A touch display? Well, if it means never having to see that stupid MacBook Air vs Microsoft Surface commercial again I'm for it.
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I'm guessing for *most* people, emailing / web surfing will be fine and they don't really need a supercomputer to do that. I'm a commercial photographer and I would LOVE a thinner / lighter laptop as my camera bag already weighs about 35 lbs... But I need some power. Doesn't seem like there's going to be a place for those two needs to meet for a long time.
A limited usefulness geek trick that would appeal to perhaps 2% of either the laptop or tablet audience.
Apple has spoken against the idea of blending tablet and laptop in one system before. Until we have valid proof of even a thought of putting A chips in laptops or Intel in the tablets, one should not expect anything like this from Apple. Double now that Microsoft has tried the same basic idea and it has been a total failure to a lukewarm meh
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The MBA sells. The 17 really didn't. Not even to business customers.
12" rMBP = 12" iPad pro
Fanless design, touchscreen, now the only thing different between those two are the keyboard and the OS. This seems very promising!
Fanless design, touchscreen, now the only thing different between those two are the keyboard and the OS. This seems very promising!
Those artists etc have been using the current "puny" iPad/iPad Air already. Even with its "unacceptable" lack of a "real" display and "real" pen. They aren't clamoring for a Pro iPad. Only geeks on sites like this are screaming Apple Must, Apple Must. So the likelihood of Apple creating something for an audience that isn't asking for it, rather than improving a model witha vastly bigger audience, is slim.
Remember Apple is in this for profit. You make profit by bringing in lots of money and having low costs.
Apple also has a reputation of saying they'll NEVER make such a product...and then a couple of years later...whaddya know? They make it. It's their M.O.
I'm not saying this ipad/laptop hybrid will happen this update. But I think its a very real possibility of happening in the not too distant future.
IMO, this is dead in the water if it doesn't have a Retina display.
I think Apple's plan has been to move over to all Retina as soon as it's feasible. Why go through a new product launch with an inferior display and a less than optimum processor. They would just as well hold back and wait till Broadwell is available and drop in a better display.
I think Apple's plan has been to move over to all Retina as soon as it's feasible. Why go through a new product launch with an inferior display and a less than optimum processor. They would just as well hold back and wait till Broadwell is available and drop in a better display.
Funny yet, sadly, true. I wonder if any idiots try pushing their laptops screen further back than where it's supposed to stop and then blame Apple. lol
But isn't the Safari, email, word processing, Facebook group the majority of users?
No. With this rate of having every device thinned, I think we will have fold-able idevices.
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Yes, Apple please jeopardize the current and long term functionality of your laptops in order to shave off 3 ounces in weight and 1/4 inch in thickness. That will make a massive difference when I put the laptop in a briefcase or backpack. I will be able to fit literally dozens of extra sheets of paper or maybe even an extra magazine into the saved space. And the saved weight will reduce the total weight of my bag by a good solid 3%. Great!
Just kidding. But not really. The Air is quite light and already has these features. The Pro is light enough and thin enough that improvements in that regards will be of little use for someone who has chosen the heavier and performance based model already, especially if they come with decrease in battery life or GPU performance.
Yes, Apple please jeopardize the current and long term functionality of your laptops in order to shave off 3 ounces in weight and 1/4 inch in thickness. That will make a massive difference when I put the laptop in a briefcase or backpack. I will be able to fit literally dozens of extra sheets of paper or maybe even an extra magazine into the saved space. And the saved weight will reduce the total weight of my bag by a good solid 3%. Great!
Just kidding. But not really. The Air is quite light and already has these features. The Pro is light enough and thin enough that improvements in that regards will be of little use for someone who has chosen the heavier and performance based model already, especially if they come with decrease in battery life or GPU performance.
I really hope they keep the standard Macbook Air and that this thing if true is just an additional product line.
I have zero intetest in a touch screen Macbook -iPad hybrid with lower power CPU in gold.yuk
I have zero intetest in a touch screen Macbook -iPad hybrid with lower power CPU in gold.yuk
Touch screen on a laptop? Didn't Apple already dismiss that as a poor interface?
Sadly that was another era....
I know you said you were kinda kidding, but this attitude is visible in way too many posts.
These things add up, for god's sake! I just bought a new bag that's 700g lighter. Last year I bought a mirrorless camera that saved me around the same. Now, if Apple gets the 12" Air under 1kg, I'll have saved at least 350g compared to my current 13" Air. That's *2kg* gone from my back just by changing *three* products.
If what you want is performance, just get the Macbook Pro. It's almost as slim as the current Air at this point. Why whine about the Air trying to be what it exists for?
(And on the flip side of the coin, of course, there's the ARM supporters. We do need *some* performance, guys. Currently, Broadwell Y is the only realistic option, and it's a damn fine one.)