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will MBA come out 15" series?with bigger battery 10hour+?
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Have you actually used the 13? The high resolution display makes it feel larger than it is. The mba has an antiglare screen; all macs lacking the black border around the screen have antiglare.
Have you actually used the 13? The high resolution display makes it feel larger than it is. The mba has an antiglare screen; all macs lacking the black border around the screen have antiglare.
i see at apple website i compare mba n mbp it said air is glossy widescreen only...and what made me said 13" is small...i use stereo maker software to make 3D in full screen...so it make me hard to see the image..last time i was using 13" mba because of my eye problem...i change it to mbp 15...but mbp 15 kinda heavy...and slow on bootup...i dunno why...mba boot into mac veryyy super fast...how come ar??
Will Apple give me a 75 core ivybridge in my 11 inch 1600000x900000 ultra HDHDHDHDHDHDHD screen with GTX580 and 2TB SSD? Will it be make from carbon fiber? Can I get a 10 year lasting nuclear battery that does not need to be charged ever?
Also I forgot can I get 500GB memory? And it needs to be under .5 pounds. And be fully waterproof.
Also I forgot can I get 500GB memory? And it needs to be under .5 pounds. And be fully waterproof.
actually interesting enough they are in the final stages of finishing up a 15" ultra thin macbook pro, optical drives are out
@the OP
There are two ways that you'll ever see a 10 hour battery.
1.) You'll buy one of those external battery packs that double/triple/quadruple/etc the Wattage/Hour of the MBA.
2.) You'll use a processor that is extremely slow, and doesn't support any boosting and uses minimal power (See the A4? chip in the iPad.)
There are two ways that you'll ever see a 10 hour battery.
1.) You'll buy one of those external battery packs that double/triple/quadruple/etc the Wattage/Hour of the MBA.
2.) You'll use a processor that is extremely slow, and doesn't support any boosting and uses minimal power (See the A4? chip in the iPad.)
http://macbookair.macrumors.com/
they're coming out with 15'' and 17'' ultra-thins. Probably will be out at Christmas.
they're coming out with 15'' and 17'' ultra-thins. Probably will be out at Christmas.
To me 13" has the best balance between battery/weight/size. I believe 15" will have more battery life/higher res display but Apple might put higher clock speed processor (highly unlikely quadcore) so maybe still around 7 hours battery life. Apple would be out of their mind offering more battery life than their Pro lines.
...are we seeing another $400 price differences perhaps? They might put in 512GB SSD which add another $800~$1000 upgrade fee me thinks.
Weight. Their MBP 15" is much too heavy. from 11" to 13" the weight is added by about 300grams+, so from 13" to 15" we expected to see the machine weights around 1.8KG~2KG. Sounds like a sweet deal for those who want a powerful mobile workstation on the go.
To me 13" has the best balance between battery/weight/size. I believe 15" will have more battery life/higher res display but Apple might put higher clock speed processor (highly unlikely quadcore) so maybe still around 7 hours battery life. Apple would be out of their mind offering more battery life than their Pro lines.
...are we seeing another $400 price differences perhaps? They might put in 512GB SSD which add another $800~$1000 upgrade fee me thinks.
yaya...i'm hoping can get sata3 power!! 550mb/s
To answer the OP's question, the answer is yes.
It is inevitable that computers start shipping without proper disk drives. The real question is "when"? I don't know when. Nobody knows when it'll happen. However, I doubt Apple is going to continue to release the MBP in its current form factor for too much longer. The biggest issue may be SSD storage capacity, and/or SSD supply issues, and/or the cost of the higher capacity SSD drives, rather than a lack of desire to release such products tomorrow.
Also, what gets released may not be called a 15" MBA, but a 15" MBP. Maybe it'll be a uniform thickness throughout rather than use a tapered design (e.g. ~0.68", which is the max thickness of the current MBAs), which may allow for a faster processor and also a much larger battery to be used in the system.
All we can do is guess.
It is inevitable that computers start shipping without proper disk drives. The real question is "when"? I don't know when. Nobody knows when it'll happen. However, I doubt Apple is going to continue to release the MBP in its current form factor for too much longer. The biggest issue may be SSD storage capacity, and/or SSD supply issues, and/or the cost of the higher capacity SSD drives, rather than a lack of desire to release such products tomorrow.
Also, what gets released may not be called a 15" MBA, but a 15" MBP. Maybe it'll be a uniform thickness throughout rather than use a tapered design (e.g. ~0.68", which is the max thickness of the current MBAs), which may allow for a faster processor and also a much larger battery to be used in the system.
All we can do is guess.
Ultra-light weight matters on portable laptops (13" and below). A 15" or 17" laptop is not really a portable laptop, thus the weight battle becomes less important.
I think Apple is taking the right approach here: aim towards ultra performance with their MBP line and ultra portability with their MBA line. The 13" MBA with an i7, a 256 SDD and 1400x900 screen res is already a fine compromise between the two.
Creating a 15" MBA would cannibalize the sales for their 15" MBP. If they're to create a 15" and 17" MBA, they might as well get rid of the MBP family altogether as they would simply overlap just like the old White Macbook overlapped the 13" MPB, and thus they eventually discontinued the Macbook White.
So the question is not whether they should create a 15" and 17" MBA, but rather whether they should continue with the MBP family at all since product-overlapping is certainly not a good business practice (as proven, again, by the white Macbook)
Actually I do agree.
In fact, whether it's going to be 500~700grams difference compared to the Pro lines, IMHO anything beyond 1.5KG is going to start giving the shoulder some effort. 1.3KG to me is still some weight though I'm perfectly happy with it, and not wanting anything heavier.