Certainly not going to happen, not when Apple committed to putting Intel in the $4,999 iMac Pro.
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KGI: Apple to Launch Cheaper MacBook Air in 2Q 2018
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Certainly not going to happen, not when Apple committed to putting Intel in the $4,999 iMac Pro.
Really, i haven't read these reports, i thought it was selling well.
but less enthusiastic about HomePod given "mediocre" demand so far.
I hope the sales are mediocre then Apple might give us some presets or graphic equaliser settings to improve the sound quality. Also they might give it more functionality and also improve Siri.
MacBook Air serves as a gateway into the Mac ecosystem.
Right now, it’s not competitive enough in specs when you compare it to ultrabooks. Apple has chosen to pull the price lever.
I just got two of them 3 months ago. MagSafe was a big selling point. I want these to last a while, and MagSafe will help with that. Having traditional USB ports is also nice.
The MacBook Air, even with its 2015 CPU, is faster than the Retina MacBook. The MacBook doesn't have a fan, so it has to throttle itself to avoid overheating while the Air can just turn on its fan and keep chugging along.
Their entire product line has. iPhones, iPads... it’s all a big mess. There’s Apple with Steve Jobs, after Steve Jobs, with Steve Jobs and now without him again. It’s no coincidence that both of those times without him they’re just a complete mess.
Expecting underwhelming specs once again sold at a premium.
With the 2017 iPad 9.7, Apple essentially did a spec bump to the original iPad Air case and dropped the price by $170. And the device seems to have been well-received considering iPad sales started growing again.
So if they update the MacBook Air to say an i5-4200U or i5-5200U and drop the price $100-150, they could see a nice little spike in sales.
So if they update the MacBook Air to say an i5-4200U or i5-5200U and drop the price $100-150, they could see a nice little spike in sales.
Welcome, Macbook SE. I've been expecting you.
Agreed. I expected eventually the 13" MacBook Pro (non-touch bar) would be cheap enough to cover the "high end" MacBook Air users, and the Retina MacBook would be enough to cover the "low end" MacBook Air users.
If only that meant a revival of the 11" format as well, with more modern CPU!
After all, they did revive old formats with iPhone SE and iPad...
After all, they did revive old formats with iPhone SE and iPad...
They must have found some boxes of Core 2 Duo's laying around when they moved offices...
Keeping this thing around is not courageous at all.
I would imagine a lineup that goes something like this: (from cheap to expensive)
1. MacBook 12" (dual core)
2. New MacBook 14" (dual core, second USB-C)
3. MacBook Pro 13" (4 USB-C, with new Intel quad core CPUs)
4. MacBook Pro 15" (4 USB-C, with new more powerful Intel quad core + AMD Vega APUs)
Cut the price of the MB, bring a larger model that appeals to a broader audience and be done with it.
About the Air in the education market: Apple can't compete with Chromebooks at all.
Sure, an Air is definitely better than a flimsy Chromebook, but officials won't care.
It's price, price, price. Either make Air so cheap that you sell at a huge loss or Apple is going to lose anyway. And I'd bet that Apple won't be doing the former.
I would imagine a lineup that goes something like this: (from cheap to expensive)
1. MacBook 12" (dual core)
2. New MacBook 14" (dual core, second USB-C)
3. MacBook Pro 13" (4 USB-C, with new Intel quad core CPUs)
4. MacBook Pro 15" (4 USB-C, with new more powerful Intel quad core + AMD Vega APUs)
Cut the price of the MB, bring a larger model that appeals to a broader audience and be done with it.
About the Air in the education market: Apple can't compete with Chromebooks at all.
Sure, an Air is definitely better than a flimsy Chromebook, but officials won't care.
It's price, price, price. Either make Air so cheap that you sell at a huge loss or Apple is going to lose anyway. And I'd bet that Apple won't be doing the former.
They will sell Macbook with 128gb. Case closed
No way that MacBook Air gonna get a Retina display, if so, who would buy the 12 inch ones?
No way that MacBook Air gonna get a Retina display, if so, who would buy the 12 inch ones?
is macrumors Ming-Chi Kuo's personal blog now or something?
how is this guy the only source for anything anymore?
how is this guy the only source for anything anymore?
Why though? I don’t see PC makers selling anything higher than a 1080p display for under 1000 dollars.
There seems to be this attitude that Apple should discount its products based on people’s wallets.
They would have released/announced something by now if that was the case.
They wouldn't release an ARM only mac without some kind of DP.