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Next MacBook Air Update to Focus on Retina Displays Too?

I'd rather have 10-12 hour battery life (comparable to iPad) using this more advanced battery technology rather than expend it on more pixels.

Put a 7-10 hour battery in the 11" Air and you've got a killer product right there.
 
lets not forget what a 'real' retina is...
 

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1080p said:
MacRumors plan of attack for slow news cycle.
1.)Take the same rumor of Retina Displays regarding Apple's Mac lineup. Write up several different posts... each about one of Apple's different Mac products potentially having a Retina display.
2.)Stagger them throughout the week.
3.)Get more page clicks.

Up next: Apple Thunderbolt Cinema Displays may be upgraded to Retina displays says insider!
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Yes, this is weak sauce. I'm waiting on the retina keyboard posts.

Rumor has it is the same letters at twice the paint density at normal typing distances. It's releasing accross MBA, MBPs and peripherals at WWDC.
 
Throughout this speculation I had assumed that the retina display would become a differentiator between the air and the pro, at least until graphics processors are sufficiently powerful that rendering that many pixels is standard.

As has been said before, USB 3.0 is the standard with Ivy Bridge – apple would have to go out of its way to not include it.
 
borisiii said:
Throughout this speculation I had assumed that the retina display would become a differentiator between the air and the pro, at least until graphics processors are sufficiently powerful that rendering that many pixels is standard.

As has been said before, USB 3.0 is the standard with Ivy Bridge – apple would have to go out of its way to not include it.
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Air vs MBP differentiator will be

Weight
Quad Core
and perhaps discrete GPU
 
koopatroopa said:
My bet is that Apple wil update pretty much the entire product lineup to retina displays in one big quantum leap and this will be the big headline at WWDC. Makes complete sense and will leave all the competition behind. It will take years for Microsoft (and rest of PC ecosystem) to catch up.

Pretty much the whole mac lineup has not been updated for a long time, and is due for a refresh. My guess is that they have waited this long in order to be able to announce it all in one go. New Macbooks, Air's and iMacs. All Ivy Bridge, All Retina displays. Boom!
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It all has to do with the new Apple "Television". It's going to be retina as well and everything else needs to be so they can Airplay at the same resolution (or close).

I was a very early home theater PC adopter, but eventually the resolution just was never enough for the experience to work right. Eventually I got an HD TV and an Apple TV and didn't look back. I have a Mac Mini, but only hooked it up once (streaming pool matches) to the my TV and the resolution didn't really impress me. Two or three thousand pixels - now your talking. How much will a 37" retina display cost. Guess the Mercedes will be paid off next April and maybe then I'll be able to finance one.
 
I really don't get it... the Air already has one of the highest PPI counts in the industry. Why would anyone want an even higher resolution display there? The image quality would be more or less the same, but the power consumption and price will be much higher. Apple isn't known for including novelty gimmick features, usually every change they do is functional. The only way I can see them pulling this off is by having soem sort of secret technology nobody knows about which allows them to produce cheap hi-rez panels with ultra low power consumption. Anything else would be a total waste.
 
I'm not sure about retina on Mac because of the "retina makes old resolution images look like junk" effect. Ignoring apps having to update (which will take a while) the web will take a long time.
 
spatlese44 said:
It all has to do with the new Apple "Television". It's going to be retina as well and everything else needs to be so they can Airplay at the same resolution (or close).

I was a very early home theater PC adopter, but eventually the resolution just was never enough for the experience to work right. Eventually I got an HD TV and an Apple TV and didn't look back. I have a Mac Mini, but only hooked it up once (streaming pool matches) to the my TV and the resolution didn't really impress me. Two or three thousand pixels - now your talking. How much will a 37" retina display cost. Guess the Mercedes will be paid off next April and maybe then I'll be able to finance one.
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All HD TVs are already Retina, so the cost? Same as now...
 
why does this article refernece the MacBook Airs as being cheaper?

13" MacBook Air = £1099
13" MacBook Pro = £999
 
nuckinfutz said:
Apple could turn that lights off an hour early for a year and save that money. Chump change.
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Manufacturers do this stuff all the time. A few cents here, a few cents there can generate millions when you scale it over the production size of a company like Apple.

Not saying I agree with the practice but it does happen.
 
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