HACKINTOSH.ORG | Macintosh discussion forums

MacBook Air: Why didn’t it die?

<article>
   <section class="page">
<p>Sixteen months ago I wrote a eulogy, of a sort (https://www.macworld.com/article/3261125/macbook-air-why-wont-it-die.html) for the MacBook Air. My all-time favorite Apple laptop was a living fossil, a non-Retina USB-A laptop in a sea of shiny new Apple tech. Apple had done a minor processor update to keep it on life support and there were rumors that another one was in the offing. The long goodbye was becoming endless.</p><p>But something funny happened on the way to the abattoir: The MacBook Air not only got a reprieve and a Retina upgrade (https://www.macworld.com/article/3317496/2018-macbook-air-specs-price-release-date-faq.html), but with Tuesday’s update to the Apple laptop line (https://www.macworld.com/article/3407800/apple-kills-macbook-non-touch-bar-macbook-pro-notebook-shakeup.html), it’s killed off both of its putative replacements (https://www.macworld.com/article/3407711/the-12-inch-macbook-is-dead-and-it-will-be-missed.html).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3407747/macbook-air-why-didnt-it-die.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

Source: MacBook Air: Why didn’t it die? (https://www.macworld.com/article/3407747/macbook-air-why-didnt-it-die.html#tk.rss_all)