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re: thinness - Jobs pushed for machines like the Air (and later the original Retina MacBook pro) because at the time, laptops were still thick and heavy.

We're good enough. We don't need to go thinner. Similar to battery life. After 10-12 hours, there's no point in it, except for a small few.

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Agreed on the thinness part. I'm halfway expecting a bendgate scandal for their laptop lines.

However, the 10-12 hours of battery life is kind of misleading. To get that, you have to be doing the absolute minimum on the laptop. Doing anything graphics related requiring the GPU to kick in means your not going to get anywhere near that time.

> We're good enough

This isn't a decision you get to make. I want thinner, lighter. Always. Most people do.

I'll take thinner and lighter, but not at the expense of quality, usability, or other ergonomics.

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