Live Coverage of Apple's March 2015 'Spring Forward' Event

[tgwaste]

so the battery is the same as the current air. :/

 

[Steve121178]

And what else should they have used?

I was hoping for ULV Broadwell.

 

[0007776]

Are you guys just "assuming" or is there really no USB and I missed the photo?
Apple is really obsessed with "thin." I love the new design, though!

They showed it with just one port when they initially showed the design, there may have been one side they didn't show.

 

[TechZeke]

The MBA looks amazing, but they sacrificed ports to make an MBA even thinner. SMH

We all knew this was happening eventually. The MacBook Pro/Air is already at the limit of the chassis. Any thinner and the ports had to go.

 

[DavidBlack]

Lol, this is basically the 'iPad Pro'

 

[mdelvecchio]

No ports = NO SALE.


Thinness for the sake of thinness again.

hello? this is their ultra portable. use an adapter or get a Pro

 

[SmOgER]

Wait, why is the battery life only up to 9 hours?

 

[ZacNicholson]

so they're trying to make you get deeper into the apple ecosystem

 

[alvindarkness]

It's also gana be the first Mac to have heating issues.

Ironically it might be the last. It will reflow its own CPU, saving people needing to bust out their heatguns to fix Apple design flaws.. Its truly a macbook of the future.

 

[mdelvecchio]

no fan? thats going to over heat

you'd better let Cook know. include your resume!

 

[ck2875]

Does it even have internal speakers?

 

[TechZeke]

Lol, this is basically the 'iPad Pro'

I don't know why it didn't seem obvious that the 12" MacBook and the 12" iPad pro were the same thing. I'd be quite literally, shocked, if we actually saw an iPad Pro.

 

[Trebuin]

There you go...all ports in one connector...thought they might do that.

 

[cwwilson]

Should I sell a kidney for the new Macbook?

 

[abshole765]

Curious about pricing.

Too much.

 

[zhenya]

Wait, why is the battery life only up to 9 hours?

because it's super thin and super light

 

[biscuitsxluv]

There you go...all ports in one connector...thought they might do that.

Sounds awesome!

 

[powertoold]

OMG USB-C not proprietary

 

[mojolicious]

Lol, this is basically the 'iPad Pro'

Yep. It looks like a fantastic bit of kit, but Apple seem to have decided that the grown-up laptop is a dying sector.

 

[zhenya]

as expected - usb-c!

 

[KPOM]

'Up to 1.3Ghz' - Wonder that the base is.

I'm guessing it is this one:

http://ark.intel.com/products/84672

 

[kdarling]

Wouldn't need contoured batteries if they simply squared off the bottom, where nobody sees the contour anyway.

There'd also be more room for more battery.

 

[theSeb]

USB-C

Seriously, guys, calm down.

 

[The Doctor11]

Wait what the hell did they do to the port?

 

[Rogifan]

No ports = NO SALE.


Thinness for the sake of thinness again.

Lucky for you rMBP still exists.