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Apple Announces New MacBook Air With Retina Display, Touch ID and Sketchy Keyboard (cnet.com)
At an event on Tuesday, Apple announced an update to one of its most popular laptops, the MacBook Air. The 13.3-inch laptop now has a 13.3-inch Retina display with four times the resolution with thin bezels, but moves to two USB-C ports only. Other features of it include: T2 chip for TouchID, three-mic array for better voice recognition, new butterfly keyboard (the same module the company used in this year's MacBook Pro lineup -- which as you might remember are not reliable), eGPU and 5K display support, 8th-gen Intel Core i5, up to 16GB 2333MHz memory, up to 1.5TB SSD, 2.75 pounds. It is made of 100 percent recycled aluminum. It starts at $1,199 and ships starting November 7.
You can get up to 16 GB of RAM, a need to carry multiple dongles, and an unreliable keyboard for only well over $1200!
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
Because it's a toy for hipstrash to watch media/surf social media on, not a real machine for doing work.