Not because of that but thanks for guessing. It's worse than what is currently available.
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Apple to Launch Retina MacBook Air Later This Year, According to Supply Chain Sources
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Not because of that but thanks for guessing. It's worse than what is currently available.
At this point, if they make the air retina, what's the point in having the rMBP and MBA separate product lines? What would be the difference? Just have one product: Retina MacBook Pro, available in three sizes 11 inch, 12 inch, 13 inch, and 15 inch. (which varying upgrade levels such as CPU, RAM and SSD size).
The new MBA could be thinner and lighter like it used to be. (You are comparing the 2010 MBA to the 2013 MBP).
Well if it comes by at least mid-August I'll be buying one for sure. They are going to lose a lot of customers if this releases before the typical start of a college semester. Pretty sure they won't want that so I'm hoping for a July release.
Maybe they'll just throw 1920x1080 options in the current Airs?
I'm saying this, because I'd wager they'd really need some drastic hardware changes under the Air's hood to be able to support a Retina class display without any performance issues. Because we all know, that the Retina 13" MBP still has it's hiccups.
ALSO, I had to edit to say, hopefully the don't charge a premium for it. If you are an Australian, those RMBP prices are utterly insane.
I'm saying this, because I'd wager they'd really need some drastic hardware changes under the Air's hood to be able to support a Retina class display without any performance issues. Because we all know, that the Retina 13" MBP still has it's hiccups.
ALSO, I had to edit to say, hopefully the don't charge a premium for it. If you are an Australian, those RMBP prices are utterly insane.
I'm more interested in what's under the hood of this laptop.
1) Is it a Broadwell system? Is that how they're able to make it fanless?
2) Does it have DD4? (perhaps unlikely)
3) Is the onboard Intel GPU powerful enough to drive an external 4K monitor at 60hz?
If it does all 3 then this would be a nearly perfect small-form next-generation laptop with almost no competition besides the MBP 13.
1) Is it a Broadwell system? Is that how they're able to make it fanless?
2) Does it have DD4? (perhaps unlikely)
3) Is the onboard Intel GPU powerful enough to drive an external 4K monitor at 60hz?
If it does all 3 then this would be a nearly perfect small-form next-generation laptop with almost no competition besides the MBP 13.
A 2304 x 1440 display is worse than what's currently on the Airs? I think that is objectively wrong.
If you really want more real estate you can just scale it, it'll still look better than native non-retina resolution.
Less chance to misclick. Especially when your dealing with multiple gestures.
You can of course disable this feature: System Preference -> Trackpad -> Tap to click.
Now you can stop hesitating and buy one
So you're saying you can turn on the feature to tap the trackpad rather than click?
I was going to say, something that simple should be available being an apple product.
It´s about 6 times stronger and 30 percent lighter.
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon already has a carbon fibre / magnesium body.
But they hide it under some kind of rubber finish.
The all new BMW i1 has a carbon fibre body. This material is ready for mass production finally.
I would love to see a MacBook with a well designed carbon fibre body.
The question is, does it dissapate heat as efficiently as Al?
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