- Hey guys, Jonathan here in the tech insanity!
The lack of sleep continues.
Apple closed out October with a bang,
droppin' new iPad Pros, new Mac Minis,
which I am hyped for,
and then what we're talking about right now,
new MacBook Airs.
Now I swear, I've really, really tried to avoid
using truth in the title of my videos lately,
a ton of people do it, I guess that's it's click-baity, but
I also think people have the wrong idea with this
new MacBook Air and I want to explain why.
For starters, I see a ton of comments saying,
"Hey, Tim!
Where is that rumored 7, 8, $900 mythical budget MacBook,
this MacBook Air is $1200, what the heck is going on?"
This MacBook Air was not intended to be that budget
MacBook, like, ever.
I've said it all year long where I've felt the 13 inch
MacBook Pro without touch bar, didn't really make sense
in the lineup, it would've made more sense
is if Apple updated 13 inch MacBook Air, or replaced
that, which is pretty much exactly what they did.
If you recall, the previous 13 inch MacBook Air
was around that $1200 price point,
but it came with a trash display, and no,
I'm not just talking about resolution,
I am talking the actual display.
The panel, like, it was just pure hot garbage.
So what we have now is a much, much better display
with a higher resolution, retna 2560 by 1600 display.
You have three color options now.
Silver, space gray, and then finally gold, which
actually is different than the MacBook Pro.
Breaking news...
Poppy Harlow just ruinin' my day.
We can't go six minutes without an Apple controversy.
Apparently, there's a report on Mac rumors
that the new MacBook Air is only used at a five watt chip
and people are freaking the (drum bang) out.
All I'm going to say, is please, can we just get these
devices in hand, use them, test them before we freak out.
So yes, with those chips you have a dual core processor
with a base clock speed of 1.6 GHZ with a turbo up to 3.6
Whether it hits those turbo speeds is
a different conversation for a different day,
but you gotta remember the 13 inch MacBook Pro
without touch bar, was also a dual core machine.
Now one advantage of that five watt chip is gonna be
lower power consumption, lower heat, better battery life
and that's something Apple actually bragged about
with this MacBook Air.
Honesty, I think someone who is picking up a MacBook Air
wants great battery life, they don't want it running hot
and burning the crap outta their thighs.
You are not buying a MacBook Air to render 8K raw footage,
and again, before you freak out and read the
(spleck noise)
let's just these things and remember that it comes down
to optimization before anything else.
Beyond the controversy though, you are getting
two full fledged thunderbolt three ports, not USBC
like on a 12 inch MacBook, so essentially,
this MacBook Air is kinda like a MacBook Pro Jr.
For real though, I know it sounds silly, but Apple
went with the MacBook Air name, because people want
a MacBook Air.
Some people don't want the MacBook Pro, some people
don't want the MacBook, even though the 12 inch model
is super light weight and portable,
it is that MacBook Air name that makes people feel
warm and fuzzy inside.
It's totally a subconscious thing,
but hearing Air, kinda makes you assume that hey,
my laptop is light weight, it's portable,
it's lighter than air, and there's also a little bit
of nostalgia going back to what Steve Jobs pulled out
of that envelope many years ago.
Now what's also new is touch ID.
It's nowhere near as fancy looking as the touch bar models,
but it's nice that it's here and it really rounds out
these laptops.
From there, storage wise, you can go up to a crazy
1.5 terabytes on a MacBook Air, which I don't think
anybody should do.
It's just like completely overkill.
With that kind of money, bump yourself up to a MacBook Pro,
get some better specs, some better performance,
and use the MacBook Air like it should be used.
Lastly, these new MacBook Airs go all the way up to
16 gigawatts and yes, there definitely is already
some controversy with these five watt chips,
but, that aside, I think they look very promising
and I'm super excited to get em in hand,
and test these guys out.
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More videos are yet to come, the new iPad Pros, the new
Mac Mini, which I am hyped for!
Like, Viper hyped!
- Aww man!
- Anyways, Jonathan here, and I will catch you guys later.