A new interview with two of Apple’s leaders behind the 15-inch MacBook Air reveals some interesting behind-the-scenes details about the new laptop. Read along for the biggest challenge to making it, how Apple settled on the 15.3-inch size, why Apple felt it was time to expand the MacBook Air lineup, and more.
Kate Bergeron, Apple’s VP of hardware engineering, and Laura Metz of Apple’s Mac product marketing team spoke with Mark Spoonauer at Tom’s Guide.
No surprise with the answer to the first question about how Apple decided it was time to launch a 15-inch MacBook Air – competition and demand. Metz shared:
“And as we look at the market landscape, we’ve got a huge population of PC laptops that have 15-inch displays. And so we know that we’ve got users who don’t necessarily need the performance of a MacBook Pro to get that larger display. They just don’t necessarily need all that capability and performance, and so with Apple silicon it was a great opportunity to look at this.”
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