And you won't have any. Do you understand there is not yet any device on sale with Broadwell chips?
You've been elaborating during 30 pages on this 30% figure coming from intel, taken as granted, and now you have an illustration of this from the same source: intel. What has changed for you?
Well, perhaps I did not make myself clear if I took the 30% figure for granted. Intel of course tends to be biased, but I also do not think Intel will be too much off, since this is some big announcement and Broadwell will certainly be somewhat more energy efficient than Haswell. 30% is probably true, but only on some specific situations.
And in the same time, you're able to recognize in a unverifiable=unreliable source's words that there is some "confirmation" of anything:
"It says nothing, anyone could say it, hence it's a confirmation"
and well, yep, "a new MBA is coming" needed confirmation (but actually this Digitimes report was saying more: it added it would be thinner).
Well, a redesign of the MacBook Air is all but confirmed. But given that there are several ultrabooks much better than the Air in terms of technology at this point, then Apple is probably redefining it in a big launch very soon. Of course you may disagree and think that the Air is better than any ultrabook. Yes, the Air may have better battery life and a better keyboard or trackpad. But other vendors have better screens, thinner designs and different materials. Apple can do better than the Air right now.
Can you explain again how you make the new MBA thinner and with a retina screen, basing on 15W Broadwell chips? I already hear you answer about IGZO displays; do we have any info in that direction?
Compared to the Core M, the higher 15W TDP with the 14nm shrinked process allow better performances on CPU and GPU, but you then don't get any noticeable change on thermal and energy consumption compared to current designs.
For now we lack informations on other Broadwell chips, all we know is some details about the Core M and some allusions about 15W models for NUCs.
I am no engineer and I do not know how Apple would cramp a retina screen in the MacBook Air and still keep the battery life. I have some educated guesses, though:
Broadwell may end up being much more energy efficient than Haswell (that alone, though, would not be enough);
Apple may use a lower TDP chip (I do not believe so, as the possible gap in performance would not make many people happy);
*Apple may use an IGZO display (it is already been used in Dell laptops) or a similar power-saving technology (LTPS?);
*Apple may cramp a 12-inch screen in a format similar to the 11-inch MacBook Air, and the end result will be a larger laptop in a thin shell;
Apple may distribute better the internals to cramp more battery inside the chassis;
*Apple may reduce the size of the bezel and other areas to make the laptop lighter.
Apple may end up accepting that the new Air will have slight less battery life than the current one.
Just guesses, though. There is always somewhere to cut. I don't know a thing before I see the final product.
Isn't it interesting to talk about datas we have? That's what you've been doing last 30 pages. It would be more interesting to see you either reject the Core M on argumentation or consider it as a possible scenario.
And what if there is something between 4.5-6W and 15W TDP chips?
It is possible that Apple adopts a lower-voltage processor, although I do not think Apple will shift away from what it currently uses. Apple did not do that in the past, and I do not think it will do it now.
The question is not about being right or wrong, who gives a damn if anyone in this forum is correct in the end about the future of the MBA; only Apple is at the decision. Here we're only elaborating on parcelar elements to evaluate what's in the range of possibles and try to make better than only random predictions.
And that's new data points intel is giving, as biased as they can be.
Yes. That's the only piece of information we have. Although useful, I wish we had more from third parties.
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I, personally, believe the MacBook Air will be updated with a 34" Retina-times-Retina display (which is better times infinity that regular boring Retina) that folds up into a 1x1" square and becomes the iWatch. It will have modular RAM components that can pop off in a jiffy to save weight but comes OOB with only 256GB of RAM to save precious grams.
The unibody will be fill with helium so it'll be very light (you may even have to put a cinderblock on it to hold it down! But no biggie because it'll come with an Apple-brand cinderblock).
It has one of the new Intel Reverse-fanless processors that haven't even had their predecessors released yet, which will not only be a fan but also suck the air backwards because it's so efficient!
The Harddrive will be composed of anti matter components for increased security, a retinal scanner, blood pressure monitor that attaches to your toenails and also tracks calcium deficiency, and hair dryer so you don't have to hold your new MBA over your when it rains you just get wet and then blow dry your hair!
It will come with a Unicorn-hide carrying case, one of Steve Job's used bandaids, and "Satellite Recharging" (it recharges by satellite beams!) so you never have to even plug it in.
Instead of a Command key it now has a "Rapture" key that will instantly solve all your problems, world hunger, cure aids, dump a bucket of ice water your least favorite celebrity (but it's still for a good cause, yay!) and take you and your loved ones to a technological Xanadu where there is no Android, no Windows, and not even people talking about a Kernal panic.
Very creative!
I'm expecting nothing less than Apple to blow the lid of life come 9/9/14.
Well, don't hold your breath.
Apple is moving towards the fashion industry, as the latest rumors tell us. Perhaps we will see some dresses and suits designed by Jony Ive in Apple California before we see a new MacBook Air.
