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Photos of 12-Inch MacBook Air Display Show Black Glass Cover, Polished Apple Logo

speculated iPad Pro? tablets and phones have no illuminating Apple logo.. It looks like the back has some curvature to it like the back of the iMac..

The "hinge" portion could have just been where they had the prototype mounted for the theft reasons.. lotta good that did if it was... .I don't see any reason for it being that thick unless everything was in there...

maybe that bottom is where a bottom base plate attached that has input/output of usb, charging, thunderbolt, headphone, etc..

IF it is the iPad pro I suspect it will look to compete with the Microsoft Surface....

I am betting it is the iPad Pro to compete with the Microsoft Surface........ in a configuration that is almost like a portable iMac........ TAKE MY MONEY!

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Take the Desktop stand off and to me it looks similar.... rearrange the i/o 's for accessibility since if its sitting on its back it would suck for the ports to be there....

Just my 2 cents.. but i'm guessing that I am right ;)
 
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atlatnesiti said:
What's the point of that - if anything, it's battery saving (highly appreciated) feature :)
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Err, its a backlit display, you will not save any battery....

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Elbon said:
MBA
1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor
Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz
Intel HD Graphics 5000
4GB memory
128GB PCIe-based flash storage

MBP
2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz
16GB 1600MHz memory
512GB PCIe-based flash storage
Intel Iris Pro Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M

I would say there is quite a difference.
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Your comparing the base MBA to the top tier MBP...........
 
Ditching the light up Apple logo will be the biggest design/marketing mistake in the companies history
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as you probably know, I'ma skeptic about everything

but when I hear people make such ridiculous claims as this even i have to chuckle at the ridiculousness.

light up logo is not a functional item. it in no way changes the overall useability of the item in any way. At all.

not purchasing a laptop because it's logo doesn't glow is foolish and clearly indicates someone is more interested in being a show off of and using apple product as a status symbol than actual usage scenarios.

its these coffee house hipsters that make the rest of the world shake their head and give Apple products a bad rep

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torana355 said:
Err, its a backlit display, you will not save any battery....

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Your comparing the base MBA to the top tier MBP...........
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he's not wrong. move away from the nitty gritty of the MHZ and look at what exactly is in use here

The MBP and MBA use fucntionally different types of CPU's for example.

The MBA uses a dual core, hyperthreaded Ultra low voltage cpu based around the 15w power threshold.

the MBP on the other hand uses Intels' Low Voltage quad core parts, based around 28w part.

that alone has significant impact in performance capabilities, battery life, and other things that rely on CPU (such as memory bandwith, GPU performance, heat and energy consumption)

to say they're almsot the same is incorrect as they are aimed at completely different market segments
 
kazmac said:
Hmmm...

If that is the screen, I have no problems with the loss of the glowing Apple logo (wouldn't that also save battery life too? - just asking.)
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no, currently the lit apple logo doesn't have it's own light. It uses the LCD's backlight.

if you have a current MBA you can test this out for yourself.

find a bright light source with your screen brightness off (so that its invisible and a blank screen). and hold the air up with the logo to the light. you will see the light come directly through and light up an apple shaped portion of your screen.

I'm wondering if the change is required due to a new manufacturing process that doesn't let this 'pasthrough' happen. maybe a new way of bonding the display to the glass to minimize depth, or new backlight that has something else behind it that would get in the way.
 
LordVic said:
as you probably know, I'ma skeptic about everything

but when I hear people make such ridiculous claims as this even i have to chuckle at the ridiculousness.

light up logo is not a functional item. it in no way changes the overall useability of the item in any way. At all.

not purchasing a laptop because it's logo doesn't glow is foolish and clearly indicates someone is more interested in being a show off of and using apple product as a status symbol than actual usage scenarios.

its these coffee house hipsters that make the rest of the world shake their head and give Apple products a bad rep
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Wow. Way to completely 100% miss the point of the post you were replying to. Design/marketing has nothing, nothing to do with function. Go back a couple of pages and look at those pictures posted again of the MS event and the State of the Union address. Even in low light, grainy pictures, Apple computer's stand out so clearly that it'd be impossible to miss them. Now imagine if those logos weren't backlit. Suddenly it'd be impossible to tell if that were a room of Dell's.

I agree. If they drop the lit logo I'll seriously be questioning them. It's an iconic branding that emphasizes the company in exactly the kind of free, low key, understated way that every brand dreams of.
 
atlatnesiti said:
What's the point of that - if anything, it's battery saving (highly appreciated) feature :)
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Have you ever disassembled a lcd backlight? I'm gonna assume not because to make the Mac logo glow uses the same exact LEDs that light the screen backlight ... as for the apple logo there is just a cutout in the silver where the apple logo is allowing the photons traveling down the thickest plastic diffuser to make both glow without any more power.... All powered from the SAME BACKLIGHT similar to fiber optic strings and how they carry light
 
dipan said:
Not sure I understand your thoughts on this. The hinge I agree is on the bottom of that picture. That makes the view a side profile, doesn't it? He bottom edge of the display that you pointed out does look thin but look at the rest of the casing!
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I updated my original image to be more detailed about what the thickness is coming from and why it is there. This should dissuade anyone thinking that the screen is as thick as an iPad.
 
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LordVic said:
as you probably know, I'ma skeptic about everything

but when I hear people make such ridiculous claims as this even i have to chuckle at the ridiculousness.

light up logo is not a functional item. it in no way changes the overall useability of the item in any way. At all.

not purchasing a laptop because it's logo doesn't glow is foolish and clearly indicates someone is more interested in being a show off of and using apple product as a status symbol than actual usage scenarios.

its these coffee house hipsters that make the rest of the world shake their head and give Apple products a bad rep

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he's not wrong. move away from the nitty gritty of the MHZ and look at what exactly is in use here

The MBP and MBA use fucntionally different types of CPU's for example.

The MBA uses a dual core, hyperthreaded Ultra low voltage cpu based around the 15w power threshold.

the MBP on the other hand uses Intels' Low Voltage quad core parts, based around 28w part.

that alone has significant impact in performance capabilities, battery life, and other things that rely on CPU (such as memory bandwith, GPU performance, heat and energy consumption)

to say they're almsot the same is incorrect as they are aimed at completely different market segments
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But he is wrong. The 13" MBA should be compared to the 13" MBP here, not the max BTO 15" MBP. You can't order the maxed out 13" BTO MBP with a quad core processor, it doesn't exist. The difference between similar spec 13" machines is negligable. Less than $100. Same RAM, same storage (or 128GB more for the MBA in some mid-range configurations), MBP get a higher wattage CPU with better integrated graphics to drive the better retina screen. MBA gets way better battery life and is much lighter.

Lots of overlap there, legitimate trade-offs. As I've already said before, I hope the new 12" machine provides similar overlap on the high end BTO models, while still coming in at a great price for the base model, just like the current Air.
 
MyopicPaideia said:
But he is wrong. The 13" MBA should be compared to the 13" MBP here, not the max BTO 15" MBP. You can't order the maxed out 13" BTO MBP with a quad core processor, it doesn't exist. The difference between similar spec 13" machines is negligable. Less than $100. Same RAM, same storage (or 128GB more for the MBA in some mid-range configurations), MBP get a higher wattage CPU with better integrated graphics to drive the better retina screen. MBA gets way better battery life and is much lighter.

Lots of overlap there, legitimate trade-offs. As I've already said before, I hope the new 12" machine provides similar overlap on the high end BTO models, while still coming in at a great price for the base model, just like the current Air.
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yeah there is overlap, but the CPU differences are meant for different use.

despite the space and ram, you wouldn't buy a MBA if you require heavy lifting.

Apple could do more to differentiate it other than jsut the CPU, but the target use is completely different
 
powertoold said:
Not sure if anyone did this yet, but I enhanced the picture in iPhoto and got this. Take it with a grain of salt though. It does seem like there's still a bezel.
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Looking at the sources thumb in that picture, that is a great bezel, looks like it is reduced from the current rMBP and looks excellent. I don't think no bezel is advantageous at all for traditional computers screens, you need a border to be able to stay focused and on the content and not be distracted by the background.

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LordVic said:
yeah there is overlap, but the CPU differences are meant for different use.

despite the space and ram, you wouldn't buy a MBA if you require heavy lifting.

Apple could do more to differentiate it other than jsut the CPU, but the target use is completely different
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Sorry if I don't follow you here, but what is meant by heavy lifting? If you mean things like heavy video editing in real time, an encoding machine, etc. ok, but then we're talking about the quad core processors and discrete graphics only available in the 15" Pro's. You're not even going to look at the 13" Pro for this use case at all.

There is a lot more overlap in use case as well as specs when we talk about the MBA's and the 13" Pro. In fact, I would argue that the 13" Pro for the most part is for people that want to have the "pro" name but only really need the use case that the MBA would fit perfectly for (or those that want the retina display, and are willing to trade off battery life and weight to get it.)
 
Mr Fusion said:
I'm still using my 2011 13" MBA it's the best laptop I've ever owned. This 12" Air will be its replacement IF the keyboard is stretched edge to edge like the display. I've tried typing on the 11" MBA keyboard and the keys are way too crammed together. It's frustrating.
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Really? I have the 11" MBA and was intrigued by your comment. I have just compared its keyboard with my Apple wireless keyboard, and also with the keyboard on my 13" MBP, and the width of the keyboard is identical on all of them (height is very marginally less), so I think you must be imagining it!
 
integrated OS

What would be amazing is if you could 'snap off' the screen (would be touchscreen) and it automatically switches to an iOS format, then when its connected to the physical keyboard it switches to MacOS and are both integrated (similarly to how windows 10 will recognise peripherals attached and switch to a supported format). One can only hope
 
CrazyForApple said:
Am I the only one doubting that it is real?
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I suspect pretty much, yes...

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MoreAwesomeDanU said:
umm am i the only one seeing this? It looks more like a bigger ipad than anything else.

Why a 12" MBA? Doesn't make sense when you already have 11 and 13... Not sure what the value prop is.

On the other hand, a bigger ipad makes a lot more sense for content consumption.
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Are you saying you think it is a leaked image of an iPad screen? If so, look at the hinge connectors in the first photograph...

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yanksrock100 said:
I was really hoping to get a new laptop this year to replace my Air...if these rumors are true, I will probably get a Retina instead...
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I thought this was going to be retina?
 
zhenya said:
Even in low light, grainy pictures, Apple computer's stand out so clearly that it'd be impossible to miss them.

It's an iconic branding that emphasizes the company in exactly the kind of free, low key, understated way that every brand dreams of.
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Seems somewhat contradictory to me...
 
BeamWalker said:
Also with the XPS now boasting an impressive 3200x1800 resolution the rumor of the 2304x1440 pixel "Retina" Display gets off-putting too.
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With the 15" and 13" MBP having resolutions of 2880 x 1800 and 2560 x 1600 respectively, a 12" at 2304 x 1440 sounds about right.

Personally, I think that resolution is fine for such a small display. Sure, it's not as high as the XPS, but maybe that'll help with battery life.
 
saintforlife said:
This is innovation? Meanwhile in other tech news, Google is working on driverless cars and CP3 robots, and Microsoft is working to covert our lives into a holographic minority report world that aims to blow your minds.
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Yep and who knows what Apple are working on. They keep everything completely secret until they're ready to release it. Unlike Google who, as we all know, are working on driverless cars, not selling them.
 
I think it's interesting. We've reached an age where i just don't see people owning more than one laptop. How can apple get away with a laptop that has nothing, no display output, one usb? Where would people get that from? the ****** screen mirroring from appletv?
 
What was the purpose of direct light reflection ??

Remember, its the only Apple device that comes with its own stylus :)
 
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