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The new 2024 macbooks could cost as low as $700 and be 12inch and 13inch models- what will apple skimp on to achieve this? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Worryaboutanything@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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I’ve been wanting a brand new 12 inch macbook since my 2015 became slow and unreliable.

I will lose my marbles if the bodies are plastic. What else could they cut costs on?

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[–] Taddy_Ross@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Apple won’t ever go back to plastic because it wouldn’t look good for their environmental efforts and their 2030 goal.

[–] clipsracer@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

100% recycled plastic wouldn’t look bad though…

[–] RNVRH@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Don’t give Apple ideas 😭

And besides, even the 12” MacBooks made in 2015, 2016 and 2017 were all made of aluminium, so I don’t think Apple can downgrade the materials back to plastic like the MacBooks from decades ago because MacBooks are seen as “premium devices”, and plastic is not a premium material.

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