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Apple to Launch Retina MacBook Air Later This Year, According to Supply Chain Sources
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Amen! Can you imagine the sweet clarity of a 27" iMac?! Yowsers!
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When will the iMacs be updated. We hear NO NEWs about them. Are they being positioned out of the line up?
The best guide to upgrades is to look at the previous pattern in the Buyer's Guide in the MacRumors menu above. We're 183 days since the last iMac upgrade and those range between 280 days to 577 days. We just aren't due (though with Apple, anything is possible).
I think they're going to eliminate both the 11.6" and 13" MacBook Airs with the 12". A 12" isn't much bigger than 11.6" anyway, but perhaps it'll be a 12.5" display or something.
Actually, one of the reasons I think they're going to eliminate them both for a single 12" model is because they want to eliminate the 11.6" MBA and its weird 16:9 screen aspect ratio. They may want to standardise on a single aspect ratio for laptops, and one for iPads, so that eventually, when they merge iOS and OSX, perhaps iPad apps may run on MacBooks.
Also, using 2 or 3 standardised resolutions would allow for better and easier graphics scaling so that text and windows don't look too small on super high-res screens.
I've been managing just fine. The colour is very accurate on mine. The brightness can use a bit of work, and I wouldn't mind a Retina display, but since the screen is small, the ppi is actually quite high. It's not HD, but it's still decent.
Actually, one of the reasons I think they're going to eliminate them both for a single 12" model is because they want to eliminate the 11.6" MBA and its weird 16:9 screen aspect ratio. They may want to standardise on a single aspect ratio for laptops, and one for iPads, so that eventually, when they merge iOS and OSX, perhaps iPad apps may run on MacBooks.
Also, using 2 or 3 standardised resolutions would allow for better and easier graphics scaling so that text and windows don't look too small on super high-res screens.
I've been managing just fine. The colour is very accurate on mine. The brightness can use a bit of work, and I wouldn't mind a Retina display, but since the screen is small, the ppi is actually quite high. It's not HD, but it's still decent.
Overheating is somthing they would probably control by increasing the processing time of CPU-intensive tasks. As you pointed out, the iPad can do most daily things that a Mac can do. It is just that they take longer to, say, render a movie.
Later this year...Apple is going to announce all of their exciting new products for 2014 in December
Current 11" MBA is 1366 x 768. While Retina display gives higher quality, but you'd want 2732 x 1536, not 2304 x 1440 or you are losing screen real estate.
Just want to show Apple there's a sizable amount of people asking for the re-introduction of the 17" model.
Apple! PLease bring back the 17" MacBook Pro! If only to shut Menneisyys2 up!
(really though, keep asking and they just might listen!).
Just want to show Apple there's a sizable amount of people asking for the re-introduction of the 17" model.
We 17" fans will have to wait until the panels get cheaper. So hold on to yours until then (I will).
And don't listen to the naysayers and those who "know" our needs better than we do. You'll find no love in this forum for people who dissent with Apple on anything at all.
Yup, me too. Albeit, a quick look around on OSx86 forums was a nice surprise - even current OS X versions run on some contemporary hardware like the Surface Pro 2. Hope the 4k 20" Toughpad also receives a working OSx86 port - that'd be a decent (and still backpack-portable) replacement for my 17".
Only if its actually being given a task.
They idle at nearly the same power level.
When idling, or at very low usage levels, its the draw from the display panel and Wi-fi that tends to consume most power.
Remember - the MBA is more power efficient than the iPad4 - despite its ARM CPU.
Can't see this happening. So if you want the 13 inch size, you have to get the Pro? And the 14 inch Air is likely cheaper? They will either cut Pro or Air and just make MacBook in different sizes or keep Air and Pro and offer each in 2 sizes. Pro will offer more horsepower and Air will be lighter, but both will share screens.
How about 2 sizes for 2 seperate products?
big screen MacBook Air, small screen MacBook Air.
big screen MacBook Pro, small screen MacBook Pro.
Thats how they do most products:
iphone 3.5" and iphone 4"
ipad mini and ipad
11" air and 13" air
13" pro and 15" pro
21" iMac and 27" iMac
Mac Mini and Mac Pro
AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme
iPod Touch and iPod Nano.
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It would be great if they were like this:
12-inch and 14-inch rMBA
13-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch 4K rMBP
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Exactly. That's just the typical around here where "we" rationalize the new by beating down the "old". For 26+ years, Apple hardware was non-retina. Where were all these posts of "can't look at it for 5 minutes without getting a headache" for all of those years? Retina didn't evolve our eyes overnight such they they are now hypersensitive to less-than-retina displays now- especially enough to cause someone to develop a headache within 5 minutes. Maybe that guy did develop a headache but I think it's a stitch to tie that to using an iMac 27" non-retina screen.
I have both myself (including a 27" non-retina iMac screen), a retina MBP, a non-retina iPad mini and a retina iPhone. All work fine and look great to me. Personally, I probably like the iMac screen best of all of them.
You do realize this is a rumor - right?
A rumor that by the way conflicts with another recent rumor.
If another rumor about delays from Intel are true, the push back to the end of the year might not be Apples doing. The assumption here that a retina AIR would need a Broadwell processor to avoid performance regressions and keep power usage in check.
In any event Apple generally tries to launch new laptops in the spring to mid summer so that they have new product on the shelf for back to school shopping. If this rumor is even remotely true then it flies in the face of Apples marketing strategy of the last few years.
A rumor that by the way conflicts with another recent rumor.
If another rumor about delays from Intel are true, the push back to the end of the year might not be Apples doing. The assumption here that a retina AIR would need a Broadwell processor to avoid performance regressions and keep power usage in check.
In any event Apple generally tries to launch new laptops in the spring to mid summer so that they have new product on the shelf for back to school shopping. If this rumor is even remotely true then it flies in the face of Apples marketing strategy of the last few years.
Really? Hmm. I might have to look into that. As Apple cuts my options I need alternatives.
Still, it'll be a looong while before my 17" is completely obsolete. A pair of (internal) OWC SSDs and a USB3 expresscard, and the retinas can't touch me.
All without losing access to the gazillion legacy externals I have. Hooray for expandable computers!
I'm sorry.
Keep waiting for later this year.
It'll probably be worth the wait anyway because of the Retina display, so my lack of knowledge was probably for the best.
This should be obvious, it is space for a larger viewable screen. The desire many have is for an LCD screen to be selected (engineered) so that it doesn't need the large bezel. This would give you a larger screen in the same sized package.
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Do you really think they do that on purpose? Getting everything to come together for a new product is not easy especially when at the mercy of vendors and the like.
In any event why do you even think this is the case, they didn't bunch up everything at the end of last year. In fact they failed to even update the Mini. Maybe your perception of time is screwed up, along with many others here, but I don't see a big crisis here.
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Do you really think they do that on purpose? Getting everything to come together for a new product is not easy especially when at the mercy of vendors and the like.
In any event why do you even think this is the case, they didn't bunch up everything at the end of last year. In fact they failed to even update the Mini. Maybe your perception of time is screwed up, along with many others here, but I don't see a big crisis here.