[avidphantasm]

My first reaction to the new MacBook Airs was, gee I could use that to replace my 15” 2015 MBP. I’ve been wanting a machine with TouchID, but I don’t like the touch bar and like a physical escape key. With cloud work becoming more prevalent, maybe 2 cores and 16 GB is enough.

[hartator]

Just ordered one for dev work. Hopefully it’s enough.

[gambiting]

I almost did as well, and then I saw that they are equipped with the "Y" series of CPUs, so extremely underpowered 5W-limited series that normally goes in the basic Macbook or fanless tablets. It looks like they have completely neutered the CPU in the Air, where it no longer is a machine intended for anything more than light web browsing. It really shouldn't be called an Air - more like Macbook XL(Or Max, or whatever the current nomenclature is).

[hartator]

Yeah, MacBook 13" would have been a better product name. I've read contradictory things online for the projected performance of the i5-8200Y chip. The good news might be it's actually 7W and it has a fan. Maybe we can expect performance closer to the MB pro nTB 13".