MacBook Air mai Inci 15 Shine Kwamfyutan Ciniki Mafi Gasa ta Apple a cikin Shekaru

A lokacin jigon WWDC 2023, Apple ya jefar da gauntlet zuwa duniyar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka tare da 15-inch MacBook Air. Me yasa aka sanya wannan cikin ban mamaki? Saboda farashin: $1,299 kawai don ƙirar tushe. To, wannan yana kama da kowane kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na Apple mai tsada, daidai? Ba daidai ba.

Wannan farashin $1,299 yana sanya 15-inch MacBook Air daidai daidai da yawancin manyan manyan kwamfyutocin Windows - tare da allon inch 15, ko akasin haka. Gabaɗaya magana, har zuwa wannan lokacin, an ɗauki tsawon watanni a kan ɗakunan ajiya kafin sabbin kwamfyutocin Apple su faɗi farashin kusa da na kwamfyutocin Windows masu fafatawa. Don haka, menene ke bayarwa, kuma ta yaya hakan ya faru?

Girman Sabon MacBook Air

Sabon MacBook Air mai inci 15 na Apple ya zo da launuka hudu, gami da zabin baki-da-baki, kuma a waccan farashin, kuna samun ingantacciyar na'ura mai sarrafa M2 ta Apple wacce ke da 8GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya da 256GB SSD. Wannan duk ana samun dama ta hanyar nunin Liquid Retina IPS mai girman inch 15.3 (ƙudurin ɗan ƙasa 2,880 ta 1,864 pixels, kuma an ƙididdige shi har zuwa nits 500 na haske, gwargwadon iƙirarin Apple).

MacBook Air 15-inch a cikin matakai daban-daban na ninka… saboda wasu dalilai
(Credit: Brian Westover)

A cewar Apple, sabuwar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mai inci 15, za ta dauki tsawon sa’o’i 15 na amfani da intanet mara waya, wanda ya yi daidai da mafi yawan kwamfutocin da ke amfani da Windows masu girman girmansa. Yanzu, kun rasa tallafin Wi-Fi 6E, tare da Wi-Fi 6 kawai akwai, amma kuna samun kyamaran gidan yanar gizo na 1080p FaceTime da tashoshin jiragen ruwa guda biyu na Thunderbolt 4 (daidai da ƙirar 13-inch).

A ƙarshe, tare da murfin launi na panel sau da yawa ana samun su akan nunin MacBook, kuna kallon na'urar gyara multimedia mai ƙarfi tare da girman girman allo, ba tare da yin babban tsalle a farashi zuwa layin MacBook Pro a wannan girman dangi ba.

Mu kalli Gasar Windows

Dangane da abin da za ku iya samu a cikin kwamfyutocin flagship da ke gudana a kan Windows 11, mai ƙarfi mai ƙarfi shine sabon $1,299 Dell XPS 15 daga ɗayan manyan sunaye a cikin kwamfyutocin Windows. A waccan farashin farawa, kuna samun Gen Intel Core i13 CPU na 7 tare da ƙirar Intel Arc 370M, mafi girman 16GB na RAM, da mafi girma 512GB SSD. Duk da haka, ya zo tare da kawai 1,920-by-1,200-pixel 15.6-inch nuni da 720p kyamarar gidan yanar gizo ta kwatanta. (MacBook Air mai inch 15 tare da 512GB SSD yana kashe $1,499, kiyaye komai na gaskiya.)

Hakanan, Lenovo Yoga 9i yana farawa da ɗan ƙaramin sama da $ 1,399, wanda ke ba ku guntu irin wannan zuwa Dell da kuma adadin RAM da sararin SSD iri ɗaya. Koyaya, Lenovo yana samun kusanci da inganci tare da allon taɓawa na 14-inch 2,880-by-1,800-pixel da kyamarar gidan yanar gizon Apple-matching 1080p, kuma kuna samun nau'in juzu'in 2-in-1 babu MacBook da ya taɓa bayarwa.

Sabbin XPS 15 na Dell yana da farashin farawa iri ɗaya, kuma baya bayar da yawa.
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A ƙarshe, muna da kwamfyutan kwamfyuta kwatankwacinta daga shahararren abokin hamayyar Apple a duniyar waya, Samsung, a cikin sigar Galaxy Book3 Pro. Yana farawa a $1,449. Duk da yake da alama an fara haɓaka shi da MacBook Pro na Apple, sabon MacBook Air mai inci 15 yana canza lissafin. Galaxy Book14 Pro mai girman 3-inch ana siyar da samfurin inch 16 akan $1,749 don farawa-yana amfani da nau'ikan processor iri ɗaya da adadin RAM da ƙarfin SSD kamar kwamfyutocin da aka ambata a baya tare da nuni mai kama da girman, kaifi, da iyawa zuwa Yoga na Lenovo. allo. (Kuna iya jefa $1,499 Acer Swift Edge 16 na kwanan nan a cikin wannan kwatancen, amma ba zan yi la'akari da batun ba.)

Duk abin da aka faɗa, babu abin da zan iya samu daga manyan masana'antun na 15-inch Windows kwamfyutocin (ko ma 14-inch flagship model, a fili) mafi kyau a kan kowane gaba abin da Apple yanzu sayar da $1,300. Yayin da 15-inch MacBook Air yana da rabin adadin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya da ajiya don farawa, kwatankwacin, ku tuna cewa haɗin haɗin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar Apple an inganta shi kai tsaye don amfani da macOS, duk abin da yake sarrafawa. Idan kuna buƙatar haɗin 16GB/512GB RAM/SSD, to farashin $1,499 ya kasance mai gasa tare da duk wasu fasalulluka da aka yi la'akari.

An 'Apple Tax Break?' Yaya Hakan Ya Faru?

Tare da MacBooks na Apple na dogon lokaci ana la'akari da zaɓin farashi mai ƙima don kwamfyutoci, ta yaya Air 15-inch ya zama kwatsam kai tsaye da masu fafatawa? ("Harajin Apple" shine meme don dalili.)

Duk da yake yana da wuya a faɗi tare da tabbacin 100%, wannan yayi kama da sakamakon Apple yana kawo kusan kowane yanki na ci gaban Mac ɗinsa da tari na masana'anta a cikin gida ko mai lakabin fari, musamman masu samar da abubuwan ciki. Apple ya mallaki kusan kashi 100% na na'urori masu sarrafa Apple Silicon da ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, wanda aka adana don ainihin ƙirƙira. Wannan yana nufin Apple ba dole ba ne ya sayi na'urori masu sarrafa su daga mai samarwa a cikin gasa tare da sauran OEMs, a maimakon haka ya biya mai ƙirƙira don samar da su ga nasa ƙayyadaddun bayanai, wanda ke haifar da babban bambanci ta fuskar haɓakawa yayin yin shawarwarin farashi. Lokacin da Apple ya biya Intel don kwatankwacinsa na Core, yi tunanin matsayin da Apple yake a teburin tattaunawa, sanin cewa babu wasu hanyoyin da za a iya amfani da su, har tsawon lokacin.

Wannan MacBook Air mai inci 15 na iya girgiza kasuwa akan farashi kadai.
(Credit: Brian Westover)

Don haka, idan ba tare da wannan kuɗaɗen ba ga Intel, kuma mafi kyawun matsayi wanda zai samar da kwamfutocinsa na Mac da na'urori masu sarrafa kansa, da alama Apple zai iya siyar da kwamfutocin Mac ɗin ƙasa da ƙasa da baya kuma ya kiyaye ribarsa. Misali, a cikin wannan numfashin da ya sanar da MacBook Air mai inci 15, Apple ya rage $100 daga sabuwar MacBook Air mai inci 13, zuwa $1,099. Kamfani ba ya yin haka sai dai idan yana iya samun kuɗi kuma ba zai yi asarar kuɗi ba.

A halin yanzu, masu yin kwamfyutocin kwamfyutocin Windows za su ci gaba da siyan ainihin abubuwan haɗin siliki daga masu samarwa kamar Intel da AMD, don haka yana iya ƙara musu wahala su yi gasa akan farashi akan Apple. Shi ke nan wata sabuwa! Muhawarar Mac-da-PC na iya samun sha'awa sosai cikin ƴan shekaru masu zuwa.