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01-17-2018, 10:22 AM
Apple forgot the greatest lesson of the MacBook Air
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Ten years ago, Steve Jobs (http://mashable.com/category/steve-jobs/) hopped on stage at Macworld 2008 and did another one of his seemingly impossible magic tricks: He undid the string on a manila envelope, pulled out the MacBook Air (http://mashable.com/category/macbook-air/), and forever changed laptops forever.
On Monday, the MacBook Air turned 10 (time flies!), and while it's incredible how much the thin, light and tapered computer has influenced all laptops, it also serves as a lesson on how Apple can make its family of MacBooks great again.
SEE ALSO: Ready or not, Windows 10 laptops are going all-in on USB-C ports (http://mashable.com/2018/01/05/dell-xps-13-2018-hands-on/)
The MacBook Air wasn't an instant hit at first. Sure, it was the thinnest and lightest laptop the world had ever seen, but it was ultimately such an underpowered machine that it was better to just buy a bigger, bulkier MacBook or MacBook Pro instead. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/16/apple-macbook-air-lesson/)
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Ten years ago, Steve Jobs (http://mashable.com/category/steve-jobs/) hopped on stage at Macworld 2008 and did another one of his seemingly impossible magic tricks: He undid the string on a manila envelope, pulled out the MacBook Air (http://mashable.com/category/macbook-air/), and forever changed laptops forever.
On Monday, the MacBook Air turned 10 (time flies!), and while it's incredible how much the thin, light and tapered computer has influenced all laptops, it also serves as a lesson on how Apple can make its family of MacBooks great again.
SEE ALSO: Ready or not, Windows 10 laptops are going all-in on USB-C ports (http://mashable.com/2018/01/05/dell-xps-13-2018-hands-on/)
The MacBook Air wasn't an instant hit at first. Sure, it was the thinnest and lightest laptop the world had ever seen, but it was ultimately such an underpowered machine that it was better to just buy a bigger, bulkier MacBook or MacBook Pro instead. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/16/apple-macbook-air-lesson/)
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