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Apple's 12-Inch Retina MacBook Air Shown in Artist's Renditions
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Dude, it would take you about 30 seconds to google current Macbook Air specs, which would tell you that every MacBook Air comes with a Thunderbolt port. But no, you'd rather spend your time typing paragraphs of misinformed nonsense..
The MBA's low-res screen feels really dated, but really, I think I just hate the huge silver bezel. The same low-res display on the old MBP's didn't seem so bad.
Really, as long as it plugs into a Wacom Cintiq, I'm happy. The rest of the time, if it's light, portable and efficient, then great.
Until the day a full-size iPad can run OS X and do that, MBA it is.
Really, as long as it plugs into a Wacom Cintiq, I'm happy. The rest of the time, if it's light, portable and efficient, then great.
Until the day a full-size iPad can run OS X and do that, MBA it is.
"I introduce to you, the Apple Nothing..." (magical hands gesture)
Someone needs to do a parody commercial of this.
There needs to be a balance of function and form. At the rate that Apple has been going, in 15 years they will have left the computing industry completely and gone into modern art.
Ahh, you caught me not giving af... lol tbt I just got home from work and was too lazy to open another tab.
If you can get a 12" screen in roughly the same size and weight of the 11" Air then why not?
Maybe they'll return to 14" (the old MacBook screen size) in the same size as the current 13" Air too.
Aluminum is material, not a design. The design of MacBooks has changed quite a bit since 2006.
We already have staff who are running out of ports. Wired ethernet is required in order to auto-mount home directories at login, for machines to be managed when nobody is logged in, enterprise data backed up to the corporate servers, not to mention imaged or upgraded - on a multi-VLAN enterprise Wi-Fi network with full user creds required (i.e.: not just a simple Wi-Fi password, something EFI doesn't support).
And everyone with an Air or Retina has an external display at their desk. This means that on MBAs - which only have 1 Thunderbolt - it's necessary to use the display/Thunderbolt adapter, while resorting to plugging the machine into Ethernet/USB adapter (which is appallingly slow). And, of course, power.
So, three ports down to one.
But people, especially executives, will insist they have to have one.
This should be fun. :-/
And everyone with an Air or Retina has an external display at their desk. This means that on MBAs - which only have 1 Thunderbolt - it's necessary to use the display/Thunderbolt adapter, while resorting to plugging the machine into Ethernet/USB adapter (which is appallingly slow). And, of course, power.
So, three ports down to one.
But people, especially executives, will insist they have to have one.
This should be fun. :-/
The problem is that these "features" end up making their way to the pro models. I bought a cMBP before they went extinct simply because I use the dvd drive and Ethernet port and found it pointless to make it thinner so I can just carry around an accessory to reenable a feature. I'd rather have all the features in one box instead of having to deal with dongles and extra wires. Also, had a 17" model still been available I would have bought that. I wanted a retina screen and a damn blu-ray drive, but I just couldn't make do with the sacrifices for the retina. My current Macbookpro might just be the last Mac I buy honestly.
It's suppose to be fanless using the new Intel chips so I don't think a cooling grill would help.
That is where I was as well. I wanted blu-ray, retnia etc... instead they went so far and continue to go the other way that it was an issue for a time. (do not currently need the drive, yet see how many do without having to carry around a case full of *features*
Chances are that the devices his / her mom has are not the type you should be plugging into a laptop anyway.
IF it is like this, then it is not what I was hoping for. My MBA 11" is near-perfect for me. All they needed to do was reduce the bezel and make it Retina, not that the latter bothers me greatly. If this port-less toy is indeed what is to replace the MBAs, then I will buy a maxed out 2014 11" MBA and try to make it last for as long as possible.
In terms of design, I had been expecting something that looks a bit like the current iPhone / iPad devices with a lid, in the same sort of colour choices and finish. This thing just looks like a messed around MBA, losing a lot just to become a little bit smaller. This is not for me.
In terms of design, I had been expecting something that looks a bit like the current iPhone / iPad devices with a lid, in the same sort of colour choices and finish. This thing just looks like a messed around MBA, losing a lot just to become a little bit smaller. This is not for me.
I don't understand Apple anymore..
It started with iPhone 6 and 6+ so thin, they screw up camera design, so thin it bends. Now they gonna make super thin but no port.
Dont like Apple anymore, they are not smart and Marco Arment was right, only shame he ate his own words later! Maybe he was pushed by Apple?
It started with iPhone 6 and 6+ so thin, they screw up camera design, so thin it bends. Now they gonna make super thin but no port.
Dont like Apple anymore, they are not smart and Marco Arment was right, only shame he ate his own words later! Maybe he was pushed by Apple?
THis may come as a shock, but you don't need a fan to do air cooling (with grilles). Google this new thing called convection (or convective heat transfer).