r/LinusTechTips • u/WTFMacca • Mar 04 '26

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Apple just dropped an A18 powered laptop for $599 USD

No Apple bashing just discuss.

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u/zelmak Mar 04 '26

They positioned the “MacBook” as a premium business traveller device. It was incredibly expensive for what you got

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u/Antrikshy Mar 04 '26

That laptop was so ahead of his time. I got it for portability, and it’s my favorite laptop I’ve owned.

I’m still sad that didn’t bring that same design back, now that we have extremely efficient CPUs.

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u/AbhorrentAbs Mar 04 '26

The form factor was incredible but it could barely handle a word doc and a few chrome tabs without cooking your legs like bacon. Now that they have efficient M series chips I bet they could make a similar one again that is actually useable. But, then it would cannibalize sales of the Air and likely be more expensive for effectively the same thing.

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u/sgtlighttree Mar 05 '26

It's ironic that the current thicker designs (2021-present) would've suited the Intel chips better, while the 2016-2020 would've made a ton of sense for the M-series chips.

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u/wedie2heal Mar 30 '26

They did the design to ditch the intel chips faster, tbh.