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I recently got myself a 2017 Macbook (the fanless 12" one with only one USB-C port). I'd highly recommend it - it only ran me about $400. If anything, thanks to more mature USB-C and wireless ecosystems, it's nicer to use now than it was when it was new and cost $1700!

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I love my 12" Macbook, I'm using it to write this reply, but goodness is the keyboard awful. I have a can of compressed air at hand at all times to blast the keys when they get stuck.

I'm about to (if the shipping notification is anything to go by) upgrade to a 14" MBP but I really hope Apple release something in this size again. It's such a pleasant laptop to use; I even work on my (2D) C++ video game on it.

I've used a Macbook Pro several times while daily driving a Windows PC and Linux occasionally, and I have to say that I didn't like it in the slightest. Not only did the model I use have two design flaws (flexgate and butterfly switch issues) and the whole device weirdly buzzed and vibrated, but the OS in general felt like a supervised playsession at times, e. g. not allowing for portable apps and making sideloading hard. It only having usb c ports made everything even worse. Being forced to use a dongle or hub each time I want to connect an external harddrive is just awful (the alternative being not using the included cables and buying a seperate one for everything).

It would be interesting if Apple bring back this laptop with their M1 chips. I guess an Ipad Pro sort of fills this role hardware wise.

One could argue the M1 Air is essentially the replacement for the 2015+ MacBook (better perf, battery life, ports screen, but slightly bigger).

I just sold a Early 2015 model and I agree. The M1 would be perfect for this machine. The form factor of the MacBook Air is still quite a bit bigger, it's truly wild how thin and light the 12" was.

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