Will new MacBook Air announced in June this year?

Steven627 · Mar 11, 2013, 12:56 PM

come with new design?

simsaladimbamba · Mar 11, 2013, 12:57 PM

Maybe, but it does not seem likely. And June 2013 might be a bit early for an upgrade, think more like August.

phoenixsan · Mar 11, 2013, 01:33 PM

think so. Not seeing new Air coming without Haswell chips. If so, maybe August-September, before back to school season (thinking in marketing).

Spink10 · Mar 11, 2013, 01:51 PM

Not sure what they would do to improve the design - maybe just change the look to make it seem "better".

Cheffy Dave · Mar 11, 2013, 04:39 PM

No redesign, be happy with a Retina screen, and 512 SSD and 16 GB ram!

DisMyMac · Mar 11, 2013, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Spink10

Not sure what they would do to improve the design - maybe just change the look to make it seem "better".

There's plenty of bezel space that could turn into screen, so 11 and 13" become 12 and 14" models.

laserbeam273 · Mar 15, 2013, 12:49 AM

I'm keen for a TB SSD and 16 GB RAM as the max... hopefully we'll be seeing lower $/GB as well!

zedsdead · Mar 15, 2013, 08:40 AM

The mobile Haswell chips don't seem to be likely to appear until the fall. I think the Macbook Air will see a redesign, as Apple usually does this after 3 updates of the same design. We have had 3 different unibody Airs, so it is due.

I don't expect much, except a smaller footprint and IPS display. We may also see the black finish that the iPhone/iPad Mini have come to the Air which could look cool.

Don't expect Retina, the battery in the Macbook Air can't sustain it.

DisplacedMic · Mar 15, 2013, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Cheffy Dave

No redesign, be happy with a Retina screen, and 512 SSD and 16 GB ram!

while i am never one to dissuade options, i for one wouldn't pick the Retina screen - certainly not on the 11" anyway. It already almost seems like a bit of a waste on the 13" MBP as it does not have a dedicated GPU, although i'm sure nobody that buys one regrets it!

For me though the big reason i would avoid a retina MBA would be battery life...

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Originally Posted by DisMyMac

There's plenty of bezel space that could turn into screen, so 11 and 13" become 12 and 14" models.

that's an excellent point! i hadn't thought of that

notjustjay · Mar 15, 2013, 10:24 AM

Update announcements have happened in July for the past couple of years. However, the actual shipping product could well be later into the fall.

I expect (hope for) Haswell, and longer battery life as a result. Maybe a fractionally bigger screen and/or upgrades to RAM and SSD. Otherwise, the MBA is pretty much perfect. No need for Retina.

gwsat · Mar 15, 2013, 12:08 PM

I would love to see a Retina display included in the next refresh of the MBA. Despite the small size of the iPad Retina, every time I turn mine on I am impressed anew by its incredible resolution. I would love to see the same thing in in the new MBA. Battery life has created no problems at all in the iPad Retina. The Retina model has the same incredible battery life as the non Retina iPad models. I could live with the current MBA's maximum of 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of flash storage. Of Course, an upgrade to 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of flash storage would be useful.

Mar 11, 2013, 12:56 PM	#1
Steven627 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2011	Will new MacBook Air announced in June this year? come with new design?
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simsaladimbamba macrumors Core Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: in front of it	Maybe, but it does not seem likely. And June 2013 might be a bit early for an upgrade, think more like August. __________________ This is not
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phoenixsan macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2012	Dont..... think so. Not seeing new Air coming without Haswell chips. If so, maybe August-September, before back to school season (thinking in marketing). __________________ Mac Pro 2010 3.06 Westmere version, 12 Core 64 GB RAM, 4 TB , iPhone 5 (black)
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Spink10 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Nov 2011	Not sure what they would do to improve the design - maybe just change the look to make it seem "better". __________________ cMBP 2012 15" 2.7, 8GB, Samsung 830 256GB, 650M 1GB, Hi-Res AG / MBA 2011 11" 1.6, 4GB, 128GB SSD / iMac 2011 27" 2.7, 12GB, 1TB HD, 6770M 512MB / iPhone 5 16GB / iPad 4 16GB / Time Capsule 2TB
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Cheffy Dave macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sunny Florida, on the Gulf Coast in Homosassa Fl	Nope! No redesign, be happy with a Retina screen, and 512 SSD and 16 GB ram! __________________ lotsa "stuff" God Bless Steven P Jobs! Thanks for the ride
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laserbeam273 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Australia	I'm keen for a TB SSD and 16 GB RAM as the max... hopefully we'll be seeing lower $/GB as well! __________________ 2011 21.5" iMac, 2.8 GHz i7, 12 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD - OS X Lion 2011 13" MBA 1.7 GHz i5, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD - OS X Lion iPhone 4S 64 GB
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zedsdead macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2007	The mobile Haswell chips don't seem to be likely to appear until the fall. I think the Macbook Air will see a redesign, as Apple usually does this after 3 updates of the same design. We have had 3 different unibody Airs, so it is due. I don't expect much, except a smaller footprint and IPS display. We may also see the black finish that the iPhone/iPad Mini have come to the Air which could look cool. Don't expect Retina, the battery in the Macbook Air can't sustain it. __________________ iMac 27: 3.4 Core i7 Quad, 3tb Fusion, 24gb of RAM, 2gb NVIDIA 680mx Macbook Air 13": 2.13 Core2Duo, 256 Flash, 4 gigs of RAM, NVIDIA 320M iPad 3, iPhone 5, Apple TV, Final Cut X, Logic, Drobo 5D
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Mar 15, 2013, 10:24 AM	#10
notjustjay macrumors 603 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada, eh?	Update announcements have happened in July for the past couple of years. However, the actual shipping product could well be later into the fall. I expect (hope for) Haswell, and longer battery life as a result. Maybe a fractionally bigger screen and/or upgrades to RAM and SSD. Otherwise, the MBA is pretty much perfect. No need for Retina. __________________ .
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gwsat macrumors 68000 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oklahoma City	I would love to see a Retina display included in the next refresh of the MBA. Despite the small size of the iPad Retina, every time I turn mine on I am impressed anew by its incredible resolution. I would love to see the same thing in in the new MBA. Battery life has created no problems at all in the iPad Retina. The Retina model has the same incredible battery life as the non Retina iPad models. I could live with the current MBA's maximum of 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of flash storage. Of Course, an upgrade to 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of flash storage would be useful. __________________ Macbook Air3,2 13 Inch 2.13Ghz 4GB RAM; MacBook Pro3,1 2.4Ghz 17 Inch 6Gb RAM; Mac Mini 4,1, 8GB RAM; iPad, 16Gb; iPad Retina, 16Gb; iPhone 5 32GB; Airport Extreme; three Airport Express units
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