A new interview with two of Apple's managers of the 15-inch MacBook air has revealed some curious and interesting facts about the new laptop of those of cupertino that from today is available for purchase.
The interview was carried out by Mark Spoonauer in Tom's guide (you can read it in full by clicking HERE). In it they have participated Laura Metz, Mac Marketing Team and Kate Bergeron, VP of Hardware Engineering. one of the questions questions how Apple decided to release a 15-inch MacBook Air and why now, to which Metz clearly responded with a broad vision of the market:
If you look at the market landscape, we have a huge number of laptops that have 15-inch screens. We know that there are users who don't necessarily need the performance of a MacBook Pro to have a bigger screen. They just don't need all that capacity and performance, so with Apple Silicon it was a great opportunity for that.
Another of the most interesting parts is that the MacBook Air screen is not exactly 15 inches but 15,3 and this has an explanation:
We work very closely with the people on our display team to understand how we can optimize the number of panels that we can fit. We knew we wanted to be in the 15-inch range, but we had the opportunity to get to 15,3-inches because we could cut the glass to that size. So it's good that we've been able to hit this sweet spot and even go a bit further, which our customers will really appreciate.
Regarding the thickness of the device, it has been confirmed that the goal was to make it the same thickness as the 13-inch MacBook Air, (11,3 mm) but finally it had to be left at 11,5 mm due to the adhesive they had to use to seal the screen:
One of the most important aspects that the team has focused on is the reliability and durability of the display. The LCD screen has to be structurally sound. So we used a structural adhesive to attach the panel to the chassis piece we call the display bezel.
Some very interesting notes I recommend that you take a look at the full interview so as not to miss out on the new 15-inch MacBook air.