The retina MBA is not going to happen and here is why.

[KPOM]

not really true b.c the leaps we made in 20 years will probably never happen again. 20 years from now, I don't see nearly as catastrophic of improvement

Well hopefully we don't have many catastrophic improvements.

That said, the pace of change seems to be pretty steady. Someone in 1992 could have looked back at the previous 20 years and made similar comments. In 1972, "computers" were still big monolithic devices in specially cooled rooms that were accessed by dumb terminals. We didn't have ATMs or cellular phones, or VCRs. Cars were inefficient and not very safe. By 1992, all that had changed. We had 4-5 lb notebook computers capable of running Windows 3.0 or System 7. Cellular phones, while not ubiquitous, were no longer novelties. Recording TV shows for later was well established, cars had gained airbags and ABS, and we started seeing clues of what was to come (e.g. services like AOL were getting started, pagers were broadcasting real-time sports scores, there was talk of thin-screen TVs and video discs).

 

[minnus]

Umm...the asus K93sm is a whooping 18.4" laptop! Apple already has the rmbp totop that.

Ummm...lol

Edit: Sorry, tad silly for me to post such a content-less reply. Apple makes it easier for consumers to identify laptops - afterall, they're all the same model, differentiated by size and model. Other manufactures try to capture so many different niches and markets that they have SO MANY models. It is understandable that one would get confused. They're making things easier though - since Asus' Zenbook line is in direct competition with Apple's Air - and there aren't too many models of that floating around (it might just take some effort distinguishing old from newer models)

 

[mikkker007]

not really true b.c the leaps we made in 20 years will probably never happen again. 20 years from now, I don't see nearly as catastrophic of improvement

And, thats my point........you and and I are still ( i presume ) typing upon a qwerty keyboard that has been around for over 120yrs!! while "WE' my find this more than acceptable, i suspect.... future generations will 'scoff'

 

[cube]

The retina MBA already happened.

 

[petrucci666]

Also, for what it's worth, there won't ever be Thunderbolt on ARM as Intel simply won't ever allow it.

This alone makes an ARM MBA impossible.

 

[Randomoneh]

10-20 years from now? They'll be laughing their ass's off at "Retina"... That'll be like 110 film to Full HDTV today.... 1080p?.. hahaha...

Partially, I agree. "Retina" today is absolutely great but it's is not really a match for normal human eyes ("Retina" - spatial res. of 60 ppd, normal eye can perceive ~200 ppd).

We're talking about normal viewing distances, of course. In distant future we'll have displays that match visual acuity of human eyes even when you're few inches from the display.

In short, we haven't hit the wall yet and we won't any time soon.