If Apple is going to put a retina panel in a MacBook Air then they better have made significant leaps in battery and display tech. They cannot make the Air thicker for a bigger battery, they already have...it's a 13" rMBP... I don't know about this rumor. Little too good to be true.
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Redesigned MacBook Air Reportedly Planned for 3Q 2013 Launch, Possibly with Retina Display
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Hope they dont introduce retina or a redesign... Bought my air 4 weeks ago... Dont want a new one making a show and making mine look out of date 
Won't the rMBP 13" and the rMBA 13" totally overlap each other? I mean, they'd be basically the same exact computer at like 95% of the components, and the thickness/weight difference is not that significant any more.
Shouldn't Apple merge those 2 products then?
Shouldn't Apple merge those 2 products then?
Bring it...
No need for a redesign, just bang-in a Retina display with a higher color gamut and I'll be a happy man
No need for a redesign, just bang-in a Retina display with a higher color gamut and I'll be a happy man
As a current MB Air owner I'm curious about the battery life, because the only real concern that I have after more than a year of usage is a battery life, which is unfortunatelly not very impressive and I am afraid with a retina display we can hope the same battery life at best, which is not a good news, though the display itself would be a very welcome addition.
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To the naysayers who say the retina macbook air can't happen without a discrete GPU: lets not forget that the Haswell chip has processing comparable (somewhat) to a 650M card:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6600/...rformance-compared-to-nvidias-geforce-gt-650m
There's some nuances there, such as different SKUs of integrated GPU, but it's definitely all on the table.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6600/...rformance-compared-to-nvidias-geforce-gt-650m
There's some nuances there, such as different SKUs of integrated GPU, but it's definitely all on the table.
Why do you want to bash Apple?
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13.3'' Pro does not have dedicated GPU and still works fine
Insanely great has been replace by works fine.
Apple's old refresh model/timeline has been shattered.
I don't see this as a bad thing at all. But those that have been adamant about timing their purchases and/or thinking that their new model will stay the "latest and greatest" for as long as they have will probably be frustrated. And a few will no doubt post here something along "money grab" or that they are pissed about a new model so soon after they just spent their money on X.
I don't see this as a bad thing at all. But those that have been adamant about timing their purchases and/or thinking that their new model will stay the "latest and greatest" for as long as they have will probably be frustrated. And a few will no doubt post here something along "money grab" or that they are pissed about a new model so soon after they just spent their money on X.
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Call me crazy but the Air doesn't need retina or any of the performance hits when it comes to displaying that high of a resolution on a portable machine.
The pixel density is already good
True, but colour gamut and contrast could be greatly improved. It's a bit average in this department at hte moment
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Redesign? YES! Retina? NO THANKS!
Not that the current MBA is ugly, but it is starting to look a bit aging... plus I'm ready to hop to the MBA from my late 2007 whitebook and I would like to hop on at the very beginning of a design, not the tail end...
I don't need retina on it though... too much of a power/battery hog to be worth it. That should remain a major differentiating feature between the pro and the air.
Not that the current MBA is ugly, but it is starting to look a bit aging... plus I'm ready to hop to the MBA from my late 2007 whitebook and I would like to hop on at the very beginning of a design, not the tail end...
I don't need retina on it though... too much of a power/battery hog to be worth it. That should remain a major differentiating feature between the pro and the air.
Dang....I've wanted an Air for a while and was content with waiting until Haswell given the substantial increase in graphics power it will supposedly bring.....but now a redesign and possibly retina???
TAKE. MY. MONEY.
TAKE. MY. MONEY.
Considering that Samsung has 13" notebooks that weigh 2.5 lbs, I think Apple could find a way to squeeze a bigger battery in there without increasing the weight significantly.
Call me crazy but the Air doesn't need retina or any of the performance hits when it comes to displaying that high of a resolution on a portable machine.
The pixel density is already good
Pixel density is ok, but small font sizes look jagged, and the overall colour saturation/gamut is poor in comparison to most Mac displays, it really needs updating. I can see this happening, Apple always find a way eventually.
Apple won't sacrifice battery life simply for retina.....it will likely keep the battery life it has now.....what product has gotten a retina screen and subsequently gotten worse battery life?
The Surface doesn't need anything to kill it. It can commit suicide just fine.