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Apple's Ultra-Slim 12-Inch Notebook Reportedly Entering Production in Small Quantities

Spinoxa said:
Surely this is going to replace the entire current MacBook Air line.

It seems ridiculous that they would simultaneously stock 11", 12" and 13" versions of the MacBook Air, with the 12" in multiple colours. I predict the 11" and 13" will be sailing into the sunset (although maybe not immediately on launch)

Also, I think that the 13" Air currently cannibalises sales of the 13" MacBook Pro. I for one bought the 13" Air over the 13" Pro a few years back as it seemed fine for my needs at the time. Had there just been a 12" though I'd have probably deemed it too small.

About to upgrade to a nice 15" Pro though! ;)
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Eventually yes, but I see the old models hanging around until the 12" version can cover all Air price points, not just the top end.
 
My take on the this is that it could be a two-in-one. Not a blend, but two existing experiences packaged together and working together..

A 12" MAC Book pro, with a screen that can detach and re-attach from the body smooth and easy, and once the screen is removed it instantly displays an iOS running system ( a la 12" iPAD Pro), then once reconnected to the laptop body it instantly switches the display to show the content running on the body of the laptop( i.e. MAC OS). The user data and perhaps even the running apps from the iPad remain available from OS X. Making using the ipad for work purposes much more compelling.

thoughts?
 
Dual screen iBook in clamshell form factor running iOS with second screen as part time keyboard?
 
Thank goodness they will be thinner. I just don't know what I would do if Apple picked a different metric for which to strive. Ports, memory, and storage are all noble pursuits, but none more so than THINNEST NOTEBOOK WE'VE EVER MADE!
 
Canada420 said:
My take on the this is that it could be a two-in-one. Not a blend, but two existing experiences packaged together and working together..

A 12" MAC Book pro, with a screen that can detach and re-attach from the body smooth and easy, and once the screen is removed it instantly displays an iOS running system ( a la 12" iPAD Pro), then once reconnected to the laptop body it instantly switches the display to show the content running on the body of the laptop( i.e. MAC OS). The user data and perhaps even the running apps from the iPad remain available from OS X. Making using the ipad for work purposes much more compelling.

thoughts?
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That would be amazing. I would swap my MBA and iPad for that and buy an iMac for the heavy lifting.
 
Convertible? Kind of?

I'm normally in the "Apple would never create a convertible device" camp, because they are normally against convergence of devices unless there's a singular purpose. But then again, I'm also the person that all but insisted that Apple wouldn't make a bigger iPhone that can't be used with one hand. I was wrong on that. Kinda.

The iPhone 6 Plus is bloody huge, but when moving from mine to my wife's phone, the iPhone 6 suddenly feels like "the perfect size". I don't know how they did it (thinner body, rounded edges, narrower bezels, etc) but it truly works.

That being said, I think they may be a reason for thinnest and maybe this is a converged product in the sense that it has two parts. Let me explain.

What if the screen *was* the iPad Pro? Retina widescreen with a battery AND an A8X, Graphics processor, or what not. Completely standalone and runs iOS.

BUT... make a keyboard for it that contains an Intel chip, storage and RAM with real keys and another battery. Now you have two products. Rip the screen off the cleverly designed Jony Ive hinge and you got an iPad with iOS and 14 hours of battery life. Pop it on the keyboard and you got full-blown OSX. The trick is...

Continuity.

So while most of us are using that with our normal laptops and iPhones, this thing will use it internally to transfer the work between iOS and OSX.

Now the other really cool part is that this keyboard device can also be used as a Mac Mini replacement. Now you'd have a great keyboard and trackpad hooked to a full computer. Just plug in a monitor or use AirPlay to use on an HDTV, etc...

Anyway, I digress. It would really need a lot of care and attention to detail. But if any company could pull it off (and has nearly all the pieces in place), Apple can.
 
While Apple will eventually produce a touchscreen enabled lapper, I doubt it will be this one. They won't just slap a touchscreen onto a standard laptop, that's not Apple's style. When they come out with it, it will probably be something a little different. I would expect more Surface 3 Pro style, not boring standard notebook with keyboard style.
 
I believe that a dual Ipad-Macbook device will come as some point.
I think since sometime that is what Tim Cook meant when he said that Apple would enter a new product category.
 
Windlasher said:
Too thin - Need some heft. I want the 17" MBP Back.
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it amazes me how they keep the 11" MBA and get rid of the 17" MBP


i would never get the 17" but I'm just saying. that 11" is way too small.



with that i want either 13" or 15" rMBP Space Grey :D
 
Tough Guy said:
Gotta love Apple and their interracial relationship ads. Somebody over there really has a fetish for that ****.

Don't think I've ever once seen a black couple in an Apple ad. It's becoming overtly racist at this point.
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It's racist to feature an interracial couple? That's the most backwards thing I've ever heard.
 
jkichline said:
I'm normally in the "Apple would never create a convertible device" camp, because they are normally against convergence of devices unless there's a singular purpose. But then again, I'm also the person that all but insisted that Apple wouldn't make a bigger iPhone that can't be used with one hand. I was wrong on that. Kinda.

The iPhone 6 Plus is bloody huge, but when moving from mine to my wife's phone, the iPhone 6 suddenly feels like "the perfect size". I don't know how they did it (thinner body, rounded edges, narrower bezels, etc) but it truly works.

That being said, I think they may be a reason for thinnest and maybe this is a converged product in the sense that it has two parts. Let me explain.

What if the screen *was* the iPad Pro? Retina widescreen with a battery AND an A8X, Graphics processor, or what not. Completely standalone and runs iOS.

BUT... make a keyboard for it that contains an Intel chip, storage and RAM with real keys and another battery. Now you have two products. Rip the screen off the cleverly designed Jony Ive hinge and you got an iPad with iOS and 14 hours of battery life. Pop it on the keyboard and you got full-blown OSX. The trick is...

Continuity.

So while most of us are using that with our normal laptops and iPhones, this thing will use it internally to transfer the work between iOS and OSX.

Now the other really cool part is that this keyboard device can also be used as a Mac Mini replacement. Now you'd have a great keyboard and trackpad hooked to a full computer. Just plug in a monitor or use AirPlay to use on an HDTV, etc...

Anyway, I digress. It would really need a lot of care and attention to detail. But if any company could pull it off (and has nearly all the pieces in place), Apple can.
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That would be fantastic. But it will not happen because they prefer apple boost ARM processors to the point of making them productive and profit from app sales app store. If would would create a Surface Pro least importances to ARM applications and have the dilemma of having the microsoft.
 
Perhaps these rumors of a thinner 12" MacBook with a touch screen & a 12" ipad pro are not seperate. Did you ever think its Apples answer to Microsofts surface? Maybe it'll be an ipad/laptop hybrid. Ya never know.
 
MacDarcy said:
Perhaps these rumors of a thinner 12" MacBook with a touch screen & a 12" ipad pro are not seperate. Did you ever think its Apples answer to Microsofts surface? Maybe it'll be an ipad/laptop hybrid. Ya never know.
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Apple does have a reputation for teaching.

Perhaps Microsoft can learn something along the way, and Apple gets it right, so while Steve Jobs was against this.... anything can change.

All you gotta do is have an Apple logo on the front, and everyone will flock to the nearest Apple Store without thinking
 
Rafterman said:
While Apple will eventually produce a touchscreen enabled lapper, I doubt it will be this one. They won't just slap a touchscreen onto a standard laptop, that's not Apple's style. When they come out with it, it will probably be something a little different. I would expect more Surface 3 Pro style, not boring standard notebook with keyboard style.
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That was not Apple`s style.. Apple has changed

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MacDarcy said:
Perhaps these rumors of a thinner 12" MacBook with a touch screen & a 12" ipad pro are not seperate. Did you ever think its Apples answer to Microsofts surface? Maybe it'll be an ipad/laptop hybrid. Ya never know.
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Why to answer to sthing so marginal as MS surface is?
 
Dual boot iOS/OSX systems are certainly a possibility. However, to utilise OS X, you would be always forced to have keyboard with you, essentially making it just another notebook. Combining both together will reduce sales of both notebooks and iPads, which I don't think as a goal. I think it might be 12 inch iPad with sensitivity levels ala Wacom tablet, but then again, its market will be very limited to artists who do painting and drawing. It might be very thin Air Plus, with its related specific features in iOS, similar to iPhone plus. But I can't think of such features, to be honest. Hence, its 12 inch retina MBA.
 
Tech198 said:
All you gotta do is have an Apple logo on the front, and everyone will flock to the nearest Apple Store without thinking
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Why do people keep parroting this statement all the time? It's not even remotely true.

Otherwise, everyone would LOVE the Apple watch, right? Apple TV sales would be through the roof, the Mac Mini would sell like crazy. iPods would still be selling. iTunes Radio would be destroying Pandora and Spotify. iTunes Ping would be a big social network. and so on and so on....

Some of Apple's products people love, others not so much. But to say putting an Apple logo on something and it will sell is ridiculous. Goes to show you don't understand Apple's products or why they sell. They sell because they are BETTER than competing products, plain and simple. The products that Apple makes that are worse do not sell. Business Economics 101, not fairy dust, which you seem to believe in.
 
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