Interesting thought but unneeded. Apple's not so secret plan with the iPads they already have seems to be working just fine.
Apple still has 10-15 percent market share for PCs. This would potentially give them 50-80 percent PC market share.
I think it's going to be a touch enabled version of Mac OS running on ARM or one of these fancy dancy power sipping x86 chips. I don't think it will swap between two OS'. that would be confusing. Keyboard will have extra battery only, no CPU.
Exactly. It would be a single, touch-capable operating system (hence "IOS X") with two different modes, so there are no compromises as in Windows 8. Switching would be seamless; taking the previous posters example, you could begin an email in keyboard (OSX/desktop mode) and continue editing in non-keyboard (iOS/tablet) mode. Touch capability would function in both modes. Keep in mind that OSX and IOS are likely to become more similar in the coming years.
The keyboard with touchpad and battery would be completely optional, albeit desirable for serious work where a keyboard, I/O ports, and/or additional computing power are necessary. You might get four cores running at 1.2-1.6GHz without the keyboard and the same four cores at 2.4-3.2GHz with the keyboard (with battery). Alternatively, you could use OSX/desktop mode with a slim keyboard cover (no built-in battery) at the expense of I/O ports, reduced computing power, and reduced battery life.
So Where does the 8GB of ram go, the 128GB of SSD, and Core i5/i7? If we are talking about Core i5s or i7s those generate heat, which means we would need fans.
Huh... If the "A7" or "A7X" is powerful enough (say a 1.5 GHz dual core) you could see that. But then what about RAM. It's an interesting concept but I can't see it happening without some major innovation.
The proposed product would feature an Apple A10 or a SoC based on the successor to Intel's Silvermont architecture, depending on the concessions Apple can extract from Intel. Both would likely be based on some variant of Intel's P1273 process. This process should give us mobile SoCs with comparable performance to current desktop processors.
The space required by RAM is negligible. The SSD module within the MacBook Air is already fairly small. In the near future, SSD manufacturers will begin using NAND fabricated on the 14/16nm process. This will enable even smaller 128-256GB SSDs. Within a few years, such SSDs will fit into an area not much larger than the size of your thumbnail.
