Taking a Look at the 2019 MacBook Air: How Apple Got That Price Decrease Down to $100

Let's take a look at the 2019 MacBook Air and how Apple got that price to decrease by $100. Welcome everyone, it is Andrew here from Apple Insider, and this is the 2019 MacBook Air. It retains nearly everything from the big 2018 makeover; it really looks the same. It still has the same case design, the same colors, has dual Thunderbolt three ports there on the left side of the machine, and a headphone jack over on the right. It does have a nice butterfly keyboard and the touch ID sensor in the far right hand corner.

There are some changes though, specifically with that keyboard. Starting out, it now has been opted to the latest generation butterfly keyboard which should make it a little bit more reliable than the previous models. It also sounds a little bit different because it is a newer generation of the keyboard. Just typing on the - going from the previous generation on the left to the current generation on the right you can feel and hear a difference as you're typing. There's a little bit more cushion, a little more softness, and it's definitely quieter on the newer 20:19 generation model.

We also have an update to the display; it is still a Retina quality display, it still looks fantastic but Apple finally brought its true tone tech to the MacBook Air. True tone allows a display to adjust its warmth level based on the room that you're in, the temperature display changes from more blue to more warm yellow depending on the ambience and it's easier on the eyes and not so harsh users are going to love it. And if we have UNCHR image all of other apples displays, to top it off Apple drop the price by $100 and insert a $9.99 student version.

So how does that price get so low? Well, there's a change that isn't so great before we get into what that change is and what it means. Let's talk about our sponsor for this video; Linode. The node offers high performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. You notice quickly expanding and thanks to additional all new data centers Linode offer some of the fastest hardware and network in the industry. It doesn't matter if you're just starting out or to point a complex system, it is fast and easy to get up and running with no surprise fees and 24/7 support. There's also huge variety quick installs from WordPress to minecraft and tons of extra features such as backups block storage node balancers and more.

Head right now to lynda.com slash AI and use promo code AI 2019 for a twenty dollar credit so the change that we were talking about that's going to be a change in the SSD. The new updated SSD on the twenty nineteen MacBook Air actually has slower read speeds than the previous generation. We have our old model on the left and the new model on the right, and we tested it for ourselves to see the difference in actual performance using the black magic disk speed test.

When we ran the disk speed test on our old machine we're getting around five hundred or so for the right speeds and when it came to read speeds we are getting anywhere from 16 to almost 1,800 in the actual read speeds. We ran this test multiple times to confirm our findings before moving to the new 2019 MacBook Pro. Before repeating the test write speeds remain consistent in those middle to low 500s but the read speeds was a different story; significantly decrease from mid-1700s or so to just around twelve hundred and fifty. This is a pretty big decrease between the two models.

It never is ideal when Apple reduces specs from one machine to the next, but in this case it won't make a huge impact to a lot of users out there that this machine is targeted at students light users email users they're not going to really notice a huge difference in that level of read speed. But what do you guys think is the decrease in price and the new 999 student version, and enough to warrant that decrease in speed? We'd love to hear your thoughts below in the comments, and reach out to me on Twitter and Andrew underscore OSU.

Hey everyone, did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see, and follow Apple Insider on all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple insider price guide that is updated daily.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enlet's take a look at the 2019 MacBook Air and how Apple got that price to decrease a hundred bucks welcome everyone it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and this is the 2019 MacBook Air it retains nearly everything from the big 2018 makeover it really looks the same it still has the same case design same colors has dual Thunderbolt three ports there on the left side of the machine and a headphone jack over on the right it does have a nice butterfly keyboard and the touch ID sensor in the far right hand corner there are some changes though specifically with that keyboard starting out it now has been opted to the latest generation butterfly keyboard which should make it a little bit more reliable than the previous models it also sounds a little bit different because it is a newer generation of the keyboard just typing on the - going from the previous generation on the left to the current generation on the right you can feel and hear a difference as you're typing there's a little bit more cushion little more softness and it's definitely quieter on the newer 20:19 generation model we also have an update to the display it is still a Retina quality display it still looks fantastic but Apple finally brought its true tone tech to the MacBook Air true tone allows a display to adjust its warmth level based on the room that you're in the temperature display changes from more blue to more warm yellow depending on the ambience and allot easier on the eyes and it's not so harsh users are going to love it and if we have UNCHR image all of other apples displays to top it off Apple drop the price by $100 and insert a $9.99 student version so how does that price get so low well there's a change that isn't so great before we get into what that change is and what it means let's talk about our sponsor for this video Lin node the node offers high performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs you notice quickly expanding and thanks to additional all new data centers Linode offer some of the fastest hardware and network in the industry it doesn't matter if you're just starting out or to point a complex system it is fast and easy to get up and running with no surprise fees and 24/7 support there is a huge ivorie quick installs from WordPress to minecraft and tons of extra features such as backups block storage node balancers and more head right now to lynda.com slash AI and use promo code AI 2019 for a twenty dollar credit so the change that we were talking about that's going to be a change in the SSD the new updated SSD on the twenty nineteen MacBook Air actually has slower read speeds than the previous generation we have our old model on the left and the new model on the right and we tested it for ourselves to see the difference in actual performance using the black magic disk speed test when we ran the disk speed test on our old machine we're getting around five hundred or so for the right speeds and when it came to read speeds we are getting anywhere from 16 to almost 1,800 in the actual read speeds we ran this test multiple times to confirm our findings before moving to the new 2019 MacBook Pro we repeated the test write speeds remain consistent in those middle to low 500s but the read speeds was a different story the significantly decrease from mid-1700s or so to just around twelve hundred and fifty this is a pretty big decrease between the two models it never is ideal when Apple reduces specs from one machine to the next but in this case it won't make a huge impact to a lot of users out there that this machine is targeted at students light users email users they're not going to really notice a huge difference in that level of read speed but what do you guys think is the decrease in price and the new 999 student version and enough to warrant that decrease in speed we saw on the read speeds let us move down below in the comments what your thoughts are and reach out to me on Twitter and Andrew underscore OSU hey everyone did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple Insider on all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time we'll see you laterlet's take a look at the 2019 MacBook Air and how Apple got that price to decrease a hundred bucks welcome everyone it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and this is the 2019 MacBook Air it retains nearly everything from the big 2018 makeover it really looks the same it still has the same case design same colors has dual Thunderbolt three ports there on the left side of the machine and a headphone jack over on the right it does have a nice butterfly keyboard and the touch ID sensor in the far right hand corner there are some changes though specifically with that keyboard starting out it now has been opted to the latest generation butterfly keyboard which should make it a little bit more reliable than the previous models it also sounds a little bit different because it is a newer generation of the keyboard just typing on the - going from the previous generation on the left to the current generation on the right you can feel and hear a difference as you're typing there's a little bit more cushion little more softness and it's definitely quieter on the newer 20:19 generation model we also have an update to the display it is still a Retina quality display it still looks fantastic but Apple finally brought its true tone tech to the MacBook Air true tone allows a display to adjust its warmth level based on the room that you're in the temperature display changes from more blue to more warm yellow depending on the ambience and allot easier on the eyes and it's not so harsh users are going to love it and if we have UNCHR image all of other apples displays to top it off Apple drop the price by $100 and insert a $9.99 student version so how does that price get so low well there's a change that isn't so great before we get into what that change is and what it means let's talk about our sponsor for this video Lin node the node offers high performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs you notice quickly expanding and thanks to additional all new data centers Linode offer some of the fastest hardware and network in the industry it doesn't matter if you're just starting out or to point a complex system it is fast and easy to get up and running with no surprise fees and 24/7 support there is a huge ivorie quick installs from WordPress to minecraft and tons of extra features such as backups block storage node balancers and more head right now to lynda.com slash AI and use promo code AI 2019 for a twenty dollar credit so the change that we were talking about that's going to be a change in the SSD the new updated SSD on the twenty nineteen MacBook Air actually has slower read speeds than the previous generation we have our old model on the left and the new model on the right and we tested it for ourselves to see the difference in actual performance using the black magic disk speed test when we ran the disk speed test on our old machine we're getting around five hundred or so for the right speeds and when it came to read speeds we are getting anywhere from 16 to almost 1,800 in the actual read speeds we ran this test multiple times to confirm our findings before moving to the new 2019 MacBook Pro we repeated the test write speeds remain consistent in those middle to low 500s but the read speeds was a different story the significantly decrease from mid-1700s or so to just around twelve hundred and fifty this is a pretty big decrease between the two models it never is ideal when Apple reduces specs from one machine to the next but in this case it won't make a huge impact to a lot of users out there that this machine is targeted at students light users email users they're not going to really notice a huge difference in that level of read speed but what do you guys think is the decrease in price and the new 999 student version and enough to warrant that decrease in speed we saw on the read speeds let us move down below in the comments what your thoughts are and reach out to me on Twitter and Andrew underscore OSU hey everyone did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple Insider on all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time we'll see you later\n"