New rumors doing the rounds counsel that Apple may launch a brand new 15-inch MacBook Air in 2023. This might both be the very best determination Apple has ever made – or a giant mistake.
The rumor comes from a report by Show Provide Chain Consultants (opens in new tab) which means that Apple is engaged on a MacBook Air that has a display screen round 15-inches in dimension, which is able to launch alongside a “barely bigger” 13-inch MacBook Air.
This isn’t the primary time a 15-inch MacBook Air has been mooted, in fact. As MacRumors factors out (opens in new tab), Apple has apparently been toying with the thought way back to 2008. However to this point, the corporate has saved to a 13-inch kind issue for its skinny and light-weight laptop computer.
The thought of a 15-inch MacBook Air has definitely excited lots of people. For the time being, if you happen to’d like a MacBook with a display screen dimension bigger than 13-inches, it’s good to purchase a drastically dearer MacBook Professional. Not solely are the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professionals dearer, they provide a stage of efficiency geared toward professionals, so many individuals wanting a MacBook for extra informal use could be paying for options and specs they merely don’t want.
A 15-inch MacBook Air could possibly be the best resolution, then, providing a extra reasonably priced large-screen MacBook with smart specs. If accomplished proper, it may very properly be the very best laptop computer ever made, just like the 13-inch MacBook Air (M1, 2020) presently is, but when these rumors are true (and that’s a giant ‘if’) I gained’t be shopping for one.
Evaluation: 13-inch for the win
There are many causes to like the MacBook Air (M1, 2020), however chief amongst them is the truth that it’s skinny, mild and simply moveable. A whole lot of that is due to the truth that it has a 13-inch display screen, and I’m involved that any MacBook Air that comes with a bigger display screen may lose that portability.
Dell, one in every of Apple’s nice rivals, has proven with the XPS 15 that it’s potential to make a skinny, mild and classy 15-inch laptop computer, however over the numerous years I’ve been reviewing and utilizing laptops, I’ve all the time most well-liked 13-inch laptops.
For a begin, I usually work whereas commuting on bus and prepare, and a 13-inch laptop computer is way more snug to do this with. My outdated work machine was a 15-inch MacBook Professional, but it surely was just too giant to make use of on a pull-out tray on a prepare.
Work has since changed the 15-inch MacBook Professional with a 13-inch Floor Laptop computer Go, and whereas on paper that will seem to be a downgrade, I’ve really discovered myself utilizing the Floor Laptop computer Go much more than I ever used the 15-inch MacBook Professional, as a consequence of it being really easy to hold round and use on public transport.
It’s additionally why I fell in love with the MacBook Air, and why I like to recommend it to principally anybody searching for a brand new laptop computer. It’s additionally why I most well-liked the MacBook Professional 14-inch (2021) to the MacBook Professional 16-inch (2021). Regardless of them primarily having the identical specs, the smaller 14-inch mannequin simply felt extra spectacular and extra handy.
So if there may be certainly going to be a 15-inch MacBook Air sooner or later, and even when it’s the very best laptop computer ever made, I nonetheless most likely gained’t purchase it. However, for these of you who like bigger laptop computer screens, it could possibly be a genius transfer by Apple.
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