Agreed on all points but I don't see Apple dropping ethernet ports from desktops.
Next MacBook Air Update to Focus on Retina Displays Too?
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Agreed on all points but I don't see Apple dropping ethernet ports from desktops.
Mad Mac Maniac
macrumors 601
Let's make the 11" screen 13 inches! Then we can bump the 13" screen to 15 inches! And then for the 15" screen.... well no actually let's keep the 15" screen at 15 inches...
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MS Paint?
Moonjumper
macrumors 68030
I think they will need to make all models retina fairly quickly once they start. It will make the non-retina stuff seem like old tech.
Apple Knowledge Navigator
macrumors 68040
The new MacBooks will have a better battery chemistry (liquid metal?) to handle the retina bad-boy.
Apple Knowledge Navigator
macrumors 68040
WOAH - Are you Jony Ive?
Moonjumper
macrumors 68030
I don't think the iPad is powerful enough to run Xcode. And anyway, it lacks screen real estate and a keyboard to make that a good machine to run it on.
And on the drop Mac Pro point. For the market it serves, no other Mac is a suitable substitute for many. I'm not in the market for one, but only because it is too expensive. I wish they did a user configurable Mac that wasn't server component based.
Size and cost.
Many pro users and gamers need lots of not-too-expensive storage (a big HD) and/or a higher-end GPU (hotter, thus needing more heat dissipation and battery volume), which are too big to fit in an MBA, as well as raising the build cost (thus cutting Apple's profits if not "Pro" priced).
But the slimmer cheaper-priced MBA sells a ton of units also.
KylePowers
macrumors 68000
12in, 14in, and 15in screen sizes are quite common. An 11in MBA chassis with 13in would be a god send. Not too sure why you're being so facetiousLet's make the 11" screen 13 inches! Then we can bump the 13" screen to 15 inches! And then for the 15" screen.... well no actually let's keep the 15" screen at 15 inches...
Gemütlichkeit
macrumors 65816
To me the 2011 screens are retina to begin with. 1440x900 resolution on a 13" screen is nuts.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
To me 1 + 1 is 1. Parmenides is nuts!
charlieegan3
macrumors 68020
nor on the macbook air, they must have some other way of doing it as the MBA doesn't have the Right type of GPU to do this kind of work.
thekev
macrumors 604
You shouldn't take any of this stuff too seriously, especially not something as asinine as a company still debating the inclusion of usb3. If they intend to use it, they're working on stable drivers already. They aren't going to just decide at the last minute and pull an all nighter on the driver stack
. This is rumor mongering more than real reporting, but you should already know that.
Randomoneh
macrumors regular
At 22'' viewing distance (30 degree viewing angle), it makes 50 pixels per degree. iPad 3rd gen, at the same viewing angle of 30 degrees (14.5'' viewing distance) makes 68 pixels per degree.
So, 50 ppd vs 68 ppd at 30 degree viewing angle.
pearvsapple
macrumors 6502
Apple's Retina Display means they are also IPS panels? Heck yes!
Great comment. Lovin' the display resolution on my MacBook Air, but photos just don't have the vibrancy that you see on the iPad or iMac, with their IPS panels. Resolution isn't everything . . . .
kristoffer4
macrumors 65816
I wonder if the 13" MBA will replace the 13" MBP.
Not necessarily. The iPod Touch is retina, but it's a TN display, so Apple's already set precedent for retina to not include IPS in the definition.
charlieegan3
macrumors 68020
You shouldn't take any of this stuff too seriously, especially not something as asinine as a company still debating the inclusion of usb3. If they intend to use it, they're working on stable drivers already. They aren't going to just decide at the last minute and pull an all nighter on the driver stack
if i get the OP i try to provoke discussion, don't worry I don't believe anything here till it's everywhere. I am more than aware that i'm macrumors.com.
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keep this up and apple will hire you.
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nope, number 101 *sigh*
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QCassidy352
macrumors G5
I don't want retina on a laptop. It's a gimmick. The MBA screen is already plenty sharp for the distance at which it's used, and this is going to result in big hits to battery life and graphics performance. And even if they have new graphics and better batteries such that they can say nothing has gotten worse since the last generation, just think what would have been possible in terms of performance and battery life without a retina display.
Crisp screens are great, but they come at a price, and in the case of the MBA, I think the cost/benefit is not there.
Crisp screens are great, but they come at a price, and in the case of the MBA, I think the cost/benefit is not there.
theSeb
macrumors 604
Looking good. I like the new port layout that you've designed there.
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What should go on the front page then if there is a Mac Blog and an iOS blog? Nothing?