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The new 2024 macbooks could cost as low as $700 and be 12inch and 13inch models- what will apple skimp on to achieve this? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Worryaboutanything@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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I’ve been wanting a brand new 12 inch macbook since my 2015 became slow and unreliable.

I will lose my marbles if the bodies are plastic. What else could they cut costs on?

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[–] wiseman121@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Mac for you sounds like an m1 air. You can frequently get these for $700-750 new and they are fanless/thin like the og 12".

Apple won't do a 12" again. While I loved it personally the majority did not, with the air 13" they don't need to and it just fragments the lineup further.

As for a $700 new Mac, apple also won't do this. Apple operates like a fashion brand, Apple won't lower the value of the brand Mac to this low beyond what they ever have. If you went to an apple store looking a Mac at $700 they would have the perfect product for you, an iPad air with a keyboard.

[–] snaynay@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

While I loved it personally the majority did not

It was actually a hit, but it was the piss poor performance of the Intel M chips and the relentless butterfly switch problems that forced Apple to discontinue it. Everyone wants the smallest, cheapest, most basic Mac. From basic users to many IT professionals and all those hipster stores that use Mac based POS systems.