They already have! It's essentially what you wished for.

Below respectively 11 inch MBA vs NEO in cm

  - Height: 1.7 vs 1.27 (thickest point)
  - Width: 30 vs 29.75
  - Depth: 19.2 vs 20.65
  - Weight: 1.08 vs 1.23

11 inch was thicker and wider, neo is longer and heavier. But more or less the same form factor.

But you get 1.4 inches extra in screen size due to slimmer bezels, double storage, double pixel density, double ram, almost double battery life and a LOT more CPU, for half the price (even before adjusting for inflation, leading to a further discount).

Only thing they didn't do was keep the taper model, but I think that's a smart move even if it made for a fantastic picture at the time.

▲ andrewcastmate 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm a bit too lazy to look it up, but this is surprising to me. I still have an 11-inch, and it has a huge bezel around it, but it still feels way, way smaller than a 13-inch MacBook Air.

If the Neo has the same size screen as the MacBook Air, it's just a little confusing to me where it could be smaller.

	▲	drakythe 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You answered your own question, its the bezel. They've gotten _much_ thinner since the 11 inch MBAs were a thing. Remember screen size is measured in diagonals, so even a 5mm reduction of bezel size both horizontally and vertically gains you a little over 7mm in screen size without a physical size increase. to gain 2 inches in screen size (50.8 mm) you'd only need to eliminate 0.74 inches (roughly) from all 4 sides. I don't know the exact measurements of the bezels on those older devices but I can tell you my M4 Air is less than half an inch on all sides. EDIT: My math was bad. Its still not precise but its much more accurate now.

▲ badc0ffee 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What are the weight measurements? kg?

	▲	manacit 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, that's in kg