MacBook Air

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MacBook Air

504 positive 9 neutral 105 negative

Based on 618 Reddit mentions

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Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5

At $1,099 for the MacBook Air, this tells us that the new “low-cost” MacBook is likely going to be ~$799-899. I don’t think it’s going to be as low-cost as what people were hoping.

Interactive_CD-ROM in r/apple

March 3, 2026 2:23 PM

186

What laptop does your company give you?

All developers used to get a MacBook Pro. But now they’ve downgraded to MacBook Airs M4. Typical cost cutting decision by management. All big 34” curved screens are being replaced by Dell docking stations with two screens, which are not compatible with Mac.. Devs are not happy as you can imagine

jobo437 in r/ExperiencedDevs

April 8, 2026 1:04 PM

175

iPhone 17 Air to Start at $1,099 With 256GB Storage, 1TB for $1,499

Can someone tell me how a M4 MacBook Air is cheaper than an iPhone? It baffles me

changetherules8 in r/apple

September 4, 2025 1:57 PM

586

MacBook Neo has a thermal protection over the chip

I did a similar copper shim mod on my MacBook Air 2019 back then, it helped with the temps a lot but it made it strictly not a “lap”top. There is a reason why there is an air gap, and it is for not literally burning you or cooking your skin.

pluckyvirus in r/mac

March 13, 2026 11:55 AM

137

Anon purchases a laptop.

MacBook air I've never seen anyone use one for anything more intensive than Microsoft office, email, and web browsing.

Reading_username in r/greentext

November 30, 2025 10:37 PM

432

New iPhones See 'Stronger Than Expected' Demand With One Exception

The first MacBook Air sucked. It was underpowered, temperamental, and the battery barely lasted through lunch. My dad always warned us to never buy the first model year, but I didn’t listen. Source: I owned one.

SirCake3614 in r/apple

October 3, 2025 12:16 AM

305

macOS 26.3 might have just spilled Apple’s biggest March 4 secrets | Product drivers for the low-cost MacBook and two new Studio Displays spotted in the latest macOS code.

But that’s kind of Apple’s strategy… always make the customer pay a little more than they think is reasonable, so that with a couple of upgrade options, spending a little more and moving up to the next product tier (e.g. MacBook Air) makes sense. That’s how they get ya.

Neutral-President in r/apple

February 20, 2026 1:53 PM

70

Microsoft Says 'We're Faster Than a Mac' in Latest Windows PC Ad

"Microsoft says the top-end Windows PCs with Copilot+ branding are up to 58% faster than the previous-generation MacBook Air with the M3 chip" So their top-end Windows PC is faster than the previous version of the low-end Mac? Good job, I guess.

SillySpoof in r/apple

May 15, 2025 7:47 PM

1.7k

"Evil thinkpad is not real it can't hurt you"

That’s looks like a MacBook Air bootleg

Pixelverse54321 in r/thinkpad

February 16, 2026 11:45 PM

55

Is my barley used 2017 Mac book air ‘end of life’

This is a “MacBook” just MacBook. Not MacBook Air. 2. These are known to have NAND failure. The internal drive is dead.

Guitar_Scary in r/mac

February 22, 2026 11:33 PM

46

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