boring prediction: that rumored 12" macbook will be one of two things:
- genuinely cheap but with ipad-like limitations (e.g. only appstore apps, no xcode, single usb-c port..)
- a full-fledged computer but priced only like $100 below the regular macbook air
hope im wrong, but "low-cost" apple devices are always one or the other. they won't risk cannibalizing their other product lines
@a I don't think so, at that point it would be an iPad with a keyboard
@alicela1n true.. maybe the second scenario is more likely and it'll be $849 or something. i really don't think we're getting a genuinely low price *and* full macos though, since it would replace the 13" m4 air for almost everyone.
im worried it'll end up like the 11" air or iphone 12/13 mini: a really good product that doesn't sell because it's priced too close to the bigger/better model
@a if they sell it as a cheaper Mac they could sell a whole bunch of them and make a huge profit that way, but I don't see locking it down to be likely because at that point why would anyone buy it over an iPad with a keyboard?
@alicela1n definitely, but they haven't historically been willing to trade lower per-sale margins for a bigger market share.. maybe it's changing now that they make more on services? fingers crossed
@a hard to know what they will do, Macs have gotten cheaper since the introduction of Apple Silicon so there's that, and the M1 Mac mini was sold at like $599 initially