Having looked at some circling rumours regarding the possibility of an "iPad pro" with a display stretching to an enormous 12.2 inches and a new "ultra thin" retina Macbook air model also spanning around 12 inches placing it directly in-between the two existing screen sizes I had a thought which may not be uncommon: "What if they're the same thing?".
Here's my reasoning: if I were a multi-billion dollar company who sold obscene numbers of the current two models of Macbook Air as it stands be it: to students, to businesses, or for regular home use why would I make a new model which would, in essence, make the current two obsolete? The main driving points of the 11" Air are it's size and weight in comparison to the rest of Apple's Macbook lineup and the 13" model manages to retain that somewhat whilst allowing designers etc. a larger amount of screen real estate. Why then would anyone think it a good idea to negate the selling points of both the 11" and the 13" by creating a model which, from the rumours in the article, has a screen size just shy of the 13" model though and uses approximately the same size enclosure as the 11" whilst reducing weight even more. It seems like they would be leaving their past products behind in the dust, a procedure I'm aware Apple are not averse to.
The "iPad pro", however, seems like an idea worth investing time into because the large tablet market already exists and "larger than average" tablets are not uncommon products nowadays. But what if the ideas behind the "iPad pro" weren't simply to make a brand new, "bigger than bigger" if you will, iPad? I put it to you that Apple may be working on something similar to the Windows Surface, a tablet like design with an obscenely thin detachable keyboard/trackpad assembly which claims to deliver PC like performance. I believe, and this is solely conjecture, that the "ultra slim design", mobile device like choice of colours, lack of a backlit Apple logo, and missing MagSafe charging port of the proposed 12" Macbook Air only exist because it is not a MacBook at all.
In the article surrounding the 12" MacBook Air the writer suggests that the device would use low power consumption processors, a "fanless design", C type USB ports, and a redesigned trackpad without buttons (meaning it would only support gestures much like the keyboard present on the surface). These factors would allow them to make an iPad like design which delivers almost computer grade performance in the same way the surface can.
I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter;
Do you think it would/wouldn't happen?
Why do you think it would/wouldn't happen?
If this product did exist would you buy it?
12" Macbook Air article:
https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/retina-macbook-air/#intel_core_m_processor
iPad pro article:
https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/
Information on the Windows Surface:
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-gb/products/surface-pro-3
And it's keyboard:
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-gb/accessories/surface-pro-typecover
Here's my reasoning: if I were a multi-billion dollar company who sold obscene numbers of the current two models of Macbook Air as it stands be it: to students, to businesses, or for regular home use why would I make a new model which would, in essence, make the current two obsolete? The main driving points of the 11" Air are it's size and weight in comparison to the rest of Apple's Macbook lineup and the 13" model manages to retain that somewhat whilst allowing designers etc. a larger amount of screen real estate. Why then would anyone think it a good idea to negate the selling points of both the 11" and the 13" by creating a model which, from the rumours in the article, has a screen size just shy of the 13" model though and uses approximately the same size enclosure as the 11" whilst reducing weight even more. It seems like they would be leaving their past products behind in the dust, a procedure I'm aware Apple are not averse to.
The "iPad pro", however, seems like an idea worth investing time into because the large tablet market already exists and "larger than average" tablets are not uncommon products nowadays. But what if the ideas behind the "iPad pro" weren't simply to make a brand new, "bigger than bigger" if you will, iPad? I put it to you that Apple may be working on something similar to the Windows Surface, a tablet like design with an obscenely thin detachable keyboard/trackpad assembly which claims to deliver PC like performance. I believe, and this is solely conjecture, that the "ultra slim design", mobile device like choice of colours, lack of a backlit Apple logo, and missing MagSafe charging port of the proposed 12" Macbook Air only exist because it is not a MacBook at all.
In the article surrounding the 12" MacBook Air the writer suggests that the device would use low power consumption processors, a "fanless design", C type USB ports, and a redesigned trackpad without buttons (meaning it would only support gestures much like the keyboard present on the surface). These factors would allow them to make an iPad like design which delivers almost computer grade performance in the same way the surface can.
I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter;
Do you think it would/wouldn't happen?
Why do you think it would/wouldn't happen?
If this product did exist would you buy it?
12" Macbook Air article:
https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/retina-macbook-air/#intel_core_m_processor
iPad pro article:
https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/
Information on the Windows Surface:
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-gb/products/surface-pro-3
And it's keyboard:
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-gb/accessories/surface-pro-typecover
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