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MacBook Air 2018
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I can't answer the poll.To be honest i don't understand its..place on the line up.The 13 pro quad core is thin but you're right expensive, but i don't see an Air coming with thunderbolt 3, no bezel,quad core ( i suppose a dual ) etc etc, i'm a little bit confused right now.
I’m guessing the new low cost laptop is gonna be called the ‘iBook’. They even changed the name of the ‘iBooks’ app to only ‘Books’.
If something was going to be announced next week, wouldn't it have leaked by now? Getting sad we will have to wait for October.
I just feel like it's a bad sign- ipad pro chassis, iphones, and watch have all leaked at least images.
The market for ipad and iPhone parts leaks is huge, whereas with laptops it's just not the same, and probably easier to control leaks of. The amount of devices they probably make before hand is also less I'm guessing.
This MacBook Air update is going to decide whether I stick with Apple or go to a Windows Laptop. I've been using MacBook Pros since 2009 and love MacOS. I am currently using a late 2013 model Retina Pro that I love to death and have been using since late 2014 (bought it on closeout brand new), but it's showing its age and I'm going to hit 1000 battery cycles within the year.
I hate the 2016 MacBook Pro refresh. The touch bar is unneeded, I hate the usb-c only ports, but I could just pickup the non-touchbar 13 inch right? I just can't deal with the butterfly keyboard. I have carpal tunnel syndrome and when I used my friend's for a while, my hands began cramping up. It's a hard no because of their keyboard.
If the Air Refresh has the butterfly keyboard, I will have to go back to Windows which really sucks. If it has the regular keyboard, I'll pick it up.
I hate the 2016 MacBook Pro refresh. The touch bar is unneeded, I hate the usb-c only ports, but I could just pickup the non-touchbar 13 inch right? I just can't deal with the butterfly keyboard. I have carpal tunnel syndrome and when I used my friend's for a while, my hands began cramping up. It's a hard no because of their keyboard.
If the Air Refresh has the butterfly keyboard, I will have to go back to Windows which really sucks. If it has the regular keyboard, I'll pick it up.
Pay Apple to put a new battery into your 2013, or buy a low-mileage Mid-2015 on eBay. Slightly outdated hardware is easier to tolerate than Windows.
I'm actually using a late 2011 MBP with i7 2.8Ghz and added SSD (onyl 4 GB RAM though). It was the old device of my girlfriend who just received a brand new 13" MBP as a present (lucky her) - but she actually works with it so it's kinda deserved. Spending 2000+ euros for a new 13" MBP for me would be overkill, I don't need all that computational power.
Waiting for the this new MBA as it could really be the right one for me.
Rumors don't get out for notebooks anymore, the market is too niche. The hype market is all about smartphones and smartwachtes now.
Waiting for the this new MBA as it could really be the right one for me.
Rumors don't get out for notebooks anymore, the market is too niche. The hype market is all about smartphones and smartwachtes now.
That's true.
Regardless, I think that new Macs will be unveiled in October, based on what happened in the past (not always, but often).
I also think Apple intends to dedicate most of the September keynote to iOs gadgets (probably 25-30 min on emoticons alone).
I am also waiting for the new Air, since I'm not willing to spend 2000 euros (or more) on a new laptop.
October sounds about right, I mean a lot of the new Window laptops that are due to come out with Whiskey/Amber Lake are due to come out beginning of October or November I think. They could still announce it in September for pre-order. Worst case scenario is that nothing gets refreshed this year and is delayed till 2019
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We will have to wait and see what Apple decides to do with this new Air, it will be the deciding factor of whether I get the 12” MacBook or the new Air, give the current air a Retina display thin down the bezels and put in more up to date specs and I’m in.
I’m not sure if we will see it at next weeks event, we will certainly see the new Apple Watch and iPhone’s, we could also see the new iPad Pro’s, it will all depend on whether Apple want to do 2 events, they could just do one big event and announce it like:
Apple Watch Series 4
iPhone - 3 versions same design as last year
iPad Pro’s - new design
New MacBook Air 13”
Other Mac’s are also given a spec bump
Or it could go:
Apple Watch Series 4
iPad Pros - new design
iPhone - 3 versions same design as last year
Personally I believe that Apple have enough time to do one big event like they did at WWDC 2017 but it really depends on whether they want to do that or two separate events instead. iOS at September and Mac’s in October.
I’m not sure if we will see it at next weeks event, we will certainly see the new Apple Watch and iPhone’s, we could also see the new iPad Pro’s, it will all depend on whether Apple want to do 2 events, they could just do one big event and announce it like:
Apple Watch Series 4
iPhone - 3 versions same design as last year
iPad Pro’s - new design
New MacBook Air 13”
Other Mac’s are also given a spec bump
Or it could go:
Apple Watch Series 4
iPad Pros - new design
iPhone - 3 versions same design as last year
Personally I believe that Apple have enough time to do one big event like they did at WWDC 2017 but it really depends on whether they want to do that or two separate events instead. iOS at September and Mac’s in October.
The only thing I can think of is that the Air has much more of a wider audience then say the Pro, due to the majority of people not needing the power of a Pro. The Air is a bit like the watch or the iPhone, that it is marketable to the average consumer. This could mean they want to promote it at a big event like this years. That is just a theory of course.
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I miss the days when we looked forward to these events with genuine surprise. Now we only look to see the missing details. Steve ran a tight ship and didn't let things leak.
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First rule of PR is never overload the message so that customers are drooling for more. That's why event are targeted to market segments.
I'm really excited for a new Macbook. I'm hoping for something designed like the 12" Macbook but with a 13" screen and the fixed keyboard and a quad core cpu. Also, I want the 1TB option and 16GB's of ram. I'd place my order now!
I'd hate to see how much a 1TB option will be. I'm just hoping to squeak by with base model. Missed the 13" MBP sale waiting for next week. Hope I don't end up kicking myself.
Yea, I just hope it's not anywhere near the 2600.00 Apple wants for a 16gb 1TB 13" MBP. That's way too expensive in my view. I'd be willing to pay about under 2000.00 for it since the pc counterparts are selling for 1600.00 with those same specs.
There's no way they're going to put a quad-core CPU in the new Air, or a 1TB hard drive for that matter. They're leaving those "pro" upgrades for the 2018 MacBook Pro's. It's called: upselling, and nobody does it better than Apple. Why do you think they're a trillion dollar company? You want a crazy-fast, quad-core CPU and a massive hard drive, True Tone and that silly Touch Bar, you buy a MacBook Pro. You want a less expensive, middle-of-the-road computer that's good at kicking out term papers and doing some light photo editing, surfing the web, etc., you buy a MacBook Air. It's two totally different product lines for two totally different kinds of customers. Marketing 101, plain and simple.
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I agree with you on Apple being great at upselling. But the same class of CPU that the was in the Air's are now quad-core... it may seem strange to get that kind of performance... but that's what Intel makes. We don't see this kind of jump in cores very often. A low end Apple product still isn't extremely low-end in the world of computers. (we'll just ignore the current Air and mini...) And all the windows computers at the $1000 price have these cpus in them.
And that's Apple's marketing at work convincing you that you need a "pro" to do certain tasks... but really any modern computer is very capable and can do way more than what most people think.
In the past, Pro meant for professionals... but nowadays it really is all marketing fluff.
the touchbar is silly, and I think that the low-end laptops not having it are a great reason to buy them.
That said, if they just added the touchbar as an addition to the keyboard but kept the function keys, I'd be fine with the touchbar. Use it if you want, ignore it if you don't want it. Even if you have to pay for it, people would have been happy with that at this point.
It's the reduced functionality that people are mad about more than the increase in price and paying for what we don't need. Right now you can not even pay for what you need.
I think the low-end macbook air will not have a quad core, no matter what, even if other $1000 laptops have it standard at this point b/c quad core is now low-end.
That said, if they just added the touchbar as an addition to the keyboard but kept the function keys, I'd be fine with the touchbar. Use it if you want, ignore it if you don't want it. Even if you have to pay for it, people would have been happy with that at this point.
It's the reduced functionality that people are mad about more than the increase in price and paying for what we don't need. Right now you can not even pay for what you need.
I think the low-end macbook air will not have a quad core, no matter what, even if other $1000 laptops have it standard at this point b/c quad core is now low-end.
It looks like a curve ball has been thrown into the mix by Ming Chi Kuo, he now believes that:
https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/10/kuo-iphone-6-1-ipad-pro-usb-c-macbook-touch-id-apple-watch-ecg/
- Rumored low-price MacBook may replace 12-inch MacBook in the lineup — and even feature Touch ID without the Touch Bar
https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/10/kuo-iphone-6-1-ipad-pro-usb-c-macbook-touch-id-apple-watch-ecg/
Well, from those two hours you have to subtract half an hour for emoji presentations and another half hour for uplifting 'one of every colour' videos.