it’s only recently addressed. ![]() The 12-inch MacBook was even less wide and lighter than the 11-inch Air, although it was a tiny bit deeper.įinally, there’s the keyboard. The MacBook was nearly a full inch less wide than the Retina MacBook Air, 0.62 inches less deep, and 0.77 pounds lighter. IDGĪnd yet the MacBook’s dimensions make it clear that there’s still a smaller Mac laptop to be made. Instead, it was powered by slow, low-power Intel processors and was discontinued a couple of years before Apple finally made the move to its own chips. When it first appeared, many of us thought that the 12-inch Retina MacBook wasĪ preview of the Apple silicon Mac revolution to come, all thin and light and fanless. It’s better than the old 13-inch model that we opted against, but it’s not as good as the old model, either.įortunately, Apple has already designed a true Retina successor to the 11-inch MacBook Air. But former 11-inch MacBook Air users like me will find switching to the modern MacBook Air a bit disconcerting. What I’m saying is, users of the old 13-inch MacBook Air have found that the Retina model is a little bit lighter and more compact, which is great. ![]()
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