timmillea
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Absolute nonsense. The MacBook Air always came at a premium price to the MacBook. It was intended for those who wanted the smallest, most beautiful Mac and didn't mind paying the huge extra despite the lower speed. The MBA was niche, high-end, luxury product for most of its history.
However the current M1 MacBook Airs give up nothing in terms of speed. With the 2-minute 'thermal pad mod' they can be even faster than the M1 MacBook Pros (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/m1-air-with-thermal-pad-mod.2272939/).
The massive, overwhelming advantage is that the M1 MBAs are totally silent. Just as flat screen displays changed the architecture of banks' dealing rooms, the M1 MBA changes the layout of small recording studios etc. - a totally silent laptop as powerful as the maxed-out Power Mac of yesteryear that can even run on a small solar panel, forever. It is a game, wall and location changer.
Remember it can also drive a 6k external display, silently.
Silence is golden. It is also priceless when recording.
