In terms of design, the MacBook is best described as what would happen if you crossed an iPad with a MacBook Air. The end result is a device that like the original Air is hard to pin down in this time frame, as it straddles a couple different product segments. The MacBook isn’t just a new Air – though in a sense it’s an heir to the Air – but it’s something new that isn’t entirely removed from its predecessors while not being exactly the same either. With the announcement this week of the suffix-less MacBook (2015), I’m left to wonder if Apple is doing the same thing for a new market segment. What Apple eventually kicked off was a distinct market segment, though as a market it did take some time to materialize. Though the ultra-portable laptop itself wasn’t a new idea, there is in retrospect a distinct line dividing the Air – the first of what we now classify as Ultrabooks – from previous attempts at ultra-portables. When Apple first introduced the MacBook Air back in 2008, I’m not sure anyone knew quite what to expect in the long-run from the little, low-powered Mac.
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