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Comment by dyarosla | Hacker News Reader

What I wouldn’t give for a ‘Macbook SE’- just like the iPhone SE, same model as a proven favourite, no touch bar, with new innards and lower price (I don’t even need the lower price actually) I would buy THAT in a heartbeat.

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If that’s what you want, the 13” MacBook Pro for $1299 should fit the bill.

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/13-inch-space...

This model only has two Thunderbolt ports, both on one side, and severely gimped internals.

The SE is not the top end iPhone either. He asked for the “iPhone SE” of MacBooks.

When it was released, it kind of was–it had essentially the internals of the flagship iPhone at the time (iPhone 6s), just in a smaller form factor. So think of it as what would be a 11" Retina MacBook Pro that was a clone of the early 2015 13" one internally, if one ever existed?

But why not 15”?! :(

The iPhone SE doesn't have the 5.5" screen either.

True, but the iPhone SE copies an existing model. The existing models of Macbook came in both sizes (and 17", but that one was discontinued).

it befuddles me that they didn't do this after the success of the 2012 13in macbook, which soldiered on for YEARS of the retina models. They kept the 2015 15in pro for a year or two, but i really wish they'd actually just UPDATE the old style of machines and keep one around as a basic model.

i wonder if they think, unlike the SE, that it would actually vampire off too many sales from the high ticket models. what i wouldn't give for a 2015 style 8th gen CPU machine.

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