Next gen MacBook Air!

neel.j.patel · Nov 14, 2012, 08:34 PM

We all know the aluminum MacBook Pro and Air models are the hottest selling notebooks ever ! However after 5 years of the same aluminum design one has to wonder ... When will they change it? I know it's Apple no one knows but when do you guys think they will do a complete re haul? :-). Maybe offer slate black notebooks. !!! :-)

filmbuff · Nov 14, 2012, 08:50 PM

They've changed the design several times in the last 5 years. You just want them to change the color? That's been discussed and some people are for it and some are against it. I think a black Macbook would look like any other boring black notebook. People used to speculate that "the next Macbook" would be Liquid Metal, which is titanium colored, but I don't think that is ever going to happen.

skaertus · Nov 14, 2012, 09:14 PM

The MacBook Air was released in early 2008 and was redesigned in late 2010, when the 11-inch version was also released. Perhaps a redesigned model will come out in 2013, but we can't be sure of it. I don't know what it will bring, although I can imagine it will be even lighter and carry an IPS retina display.

yanksrock100 · Nov 14, 2012, 09:18 PM

I'm expecting it to be a few years before a design change. 2014 probably, a 4 year cycle.

skaertus · Nov 14, 2012, 09:28 PM

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I'm expecting it to be a few years before a design change. 2014 probably, a 4 year cycle.

I think it may well come in 2013. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with retina display is already too similar to the 13-inch MacBook Air in terms of size and weight. In addition, there are ultrabooks released by other companies which are already matching or exceeding the MacBook Air in several aspects. Next year, with the release of Haswell, may be a good time for an update. 2014 may be too late, IMHO.

neel.j.patel · Nov 15, 2012, 12:39 AM

Same her i think in about 2914 we should see major changes, or like he said others are coming up but too many apple lovers out there that will buy at will

MacPat333 · Nov 15, 2012, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by neel.j.patel

Same her i think in about 2914 we should see major changes, or like he said others are coming up but too many apple lovers out there that will buy at will

Holy ****, 901 years from now is a bit long to wait, but technology will be much more advanced by then!

Little typo there...

Truffy · Nov 15, 2012, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by neel.j.patel

i think in about 2914 we should see major changes

I suspect that most of us will be dead by then.

oldtime · Nov 15, 2012, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Truffy

I suspect that most of us will be dead by then.

Speak for yourself, my friend. Speak for yourself.

skaertus · Nov 15, 2012, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by neel.j.patel

Same her i think in about 2914 we should see major changes, or like he said others are coming up but too many apple lovers out there that will buy at will

If Apple is going to release the next update in 2914 only, I'm not waiting! I'll buy something else!

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skaertus macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brazil	The MacBook Air was released in early 2008 and was redesigned in late 2010, when the 11-inch version was also released. Perhaps a redesigned model will come out in 2013, but we can't be sure of it. I don't know what it will bring, although I can imagine it will be even lighter and carry an IPS retina display. __________________ 13-inch MacBook 2.4 GHz (early 2008) \| 32 GB new iPad wi-fi + cellular \| 16 GB iPhone 4S \| 32 GB iPod Touch (1st gen) \| 16 GB iPod nano (6th gen)
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Nov 14, 2012, 08:50 PM	#2
filmbuff macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2011	They've changed the design several times in the last 5 years. You just want them to change the color? That's been discussed and some people are for it and some are against it. I think a black Macbook would look like any other boring black notebook. People used to speculate that "the next Macbook" would be Liquid Metal, which is titanium colored, but I don't think that is ever going to happen.
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Nov 14, 2012, 09:18 PM	#4
yanksrock100 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: San Diego	I'm expecting it to be a few years before a design change. 2014 probably, a 4 year cycle.
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Nov 15, 2012, 12:39 AM	#6
neel.j.patel Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Cheney/Spokane,WA	Same her i think in about 2914 we should see major changes, or like he said others are coming up but too many apple lovers out there that will buy at will
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