New MacBook Air Announced With Magic Keyboard, Up to 2x Faster Performance!!
https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/



This post has been edited by asamalikum: Mar 18 2020, 08:49 PM

Reserved.

Reserved.

Really?

Just the perfect gift for my wife’s birthday.

Got announced on Apple online event?

Following this topic. Read that it is also now cheaper ?

Pro:
Better CPU and graphics since using Intel Iris Plus
Cheaper price
Better scissor keyboard

Cons:
That 720p webcam though :/
Icelake suppose to be able to support WiFi6, but this doesn’t?
Battery life minus one hour from prev gen
Not sure whether screen brightness improve from prev gen

This post has been edited by farkingdom: Mar 19 2020, 10:29 AM

Hello everyone,
I would like to seek your help on feedback on a product purchase. I will be using the apple macbook for work mainly and basic games (Diablo/StarCraft).

New Macbook Air 2020 vs Second Hand Macbook Pro 2016 (Retina, No-Touch Bar)

The price is about similar which is sub RM4000.00.
Thank you so much.

Screen is the same.
720p webcam is rubbish

certainly agree on the front facing 720p crappy camera.

@tim_cook, since it’s useless, just remove it.

What kind of work? I have the 2017 nTB Pro (Should be similar in spec to the 2016 you're looking at).

I've tried playing D3 on it before...if you're just gonna play casually (Single player campaigns and what not) it's not too shabby. If you're thinking of doing rifts, especially at higher difficulties, you're gonna want to crank down the graphics since it starts to lag with all the things going on in the background.

As for work, mine is mostly used for document editing (Latex, Microsoft suite and occasionally with the Apple's suite) and web browsing. Biggest advantage of being in the eco system is that everything syncs across all your device. Workflow is much easier so your train of thought don't get derailed too much.

Having said all that, if you're looking for portability, the MBP is ever so slightly heavier than the Air. Light as the MBP already is, the Air is lighter still. A good laptop is one that you want to take with you everywhere you go. Myself, I use it more in clamshell mode now, paired to a monitor. Much much better productivity.

Might I suggest the Macbook (the 12" one) if you're thinking more on work-on-the-go scenarios? It's powerful enough for coding (On Python) but super light so it can be lugged anywhere. At least that's what my friend tells me. It should be around your budget as well. Look up Lazada...I think I saw it going for about 3.6k-ish.

new macbook air 2020. if you are purchase a mbp, add on extra 1k will get you a new machine. i personally won't go for a used notebook.

@marquis & @asamalikum thank you on your advice. Will op for a new MacBook Air. Appreciate the sharing. Take care everyone.

Any idea when it will be available for sales in Malaysia?

Comparing to 2018/2019 MBA, still worth getting the older version (hoping for price drop)

2019 version already dropped below 4k in switch online store

what about thermal issues we've been seeing in reviews. too bad, seems promising processor... but heat issues.

with student discount the base Macbook Air is RM3.9k, this is a very good buy at that price!

This.

Why oh why Apple would continue to screw up on this one?
Or they wanted customers to get the upcoming MBP 2020 which will have all the proper designs?

How typical of Apple.

when the new 2020 macbook air availble in malaysia?

it will have to pass customs & MCMC approval... so if MCO ends April 14th, then possible to see it early May?

Yeah.. expecting a good MBP, intel ice lake, scissor keyboard, better speakers ? , 14 inch screen ?
Seems like a long wait though with all that's happening now.

Saw a review where the YouTuber water cooled the MacBook Air, instant performance gains and much lower thermals. But seems that Apple set a hardware limit because temp is cool but processor didn't boost further.

This post has been edited by ultra_nyamuk: Mar 31 2020, 12:58 PM

I still thinks the MBA will have the fans as loud as the world war 2 bomber planes. And that is actually a deal breaker still .

Saw Max Tech youtuber recommend to use Turbo Boost app to effectively control the CPU load vs Temp on MBA2020.
Perhaps this is the best solution so far.

Or we could just wait for Apple to release “firmware” to solve the thermal throttling issue altogether.

Well that defeat the purpose when you are paying top dollar for apple hardware right .
Its suppose to resolve these little things by design.

My sister is a teacher, am i able to buy it under her name? How do they check?

Not too sure. I only bought it under student conditions once years ago. Teacher I have no clue haha

AFAIK, your’re gonna need her email address (must end with .edu) to make an account. Although I’ve heard some places you can just walk in and tell them you wanna buy under education discount. Certain places like the Taylor’s branch allow for walk-ins and apply for it. This is pretty dated information though. I remember reading it on the forum quite some time ago.

Your best bet to purchase during this MCO is to ask her to make an account on Apple using her school/college/uni email address (must end in .edu).

No prob.

Defeat purpose then because i am the user. Should be my account la.

Have to buy normal price then.

Well you did ask if you can buy it under her name. The laptop won’t be hers. It’s just the account to purchase it will be under her name. But hey, if you’re ok with paying full price, go ahead

Just go to apple.com/my and click shop for university

You can get education pricing there.

Apple Education Pricing
Available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grade levels.*

https://www.apple.com/my-k12/shop

but how can we buy from there? we still need some verification that were eligible ya ?

Or the latest is him saying to forget about the Quad i5 and go for the basic Dual i3 haha

Macbook Air is already passed by SIRIM on 6th April.

Well, let’s estimate for fun.
The new iPad Pro 2020 was passed on SIRIM on 1st April 2020 and was launched today (9th April) which gives us about 8 days period.

So 9+8 = 17th April 2020.

But since 17th’s a Friday, maybe they will allow us to buy on the 16th April which is a Thursday, same as today for the iPad Pros.

TLDR; My MBA 2020 estimation is 16th April 2020.

nah they don't usually verify...

As per I've predicted, you can now pre-order it and it will be delivered in about 1-2 weeks time.

Great prediction bro 👍👍

You're the man

This post has been edited by afdhal_89: Apr 16 2020, 12:54 PM

Just ordered mine . Opted for the i5 16gb 1tb...

Just wanna ask, with those specs, could have bought a pro. Why settled for air?

Serious asking as i am also buying it with i5 but maintain speed at 8g ram and 256gb

Just ordered the base model today, expected to arrive early may. Hope it will be delivered earlier than ETA

I travel a lot so portability for me is important and in this case the weight and the size(slimness) matters. I don’t do any graphics or video editing stuffs so don’t need the specs of the pro. After all these considerations, the MBA is perfect for me..

Wonders if the keyboard is better since before apple change to butterfly mechanism keys..

im using MBP 13inch i5 Duo-core Early 2015
if getting MBA 2020 i5, is it an upgrade or downgrade

Definitely UPGRADE because quad cores for MBA2020 i5 model

But beware when doing heavy tasks as MBA2020 got a flaw in thermal dissipation efficiencies.

Not only that, it’s also the 10th gen processor. Versus the old 8th generation.

New update on MBA shipment today, the shipping window is moved a day earlier 🤩

Nice !

Would like to purchase based model with upgrade to core i7, is it recommended?

Was thinking this is first and the last for me purchase Apple laptop.

S.O.S

This post has been edited by PoisonSoul: Apr 22 2020, 12:20 AM

Update: Package was safely delivered by UPS this morning. This is actually my first-time experience buying online thru official Apple website (+ Education discount), and safe to say that both Apple & UPS service exceeded my expectation despite the outbreak situation.

Ordered: 16/4 (5pm, given shipment window 29/4 - 8/5)
Shipped: 19/4 (SG - CHN - KUL by UPS, given expected delivery 23/4)
Delivered: 23/4 (10-ish am)

Just in a week! 🥳👏🏻

This post has been edited by afifadam: Apr 23 2020, 02:18 PM

awesome!! education price?

Yupp! bought the base model for Education price, less than 4k

color? i got the space grey.

Space grey as well 🥳

the upcoming 13" mbp with 14' display is very interesting, i might upgarde to that again if it remains the same dimension.

An upgrade.

Hi guys, if I order MBA with i5 option thru Apple store online, will the shipment take longer?

There should be tracking and ETA provided to you.

Will the 2020 unit have better heat management system or just blowing away the fan at full speed even with the most minimal activity .

The cpu is not "connected" with the heat pipes. So, I'm just guessing that the fan will instant go to full RPM when the temp of the cpu goes up.

You can find many videos on Youtube showing the "downside" of this Macbook Air.

Nah I still stick to MBP but now even MBP have heat issues ...
This is just killing the battery life making it shorter and shorter ...

Please do a short review especially on the so-called overheat issue on MBA2020.

Would like to hear from actual user instead of from youtube.

Does MBA2020 really feels hot when even running a few Safari tabs open + doing microsoft word + listening to youtube?

Thanks & congrats on your MBA2020 purchase.

Hi guys, this new mba will be shipped from where? my status is preparing to ship already. the cable i bought together is shipped from singapore and already arrived way earlier lol..

No idea, Mine showing expected delivery on 15th to 22th May

How is your MBA experience, worth it?

Also, how did you get education price? Care to share?

when i saw your post i thought that if I ordered the MBA 2020 from Apple Store, it should arrive within a week or two. SO I ordered mine on 2nd May (Saturday) and today at 1740 hrs (4th May) i received email and sms stating that my MBA will be delivered to me by 6th May (Wednesday), this is really fast man.. I ordered the base model MBA by the way, with education price as I work at the education sector. Much more faster than buying things from local seller at Shopee.

Looks like base model delivery date is faster than others model

Is the base model capable to run Final Cut Pro?

Want to get one for my sister as she is going uni later, base model with CTO 512GB SSD.

Was thinking to give my old 2014 model to her but it's only 128GB so the storage might be insufficient.

i choose the base model and upgrade the processor to quad core i5 and stick to 256gb..placed my order on 23rd April and until now not ship yet..

Mine same configuration as yours and I ordered a few days later than you. Today finally status changed from processing to preparing to ship 😂

Yea standard i3/256 or i5/512 models would be delivered much faster than BTO models as I presume the stock levels are much higher.

Based on YouTube reviews, yes it is capable, provided it’s 1080p video not 4K. But do expect longer export times with the i3. If your sister is going to edit videos on a daily basis then it may not be a good idea. But casual use should be fine.


This post has been edited by stargazhe: May 5 2020, 12:35 AM

so just to check on the Education discount ... does Apple ask for any ID ?

Wife works in education, and thinking of replacing her dying 2014 MBA with the 2020 version. I went through the check-out process and was wondering if I should log into my Apple ID ? or do I proceed as Guest to maintain the education discount ?

Ahh saw your post in the MBP thread, guess you went for the MBA. I believe Apple doesn’t do any ID verification during check out, so you can proceed buying with your account.

just checking, for Education price does it ask for proof ? is there any issue if I log into my Apple ID to check out ? Or just continue as Guest.

yeayyy my MBA has been shipped from China today. wonder how long its gonna arrive here.

Remember to wipe the packaging with disinfectant first before opening. Just a friendly safety reminder though seeing that we are stuck with COVID19 pandemic nowadays.

Congrats on your MBA2020 purchase btw.

No they don't. Just login to your Apple ID.

in my case, 24 hours arrived at Sepang.

Congrats! Can’t wait for mine too. Did Apple update your estimated delivery date after shipping?

thanks !

For those who got the i5, any reason didn't stick with the cheaper i3 ? Been trying to read / watch review ... but didn't find anything definitive except for "future proofing" which I don't buy into.

Will be spec-ing with 16GB RAM either ways.

Only using for light tasks, ie whatever can be done on iPad.

Just received the Macbook Air around 12pm , delivered safely to my house. I was about to go to work when the UPS van arrived. Super fast delivery, thumbs up Apple Store.

If you don't plan to run Virtual Machine related software (VMWare, Parallels, Docker) then it doesn't really make a lot of difference. The other use case that is CPU intensive is video encoding and will benefit from additional CPU cores.

More importantly, spec for min 256 GB SSD, 128 GB is slow(er) and will fill up quickly if you have any photos or video files.

The reason I went with the i5 —
1. I always believe if the upgraded processor (i3 to i5, or i5 to i7) has more cores, then it is worth paying for.
2. The i3 MacBook Air will be the only 2020 laptop in the market that costs more than RM4k that is still a dual core.
3. I think the overheating issue on YouTube is way overhyped.
4. After topping up the RM400 it is still within my budget.

But to be honest, I don’t think in real life usage there will be a noticeable difference between the i3 and the i5. Maybe the i5 is slightly faster but unless you compare them side by side you wouldn’t notice it.

Great thing is Apple no longer sells any MacBook with less than 256GB. Finally!

yes delivery date at 14th May 2020..was hoping for earlier delivery

Good reminder !

Should you buy the 2020 MacBook Air or MacBook Pro?

Would love to hear your thoughts!

I just received email from Apple. Mine delivery on 15th May!!

Wow are you the author?
I would presume people who are undecided whether to get the MBA or MBP are average users doing regular tasks with their laptops. Professionals using intensive apps already know they will need the MBP.

For casual usage, my opinion is the MacBook Air is a better buy than a similarly priced base MacBook Pro. More storage space and better RAM are more tangible and relevant than a brighter screen or wider color gamut.


This post has been edited by stargazhe: May 7 2020, 11:13 PM

Yup, I'm the author.

I share your sentiment, although "better buy" is subjective, the MBA is a strong, well-rounded package for those starting out with the Mac, or casual/average users.\

Congrats on the purchase btw!

This post has been edited by crash: May 8 2020, 06:09 AM

hopefully can get by today



UPDATE

got it already



This post has been edited by Asus: May 8 2020, 12:54 PM

How long does it take for Apple to send us tracking number?

My order for MBA lowest spec was confirmed on 6 May but until today no notice of processing or shipping details.

Hope those already gotten theirs can share the no of days for Apple to ship out the package.

Thanks

Gold colour? Nice!!

My i5/256GB order took almost two weeks before it was shipped out from China. Yours should be faster since you are ordering the base model. I think there are forummers here who mentioned they got it in a week.

Thanks for your input. I guess we just need to be patient a bit.

Nice.

Please do some brief review ya, especially on the thermal performance.