But it was usable a couple years ago?
No, not for me. Never lasted more than a few days with one.
But it was usable a couple years ago?
It annoys me that Apple are increasingly pushing their major updates to the Autumn / Christmas season. I understand it, but it means we have to suffer a dearth of updates for 9 months should our purchasing needs not fall into Apples mandated seasonal glut.….
Uh huh.
And sources tell THEIR story of why a MacBook Air WASAN'T possible, while I always said, and still am saying, that any things possible.
Apple reckons they can pull the over my eyes, they just better have some darn good stuff.
Retina on a small screen, Too small...... But the facts it's now possible, that it wasn't last few years when they stuck Retina in the MacBook... We'll. Apple knew this then, my reason is, they just delayed it till now.
Refresh my memory. When did Apple suggest a Retina screen for MBA wasn't technically possible? Just curious.
The REAL question here is the HUGE bezel that needs to vanish.
This new air might use a A8 chip
Exactly, the effective screen real-estate will be MUCH lower than today's MB Airs.
Not really tempting at all.
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Your brain would be if you paid all that extra for the pleasure of using it with a 1.3 or 1.7Ghz dual core CPU. You'd be in MacBook Pro territory then and have more options open to you. There's £20 difference between an 11" MacBook Air with 8Gb, 512Gb SSD, a 1.7Ghz i7 and HD4000 GPU and a 13" Retina MacBook Pro with a 2.4Ghz i5, 8Gb, 512Gb SSD and Iris Pro GPU. Who in their right mind would want the 11" Air instead?
As long as they allow me to get at 1TB of storage and 8GB of RAM, I'll go get the new glasses I'll need to see this thing
Gary
Retina MacBook Air. For some reason, I have visions of the 1st generation MacBook Air, which was so criminally underpowered that YouTube videos made the thing overheat, and played at about a 1 fps rate. Nobody in his/her right mind should buy a 1st generation retina MacBook Air.
When will the iMacs be updated. We hear NO NEWs about them. Are they being positioned out of the line up?![]()
I'd also love to see that greatly reduced, but with the lid's thickness tapering out to mere millimeters, I suspect that the ample bezel might have been required for strength and rigidity, to lessen the possibility of a cracked screen.
But I trust Jony to solve that limitation in future 'Airs'.
Many people, including myself, will.
I highly doubt this would be the new resolution. Seems ... how do you say.. unintelligent to me![]()
This new air might use a A8 chip
May I ask why you would rather physically press down on the button to select or click something rather than just tapping the trackpad to do the same? I've never understood why Apple does this with their MacBooks. I hope they change it. I won't hesitate to buy one.
It´s about 6 times stronger and 30 percent lighter.We can dreamI wonder what the real advantages are of carbon fibre over aluminum?
So this won't be coming out by August? Looks like I won't be getting a mac for college. No way I can buy the 2013 air if this is coming out 2 months after I were supposedly buy one.
They are really alienating the people that are buying a laptop for college. I pretty much need to choose something before august as I can't take my desktop to class and it isn't even practical in the dorm.
Might have to settle for the 2013 models if this "fall" prediction is true...
I'd trade some battery for a better screen. The 11 inch air is unusable with that screen.
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.![]()
It'll be interesting to see how much Apple Tax they add to this upcoming model.
Good luck. As long as you don't use it to display video, you'll probably never notice the fact that it's criminally underpowered, like most 1st generation Apple products.
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.![]()