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New MacBook Air Possible as Early as Next Week
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Agreed. Maybe 15” MBA powered by AMD APU at $1500
With a lot of people about spend an extended time working from home, I’m sure several are looking at upgrading their home setup. I know I am.
Try 13” with a Core i5-10210Y, Intel is guaranteed, Apple isn’t moving to AMD anytime soon.
If the tipster last March was anonymous, how do you know the new anonymous tip is from the same tipster?
Is this a real question? because the email to macrumors is the same, from the same source
Its anonymous to us
To be fair, I use it (and know many others who do too) as a mobile document scanner - it helps that the camera is so good now. The new rumoured triple lens setup is also meant to include a time of flight sensor too, which would help for AR and could enable new ‘pro’ apps for sectors such as architecture/construction. It’s not just a better camera for taking holiday snaps.
Just bought the base MBP. Thought they would hold off any launches for a few months. If they refresh the Air then I wonder if the 13inch MBP will be next day?
I dunno. People who buy gear include people who get to work from home or may have been told to work from home right now. So they could still be feeling like the billpay routine is under control and they're spending all day online reading news updates right now anyway. So they're one tab away from the Apple Store with plenty time to click their way through the specs of a new offering and order it online.
Any chance for a MacBookPro 13-inch as well?
I agree, especially with many European students who are currently under lockdown. They may need better computers for online lessons and exams using webcam.
I agree, especially with many European students who are currently under lockdown. They may need better computers for online lessons and exams using webcam.
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Apple literally can’t win 😂
Presumably that means MR has yet to find a secondary or tertiary source with the same claim.
It would be weird for Apple to update the MBA with nothing more than a refreshed keyboard. It would bring attention to and make valid the claim that the butterfly keyboard was flawed.
Comet Lake-S doesn't seem to be shipping until around April. Maybe they'll announce it for preorder, though.
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You really think they'll go with another Amber Lake*/14nm, rather than Ice Lake?
*) Intel oddly calls it that. Others seem to call it Comet Lake.
That's essentially what the 16" refresh was.
Other than the tiniest of tiny screen size bumps, it's a 2019 15" MacBook Pro with a fixed keyboard.
That was a very minor update. Even the model number stayed the same. Only real change was the addition of True Tone.
So effectively, the MacBook Air is now 17 months old.
Maybe corroborate would have been a better word. But I expect they're referring to getting the same rumor from several independent sources.
And better thermals. And much better GPUs. And faster RAM (2667 vs 2400). And higher SSD options. And a bigger battery.
They could have referred to some bit of information they used last time that wasn't public/published - if I send you an anonymous tip and say, "I'm going to say rhinoceros in any future communication", and then you get a tip now that says "rhinoceros"... it's probably the same person.
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So, exactly the same, then?
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All just spec bumping we would and should always expect in year on year updates.
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Which was needed as it was inadequate on existing models anyhow.