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MacBook Air refresh Monday at WWDC

snow755

snow755

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If apple updates the 13" MacBook Air on Monday at WWDC and if I like what I see with it I may order my 1st MacBook and fully dumped window once and for all I got a $964 refund coming from Hp this week and more $ coming do I have about $1300 saved up


How about you guys will you upgrade your MacBook Air ?
 
Hal~9000 said:
Absolutely love my 11-inch MBA 2015 edition and have no plans to upgrade. Hopefully I can keep it 5+ years or longer :)
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Agreed; the neatest, most portable, powerful and most reliable computer I have ever had.

loby said:
I still Love my MacBook Air Late 2013 that has maxed out specs. Want to keep it as long as it works!
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A stunning computer; I had a similar one until recently.
 
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My 11" i7/8gb/512gb MBA is just four years old and still going strong. No plans to replace it in the foreseeable future, have been very happy with this machine. A new 13" MBA wouldn't interest me.
 
loby said:
I still Love my MacBook Air Late 2013 that has maxed out specs. Want to keep it as long as it works!
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I have a mid 2013, 13" MBA and still love it. Battery will need to be replaced soon, but I'm OK with that!
 
Love my 11" Air(s). Wish Cook would reintroduce it. The portability is amazing. Not interested in the weird little portless MacBook.
 
They put a slightly faster i5 chip in the base model (from 1.6 to 1.8 ghz) and evidently did not change anything else. The old i7 configuration is still the fastest.
 
SusanK said:
Love my 11" Air(s). Wish Cook would reintroduce it. The portability is amazing. Not interested in the weird little portless MacBook.
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Have you given it a try? Admittedly if you plug in a lot it's not great but it's fantastic for portability. The new update makes it a lot faster and improves the keyboard so it's getting more appealing over the air each year
 
Super Xander said:
Anyone knows if the new MacBook is named as Mid 2017 version?
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Yes, it says Mid 2017. I checked out on the apple store. I was thinking of ordering one now considering ref MBP 2015 (for HDMI, Retina and faster base CPU clock) again new MBA vs Ref MBP. still deciding.

But I think there is no change other than the 1.6Ghz to 1.8Ghz.
Not sure just the Mid 2017 moniker alone will keep 2017 MBA more update able than the 2015 MBA.

Also the high end 2.2Ghz i7 should be the same CPU as the previous one, so was it called 2015 or 2017 MBA? weird.
 
if I was looking for a computer for a college student, the 2017 MBA would still be on the top of my list..... incredibly reliable with long battery life, numerous ports, and great functionality in a light weight affordable package. The 2017 MBA will certainly be supported with OS upgrades for the next 4 years. Only real downside is the screen.....so what, it's a laptop, so you just rotate the computer or adjust the hinge to improve the viewing angle....a minor inconvenience compared to sharing a dorm bathroom with 30 other people on your floor.

BTW - I would not get an iPad Pro for most college student (exception might be someone majoring in the fine arts) because college students spend most of their time using a keyboard and mouse creating and editing large documents, reports, papers, and spreadsheets. If you are spending most of your time keyboarding, you should buy a device with an operating system optimized for keyboard and mouse input.
 
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