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Warming-up for the all-new redesigned retina 2014 (2015?) MacBook Air
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Without a doubt. I was almost shocked this past summer when the highlight was the added battery life without even a minor screen update.
Perhaps. But Intel has delayed the release of Broadwell, and it will likely be due only in the second half of 2014. If that is the case, then the new rMBA may be released only in the second half of 2014.
Well, technically, yes. But it clearly can't do anything with it. I use a Sony VAIO Pro 13" (it has a FullHD display) and it can't cope with challenges like displaying a pdf file and make the user navigate through it fluently. It just isn't powerful enough. I don't believe (and I never will) that it will make the user browse the internet comfortably in Samsung 9 resolution.
Unfortunately you're right. Apple has had Intel chips early before though. So it's possible they could still be aiming for WWDC. That's what I'm hoping anyway. But given how long the waiting for Haswell MBP thread got I'm not holding my breath!
It appears that Intel has delayed the release of Broadwell due to manufacturing reasons, and not just because it wanted to give Haswell more breathing space. If that holds true, then perhaps Intel is unable to deliver Broadwell to Apple before the scheduled release date and in time for WWDC.
How terrible would it be if the dropped USB and added a lightning port and included a dongle adapter.
How terrible would it be if the dropped USB and added a lightning port and included a dongle adapter.
That would be totally stupid!
But, remember that, the current MBA's thickest section is in the middle (tapered to be thinner near the USB connector, giving the illusion that the USB port was the limiting factor).
I'm hoping the 2014 thinner new MBA is truly limited by the USB port (that the maximum thickness is the thickness of how thin the current MBA is at the USB input port).
In sorry for the confusion. I'm talking about the tapering along the keyboard edge. The computer is thinnest at the USB connector but gets thicker as you move towards the middle of the keyboard.
I assume that tapering is not necessary, but I could be wrong.
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If Apple does not use tapering, perhaps the new Air will be thicker in the largest parts than the old one. But there could be more room for battery life.
I don't see them simply upgrading the resolution. I will be 'retina' (4 pixels to 1) of something like every other product.
I can't see how can they make it better, design-wise? it's already very sexy
Well, it's already late but i fkin hope that it will have at least an 1080p display...
A 1920x1080 display would have a 16:9 aspect ratio, while Apple is clearly going towards a 16:10 aspect ratio.
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If rumors are to be believed in, then the resolution would be a weird 2304x1440 (which would be roughly the same pixel density as the current 13-inch Pro).
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You're out of your mind if you think anyone a mobile phone or tablet will ever replace a Windows/Mac. Simply put, most applications in the world have been designed for the x86 architecture and aren't compatible with ARM. Therefore ARM-based computers can never fully replace an x86-based computer.
Also multitasking has nothing to do with 32-bit or 64-bit.
I apologise if this has already been brought up, but I am actually thinking that apple might converge both the MacBook Air and retina MacBook Pro. So instead of 2 separate models, we simply have the retina macbook in 11", 13" and 15" models. They will use the boxy form factor of the existing retina MacBook Pro models (which are actually thinner than the current MacBook Air, as the tapered design looks great but is a waste of space). They will start at 8gb ram/128 ssd standard, and have the option of upgrading to 16gb/1tb ssd.
To me, it makes sense when you consider that the 13" RMBP isn't that much more expensive than the 13" MBA.
Apple will still keep the base 11" macbook air around as a price point (no option to upgrade). Finally drop the normal 13" MBP.
If that happens, it would drop my 2012 11" air for a retina model.
To me, it makes sense when you consider that the 13" RMBP isn't that much more expensive than the 13" MBA.
Apple will still keep the base 11" macbook air around as a price point (no option to upgrade). Finally drop the normal 13" MBP.
If that happens, it would drop my 2012 11" air for a retina model.
If the 12" screen is 16:10, then it may fit the same width as the current 11" model (which is 16:9), but the height will have to be increased (which is in fact not bad, given that there will probably be room for a trackpad the same size as the other Mac laptops, instead of the smaller trackpad that the 11" now has).
As for the rotating screen, that will of course not happen. Not at this stage of development, at least.
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Not out of my mind at all. Apple sells millions and millions of iOS devices, while the Mac has never been a huge success. It makes perfect sense for Apple to make a transition from Macs (OS X) to iPads (iOS) in order to gain market share and to bring the dispute to its territory.
x86 architecture is not compatible with ARM. But Apple has made the transition before, and more than once. Intel is inside Macs since 2006, although Macs had existed for two decades before that. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple turned to ARM in the future. I don't know if ARM cannot replace Intel. It certainly can't now, in 2013, and it won't in 2014. But these companies are fighting a tough war. ARM is improving its architecture to make it a worth competitor to Intel.
I'm not talking one or two years here. It's still a future that has to be built. And Apple is of course looking into this possibility. Even Microsoft, a long-time partner of Intel, launched Windows RT. It was a failure, but ARM architecture is not ready yet, so the launch of Windows RT was premature. Why Apple won't do this in the future?
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Here's what I think will happen:
Apple will drop the cMBP entirely;
Apple will release a 12" MBA (or 11.8" or something similar) with a 16:10 aspect ratio, and will drop the two current MBA models (perhaps not at the time of release, but it will);
Apple will keep the 12" MBA and the 13" and 15" MBP as separate, although consistent, lines of laptops.