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New Air coming soon?
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Unlikely going on the buyer's guide. Also there are normally mentions of newer Mac models in OS X betas, and there's been nothing like that so far (well what I'm aware of, at least).
At any rate you should see some fair savings on MBAs on Black Friday, so keep an eye out on the homepage, because the hard-working admins normally go through and compile a list of the best deals/savings you can get.
At any rate you should see some fair savings on MBAs on Black Friday, so keep an eye out on the homepage, because the hard-working admins normally go through and compile a list of the best deals/savings you can get.
It's exceedingly rare for Apple to release new products this close to the holiday season, especially now that they've started the holiday return policy for existing products.
It's not at all clear that the Air will continue to exist or if it will be replaced by the MacBook at the next revision.
I'am sure MBA won't be going anywhere. It's much cheaper to manufacture and at the same time it can take advantage of faster chips that simply wouldn't fit into rMB. By discontinuing it Apple would lose it's place in one of the most popular laptop segments with Intel U CPUs. MBA *could* be renamed, but rest assured thin and light 13" inch machine isn't going anywhere.
Maybe a Skylake upgrade at best, then EOL or die slowly like the cMBP.
It's an outlier, but the 2012 21.5" iMacs were released on 30 November.
Right, right. But those were announced in October 2012, is what I meant to be saying. (Anything that would release in November, we'd likely have heard about by now.)
All BTO models have pretty much disappeared from Dutch online stores (just when I decided to take a plunge and get a 13" 8GB 128GB). And the 13" 4GB and 11" 4GB are discounted. I'm not saying this means something, but, yeah.
Edit: I mean resellers, apple.com still has all models.
Edit: I mean resellers, apple.com still has all models.
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It's pretty much a bad time to buy with how much of a jump Skylake will be, Apple will b e forced to update them come April, no way will they be using Broadwell through 2016.
When the MBA replaced the old macbook they both coexisted for another revision or two until the price of the air was able to get down low enough to compete. So I'd say we have at least one, possibly two revisions before that happens.
I think Apple are simply going to drop the $999 option. From now on our laptops start at $1249, and if you don't like it buy a Surface kind of thing.
Oh, that's a good point. I had the impression there, though, that the very first Airs just weren't powerful enough to satisfyingly replace the plastic MacBooks after they arrived. In this case – while the new MacBook doesn't beat the modern Airs for performance, it does beat them in almost every other way (and performance, I'm sure, is around the corner). So, you're right, I might be wrong.
But I think that's still my guess. Now I'm going to watch the next event knowing the correctness of my guess is at stake. 0_0
It doesn't beat it in another important way: ports
In my case, I could probably live with the new MacBook's performance, but I will continue to need a couple of USB ports and a TB port for a while.
In my case, I could probably live with the new MacBook's performance, but I will continue to need a couple of USB ports and a TB port for a while.
I hope they give it at least one more bump in performance if they are going to but it to bed. The Macbook's palm rests are way too small to use for extended periods on my lap. In this important area the 13" Air is perfect. I'm passing on the retina screen for usability.
There is no chance in hell Apple will announce a new MBA before 2016-Q2, possibly later. The only upgrade over current models will be a new chipset. If retina is your thing, get a MacBook.
As I wrote in another thread, analysts (I know) say three things:
– update this Friday
– update before Christmas
– killing off the Air line
– update this Friday
– update before Christmas
– killing off the Air line
A large reseller here has Airs and Pros (and Minis and iMacs) on discount (with a store-voucher on top).
There's something coming, just not before Black Friday (which doesn't exist here anyway).
There are now a lot of notebooks with 6th gen Intel Core-I CPU on the market. Just none from Apple...
There's something coming, just not before Black Friday (which doesn't exist here anyway).
There are now a lot of notebooks with 6th gen Intel Core-I CPU on the market. Just none from Apple...
Base models here at the moment: (we don't really do BF)
• 13,3": €989 (Apple: €1099)
• 11,6: €894 (Apple: €999)
This is the cheapest I have ever seen them. Come on Apple premiere the new ones within 12 days so I can return my new one and get the... new new one!
