Why? they already did that with the Macbook 12 and it was a disaster - slow as molasses. Perhaps they should just price the MBP 14 and 16 in a way that they’re still affordable.
The what question, they can use their homegrown M chips to run it fast and without overheating. Traditional keyboard mechanism so no butterfly controversy. Less ports is more accepted now than 7 years ago.
Why, that’s the better question. 2015 12” was a premium laptop that sold for almost $2000 in some config. If Apple is releasing this as a low cost option, it would need a new business case, might not make sense to do this vs selling MacBook Air 13 for $750
Why? they already did that with the Macbook 12 and it was a disaster - slow as molasses. Perhaps they should just price the MBP 14 and 16 in a way that they’re still affordable.
The what question, they can use their homegrown M chips to run it fast and without overheating. Traditional keyboard mechanism so no butterfly controversy. Less ports is more accepted now than 7 years ago.
Why, that’s the better question. 2015 12” was a premium laptop that sold for almost $2000 in some config. If Apple is releasing this as a low cost option, it would need a new business case, might not make sense to do this vs selling MacBook Air 13 for $750