When is an ultraportable not an ultraportable? It’s a riddle posed by Apple’s latest addition to the MacBook Air family. The much-loved thin and light line just got its largest model to date. The 15-inch MacBook Air is – by some measures – also the company’s largest consumer laptop, given the work/enterprise focus on its 15- and 16-inch Pro models.
The company is, naturally, calling it the “thinnest 15 inch laptop to date.” As expected, the Air uses last year’s M2 chip (supply chain shortages are suspected to be at play here). There’s a MagSafe charger and only two thunderbolt/USB-C ports (like the 13-inch).
Screen real estate has always been a bit of a sticking point for the line – though its also been understood that some sacrifices have to be made for the sake of portability. A 15-inch Air occupies an interesting space in the ever-shifting MacBook line, taking the parts of the company’s best laptop and scaling them up. The design means it’s quite portable for suc...
