{"id":12140,"date":"2023-10-27T18:39:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=12140"},"modified":"2023-10-27T18:39:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:39:29","slug":"technology-macbooks-are-getting-cheaper-and-why-do-we-have-the-ipad-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2023\/10\/27\/technology-macbooks-are-getting-cheaper-and-why-do-we-have-the-ipad-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: MacBooks are getting Cheaper and Why do we have the iPad, again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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href=\"https:\/\/m.blog.naver.com\/PostView.naver?blogId=yeux1122&amp;logNo=223247397138&amp;navType=by\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Naver.com<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/10\/26\/apple-low-cost-12-inch-13-inch-macbook\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macrumors<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>Apple is actively developing new 12-inch and 13-inch MacBook models for sale at a planned price point of around $700 or less, claims a rumor out of Korea.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My love for the iPad has been steadily growing for many years. The Magic Keyboard finally enabled me to travel and live on the iPad exclusively while traveling without needing to bring a MacBook Pro. This journey for me has been going for 15 years where I used to run a super fast iMac or PowerMac alongside a low-cost MacBook Air which then became running a super fast MacBook Pro nearly 100% tethered to my desk setup and the iPad (air then pro) doing my mobile lifting for 80% of what I needed to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apple Silicon &amp; iPadOS are to blame for my shift in thinking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 15\u201d MacBook Air can be had for $1199 in the 512GB configuration with an M2 chip as a Black Friday deal ($999 with 256GB). This has a backlit keyboard, all day batter, trackpad and a full desktop operating system with no sandboxing of iOS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We now have a rumor of a part-deux of the MacBook Lovely at a starting price of $700 as a fully featured and very thin travel laptop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I am not a creative type who requires a touch input, nor is there an iPad OS application that can\u2019t do what I already can on MacOS\u2026in fact, Apple Silicon has opened iPad apps up to me on MacOS. I can run Darkroom, MLB.TV and many other iPad apps on my Mac.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My iPad Pro M1 w\/ Magic Keyboard will last me another year or two. Replacing it today will cost me $2,049 with the keyboard in a 512GB variant and AppleCare. Alternatively, I can buy a 13\u201d MacBook Air for under $899 and AppleCare is an additional $199 ($149 for iPad Pro).<\/p>\n<p>Why would I pay double for a device whose only advantage is touch input and a cellular connection? 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