History Of The MacBook Air

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Today, you probably know the MacBook Air as the smallest, cheapest laptop Apple sells. But when it first came out in 2008, it was one of the most expensive. With a starting price of $1,800. And if you upgraded to the solid state drive, it was $3,100. Which is over $4,500 today. For that price, you might expect the Air to’ve been the most powerful, feature-filled laptop Apple sold. But it was far from it.

[justincampbell]

Don’t get clean my Mac. It’s an annoying app that does what Apple does for you automatically. If you hate notifications, clean my Mac is a nightmare

[MetalJesusRocks]

My wife is a real estate agent and she JUMPED at the chance to buy a MacBook Air when announced because for her having something thin and lightweight to carry around in her briefcase was all that she needed. She never once complained about the lack of ports.

[LineDesign]

Greg missed the opportunity to explain that the Air created a whole new category of PC called the Ultrabook. It, along with tablets, eventually replaced netbooks in the 2010s.

[ChrisB]

My M1 MacBook Air is still going strong. For web browsing and light productivity, it performs amazing and battery life is phenomenal.

[mustafaaniladanir]

They kept returning to that 999$ price point 😂

[wazitSomethingISaid]

Clean my mac should be called "Break my mac"

[nelsn]

I remember when the MacBook Air was first released, there was a guy here on YouTube who made a channel called “I1Hate1The1Mac1Book1Air” and his only video was how he hated the MacBook Air while holding it. It’s long gone (both the channel and video) but it’s an early memory I have when I look back at the MacBook Air. It’s much better than what it was back in 2008.

[TipsterLIVE]

Never used a 1st gen air. But I had a 13” version of the first redesign. Liked it for what it was. Currently have a M2 air and love it. Pretty solid device.

[EV_car]

I have the 2022 M2 Air with 8GB of RAM and its perfect, and it's good not just for browsing the web, i do 3D modeling, while editing video, while making presentations, while having 25 open Chrome tabs + other 10 apps + Apple Intelligence and it's very fast with all that at the same time with only 8GB of RAM, no lagging. Amazing laptop.

[ecklere]

My base 2012 MBP already had 8GB of RAM. Unbelievable that they just recently moved from 8 to 16GB. 12 years later.

[dogoku]

My 2012 Air was my favourite laptop of all time. It kept chugging along until I finally replaced it with an M1 Air in 2020. Airs literally ruined every other laptop for me (and i tried a lot, but I always come back to air)

[ilanolivares]

Just purchased an M3 16GB MBA for $850! It’s such a portable beast.

[ReadtheBible]

I would be honored if anyone would wish this old man a happy birthday. 92 and still going strong.

[cjadams]

This is a cool retrospective ….. Love the way you show the evolution of the pricing which is a pattern and makes way more sense but only when you look at same model to model evolution over time. Initially higher then lower.. then new model …repeat. while upping specs at same price each generation.

[teamredstudio]

I can't believe you're still using the same music, I haven't seen your videos in like 3 years, so amazed to see you're still here and haven't changed much apart from the channel picture

[alidashti]

Have the macbook air m3 16gb 15 inch and O can say how impressed I am that made a laptop with these specs and light weight at 15 inch with amazing battery life and I am happy with the laptop and also that apple made the starting specs for the m3 macbook air 16gb insteed of 8 gb 😊 .

[tamwilfred]

Some of Apple's products have maintained their original prices even years after release. For instance, when the M2 MacBook Air was introduced, the two-year-old M1 model remained priced at $999, while the M2's price increased. Similarly, the iPhone SE continues to be sold at its initial release price. Apple is often viewed as a company that meticulously manages its pricing strategies. The recent increase in base RAM across all models could be seen as a response to competitors offering laptops with 16GB of RAM as standard. I have a love hate relationship with Apple.

[chrisray]

I was surprised the M4 Mac Mini still has a wired audio output, and Apple offers wired airpods.

[ecklere]

My mid 2012 macbook pro got 256 GB of storage space in the base configuration. Dec 2024, more than 12 years later, Apple still gives you 256 gb of storage space in the base configuration. Crazy

[FlosBlog]

I would have wanted more background info on the m-series chips