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Apple's 12-Inch Retina MacBook Air Shown in Artist's Renditions
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Again, to repeat: this is all speculation...but the current belief is that this will possibly replace the 11 MBA, almost immediately. It also might replace the 13" MBA as well, maybe not on day one but over time, much the way Apple offered both the 13" MBP and the 13" rMBP.
As was pointed by Gruber, it is interesting that the source article from 9 to 5 lacks any mention/specifics on this being a Retina screen. Could/would Apple release two models...non-retina as a value play and retina as more high end? I hope not...seems that Apple could drop the hammer on this new product, with Retina only and whack the whole MBA line....and declare complete portable support for high res screens: phones, tablets and portables....
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^^Sounds reasonable. Thank you.
I do plan on buying a Macbook Air very soon for college. I'm not interested in a screen smaller than 13 inches. Retina isn't a big deal. All I care about is battery life.
I actually need the laptop before the April update. So I'm not going to make a big deal over this.
I do plan on buying a Macbook Air very soon for college. I'm not interested in a screen smaller than 13 inches. Retina isn't a big deal. All I care about is battery life.
I actually need the laptop before the April update. So I'm not going to make a big deal over this.
What kind of fancy supermarkets do you go to?
For me I use multiple ports at a time. With USBC doubling as charging, then that leaves at least 3 left. I connect cameras, my iPhone and other devices to my computers.
Agreed. I have never gone to a supermarket that has free wifi. Although I don't use all the ports, I would never want to be limited to only 1 port. This dongle obsession by Apple needs to stop.
By this logic, of course you don't need a keyboard or trackpad. Everyone should be on the ipad. The only people who would need a keyboard or trackpad are the people working with music and video. But for those people they invented the Mac Pro.
I think the point is to re-focus the MBA back to what it was supposed be - an ultra lightweight portable device. Over the years it's morphed into their "consumer" laptop instead. It doesn't make sense to have a 13" MBA and 13" MBP essentially competing with each other.
Presumably having re-focussed the MBA they'll make the MBPs more of a consumer/pro hybrid affordable to all rather than just a pro device. Hopefully they'll upgrade the MBPs to 14" and 16".
Presumably having re-focussed the MBA they'll make the MBPs more of a consumer/pro hybrid affordable to all rather than just a pro device. Hopefully they'll upgrade the MBPs to 14" and 16".
If one port for charging/accessories and wireless for video is ok... why have the rumored audio port on the other side?
Bluetooth and/or WiFi is more than capable of replacing all audio ports.
So now you're claiming that ports are a "pro" feature? riiiggghtt.
If this render is correct the only thing it demonstrates is that Ive and co now have way too much power inside Apple and that the engineers have none.
Silly place? Silly place?! I'll tell you what's silly, putting the power button next to return, backspace and speaker volume, the most common keys on the board. How many times have I hit power off by mistake while trying to knock out my usual 80wupms. Lots. I'm glad they moved it, it's the right move Apple.
Because 11 is just too small, and 13 is absolutely enormous.
Once they removed the super drive from the Macbook Pro models, I saw no reason for the Air model to even exist. The 13" Macbooks are almost as thin as the Air and a 13" screen is much more pleasant (IMO) to use than an 11" screen. Moving to a 12" AIR model seems superfluous at best. Given Apple's history of wiping out models that are cannibalizing sales from other models, the AIR really has no right to even exist. Make a darn gaming notebook using the GPU from the new iMac 5K instead with a 17" screen (I'd settle for a 15" screen though since they seem to hate the 17" idea these days) and bigger battery. THAT would be a unique model that would not cannibalize anything. I'd buy one. I have no use for current models other than that iMac 5k and I don't like it because it's an iMac. A MBP that could drive a 4K docking station and do everything from Logic Pro to mid-end gaming (even if I had to install Windows to have a large selection) would be sweet indeed.
Hmm, the lack of ports really limits the functionality. I don't see this as an upgrade. The current MBA is thin enough, in terms of a laptop I don't see what thinner gets you. A thinner phone yes I see that as a benefit, but to take away ports from a laptop to make it thinner makes much less sense. Even though its thinner it still has a large volume in terms of height/width. What they should be working towards is something like foldable displays, or reducing the bezel size and getting more screen into less volume (yes I know they scrunched the keyboard and I'm assuming the bezels are thinner).
Wait is this really an iPad Pro/Transformer?
Think about it iPads only have charging ports. This is the iPad Pro with a keyboard. There is no MacBook Air 12 inch. it's really an iPad Pro.
Think about it iPads only have charging ports. This is the iPad Pro with a keyboard. There is no MacBook Air 12 inch. it's really an iPad Pro.
The Onion, once again predicting the future with the MacBook Wheel:
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
You have inadvertently made the case for making this exact machine as the render shows it.
The entire point of this device is that the current 13" MBA is too close in functionality to the existing rMBP, and the 11" model fits in a different category as far as portability goes. Downsizing the screen differentiates it from the higher-tier machines. Because it is in the same chassis size as the current 11" model, people who like that form factor just get an extra inch of screen for no real-estate cost. If you want a bigger/more powerful machine, Apple already makes those computers for you. All of you whining about how this one doesn't meet your needs are missing that fact somehow.
I think you're missing the fact that type-C is an industry standard, and therefor adapters will be ubiquitous.
Oh, and heart attacks are so funny.
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Electro Magnetic Field, powerful electric motors generate those, are they unhealthy? Who knows?
Given that almost everything (other than certain specialized, "pro" stuff) is available in bluetooth or WiFi versions now, it's really not a big deal for most users if you get rid of the ports.
Wireless is more convenient anyway.
I Haven't checked, but if that's the case I guess its okay to tell people to have a heart attack, but don't imply they might get the less likely cancer.