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by jader201·11y ago·view on hn ↗
This makes sense, but when designing the new MacBook, they still have to take battery life into account. For example, if Apple truly wanted the best device design at any expense of hardware, it would be even thinner with only 1 hour battery life.

But they knew customers would want more battery life than 1 hour. So rather than make it as thin as possible, they figure out: what is the best battery life:heft ratio?

That is what I was questioning in my OP: is this ratio, in the eyes of Apple, out of sync with this ratio in the eyes of the consumers?

Obviously, Apple knows how to build products. But it would be naive to assume that Apple always strikes this balance perfectly. I'm just suggesting that they may be pushing slightly more towards design over function.

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I think the logic is that this particular chassis is constant, and we are to assume that battery technology will only get better.

So while the laptop may be underpowered/under ratio _today_, it won't be in its next incarnation, i.e. same chassis but better batteries.

So it's more of a bet/investment/concept car. This first gen isn't where the ratio is satisfied. It's v2 and onwards.