Intel Outlines 'Ivy Bridge' Roadmap as 1st Half 2012, and Previews 'Ultrabook' Laptop Designs

[lilo777]

I agree, a lot of laptops today look very much like Macbook's, an example apart from this is the Chromebook, the chicklet keys and giant trackpad..

Chicklet keyboard was first used in laptops by Sony not Apple.

 

[beebler]

http://www.9to5mac.com/69736/ivy-bridge-chips-pushed-to-2012-macs-will-have-to-wait/

March or April at the earliest.

Possibly but I spoke to my good friend at Apple R&D last week and he said the timeline was still Jan or Feb for the redesigns.

 

[kjjnk]

Possibly but I spoke to my good friend at Apple R&D last week and he said the timeline was still Jan or Feb for the redesigns.

You mean the same guy that told you the 2011 MacBook Pro would have a retina display? And that there would be a 15" MacBook Air?

I don't know the specifics, I just heard from a R&D source that that's going to be a big selling point in the next one. Things change all the time but that's what they seem to be going for at the moment.

Yeah, according to my Apple R&D friend, it'll come out. There will be new Macbook Airs towards the end of this year (I'm thinking it'll actually come out early 2011) and the 15" will come out after the initial ones are released.

My friend at Apple R&D maintains that brand new Macbook Airs are aimed at the end of the year. He also said that 15" Airs will be released next year sometime, after the initial ones are released.

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I doubt it too but my friend in Apple R&D was talking about them trying to release it in September alongside thenext iPhone. I can't imagine this unless they have something else up their sleeves to go with the two.

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I don't know either but my friend in Apple R&D said there were internal talks about releasing the iPad 3 alongside the next iPhone in September. I'd think waiting would be best too.

My friend works in Apple R&D and he's been pretty right with a lot of things so far.

I said I wouldn't be surprised if they pushed it back because it's too soon but he says they want to release it for Christmas. I still doubt it but the point is, they're gunning for that time frame.

My source works in Apple R&D. He doesn't know everything and is separate from the iPhone department, but he's been on it with everything he's told me up until now (Air, iPad, glass trackpad...).

In fact, keep my post in mind when the Pro's get announced.

I have a source in Apple's R&D and they also had told me here will be two versions, one with 3G and one without. He's never been wrong so far with his info.

 

[KylePowers]

Possibly but I spoke to my good friend at Apple R&D last week and he said the timeline was still Jan or Feb for the redesigns.

Can you ask him what date the refreshed MBAs are supposed to land? Pretty please?

 

[kjjnk]

Can you ask him what date the refreshed MBAs are supposed to land? Pretty please?

The guy is just a troll that likes to talk about his supposed friend from Apple's R&D.

The MacBook Air will likely get refreshed next week at WWDC.
http://www.9to5mac.com/69797/macbook-air-supplies-constrained-ahead-of-summer-refresh/

 

[Zmmyt]

This looks very promising. I can't wait to replace my 2009 MBP with an Air and Lion.

Good times ahead.

 

[CoreForce]

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"press release in which Intel predicts that a new class of laptops called "Ultrabooks" could make up 40% of the consumer latop market by the end of 2012."

Market prediction from marketing department of a market company, how great does this sound?
The Internet bubble didn't explode loud enough.

 

[KylePowers]

The guy is just a troll that likes to talk about his supposed friend from Apple's R&D.

The MacBook Air will likely get refreshed next week at WWDC.
http://www.9to5mac.com/69797/macbook-air-supplies-constrained-ahead-of-summer-refresh/

Not likely:
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/28/no-hardware-announcements-at-wwdc-2011/

 

[kjjnk]

Not likely:
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/28/no-hardware-announcements-at-wwdc-2011/

WWDC is more than just a two hour conference.

 

[Cougarcat]

WWDC is more than just a two hour conference.

The Loop's Jim Dalrymple is very, very accurate. Accurate as in, Apple leaks information to him.

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Does anyone know what intel's next integrated graphics are looking like? What can we expect a 13" ivy bridge MBP to have next year? Something significantly better than the HD 3000, I hope.

 

[Eidorian]

The Loop's Jim Dalrymple is very, very accurate. Accurate as in, Apple leaks information to him.

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Does anyone know what intel's next integrated graphics are looking like? What can we expect a 13" ivy bridge MBP to have next year? Something significantly better than the HD 3000, I hope.

25% more shaders. Whatever that translates into.

 

[kjjnk]

The Loop's Jim Dalrymple is very, very accurate. Accurate as in, Apple leaks information to him.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Does anyone know what intel's next integrated graphics are looking like? What can we expect a 13" ivy bridge MBP to have next year? Something significantly better than the HD 3000, I hope.

Ivy Bridge will be a 30% improvement over the HD Graphics 3000 present in Sandy Bridge according to Intel.

 

[roocka]

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When will Apple start making Liquidmetal computers? THAT is the question.

 

[2992]

Asus,

welcome to the copy/paste world!

 

[caspersoong]

I love the "that I can't open easily". Obviously too little R&D went into it.

 

[Cheffy Dave]

Intel just keeps making chips.....
When will there be a sweet spot to buy a MB air?
honestly i would now wait until 2013 to buy one....

then you will always be waiting!

 

[devilstrider]

welcome to the copy/paste world!

Welcome to the internet.

 

[Cheffy Dave]

You mean the same guy that told you the 2011 MacBook Pro would have a retina display? And that there would be a 15" MacBook Air?

BUSTED!

 

[Marx55]

Hopefully, a really ultraportable MacBook Air soon: 400 to 600 g and 7-inch. The Mac in your pocket. Always.

 

[dark knight]

When the new MacBook Air models surfaced last year I knew the design was going to be ripped off by other companies because it was so good. Now that I see this Asus I am nonetheless shocked at the audacity some companies have. It's tragic to see companies feel they need to resort to blatant plagiarism in order to compete with Apple's designs.

come on! and to hold it up against an air too!
i think it just proved the macbook looked better.

what a shameful copy

 

[EatSleepMac]

asus

Asus is getting worse then Samsung with the Apple knock-offs..

 

[killjoys]

Well, despite being a complete ripoff, it honestly doesn't look half bad. It still doesn't compare to the Air though.

 

[AppleScruff1]

The Asus looks even better than the Air.

 

[radiohead14]

Tapered design,glass trackpad....complete rip-off

When the new MacBook Air models surfaced last year I knew the design was going to be ripped off by other companies because it was so good. Now that I see this Asus I am nonetheless shocked at the audacity some companies have. It's tragic to see companies feel they need to resort to blatant plagiarism in order to compete with Apple's designs.

the tapered/wedge design is nothing new. some would argue that the MBA's design was inspired by Sony's X505, which came out 4 years before the Air:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djxLKQQEf34

 

[Reason077]

Tapered design,glass trackpad....complete rip-off

Yup, Apple ought to be suing over this one. The Asus team of copy-cat, bootleg engineers have clearly been working overtime!