Right. No laptop will run iOS. A-series CPUs may well end up on laptops, but they’ll be running MacOS.But those looking at the MacBook Air will see that as a price increase for a more powerful computer that they don't need. The MacBook Air is already too expensive as it is, even with its old TN display.
Oh, if this new laptop runs iOS then yes I agree it would make perfect sense to call it iBook. But I thought we were talking about a MacBook Air upgrade/replacement here, so I was assuming macOS and not iOS.
What would be the point of an iBook running iOS though? What would make it different from an iPad with a keyboard cover?
If Apple does release a laptop running iOS then we're in for a torrent of furious comments on MacRumors like we've never seen before. They did say on multiple occasions that they were not merging macOS and iOS, after all.
This lack of leaks is indeed not helping anymore predict what Apple are going to do next. Maybe there's no hardware leak because this new laptop already exists (iPad + keyboard cover) and the only new thing is an iPad running the ARM version of macOS. But then that wouldn't explain the yet-to-be-released model numbers, so I'm dismissing that last idea completely.
re: the new Air/nTB merged 13” notebook, I can see it starting at $899 but not with a Retina display. No way there will be a 13” Retina 8GB/128GB at $899-$999 when Apple just released a 13” Retina 8GB/
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