The updated
MacBook Air models will reportedly drop the standard USB port in favor of USB - C ports, which Apple first introduced exclusively on its ultra-thin MacBook lineup.
Except for the current
MacBook Air models, all the existing MacBook Pro notebooks have Retina displays.
Arriving sometime during the second quarter, Apple's supposed entry - level MacBook will have the same price tag as the current
MacBook Air models on the market, if not slightly lower.
Its recently launched MacBook is thinner and lighter than the current
MacBook Air models, which haven't received major updates and are reportedly on the way out.
In addition to redesigned MacBook Pro models, Apple may also introduce updated
MacBook Air models and new iMacs with AMD graphics chips before the end of the year.
MacBook Air — There are two decent
MacBook Air models available for under $ 1,000: the 11 - incher and the 13 - incher.
The iPhone 7 is faster than Samsung devices, even recent ones, and it can even outperform most
MacBook Air models.
Since recent
MacBook Air models both feature 13 - inch displays and Apple skipped over it in 2016, you have two versions to choose from: The 2015 and 2017 releases.
For 2013, Apple today released new
MacBook Air models with all day battery life, fourth generation Intel Core processors, faster graphics, 802.11 ac Wi - Fi and flash storage that is up to 45 percent faster than the previous generation.
The most recent
MacBook Air models have been held up as examples of the ideal intersection of design, price and performance.
Transcend's JetDrives are available for certain
MacBook Air models, and can potentially double the storage you currently have in your machine.
A full list of
MacBook Air models this battery is compatible with is listed below.
If you've seen your battery life start to slip, Egoway's replacement option will fit most 13»
MacBook Air models, and comes with all of the tools you'll need to open it.
Spending an extra $ 300 over the base
MacBook Air model will get you a significantly better screen and speakers, as well as better overall performance with the 13 - inch MacBook Pro's 7th - gen 2.3 GHz Core i5.
Spending an extra $ 300 over the base
MacBook Air model will get you a significantly better screen and speakers, as well as better overall performance with the 13 - inch MacBook Pro's 7th - gen 2.3 GHz Core i5.
Citing unnamed sources within Apple's supply chain, Digitimes on Monday reported that Apple is readying a new entry - level
MacBook Air model that could launch in the third quarter this year.
Not exact matches
New
models of
MacBook Air announced today come with dual core Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge processors at 1.6 GHz and 1.7 GHz respectively.
Apple is expected to soon launch a new version of the
MacBook Air, a 12 - inch
model that's supposed to be thinner than every previous
MacBook Air and will sport a new design made possible by...
Apart from that, the protective sleeve comes in three types for iPad and
MacBook Air with a 11/13 inch
model and similar laptops and tablets.
I tested 128 GB Wi - Fi + LTE
model, which sells for a pricey $ 729 and, while it's nice, I'd rather buy an 11 - inch
MacBook Air instead with that money.
Meet the thin & light Mi Notebook
Air: named &
modeled after Apple's
MacBook Air.
Reports from Digitimes and reliable KGI Securities analyst Ming - Chi Kuo both claim that Apple is finally planning to release a successor to the
MacBook Air, which Apple still sells an outdated
model of as an entry - level, $ 999 laptop.
In fact, according to our 13 - inch
MacBook Air Price Guide, the
models linked below ring in $ 9 to $ 55 cheaper compared to other Apple authorized resellers.
Just when you thought you were done with laughing over Xiaomi Inc.'s audacity to imitate
MacBook Air with the similar design and
model name, here comes another one.
It would seem that Apple wants to keep the
MacBook Air in its lineup as an entry level
model, but it's not exactly going to give it its best effort.
1) Acer / emachiness / Gateway / packard bell (Acer and their sub-brands) 2) Every HP
model except ProBook and EliteBook (Probook & EliteBook are excelent products) 3) Cheap Asus
models 4) Apple (
MacBook Air,
MacBook Pro 2010 and later) 5) Sony Vaio Of course there are some brands like TurboX, Medion or other chinese brands like these that are not worth classifying in this list because are total garbage.
That said, in our extensive real - world use of both the original 2015 12 - inch
MacBook and the 2016
model (which improved the processor, graphics, and storage speed), the performance was better than we expected: The base 2016 12 - inch
MacBook is comparable in performance to the base 2015 13 - inch
MacBook Air, and the current
MacBook models, released in June 2017, received upgraded processors that improve performance slightly.
Processor, 12 - inch
MacBook: As mentioned above, the 12 - inch
MacBook uses Intel's low - voltage Y - series processors instead of the U-series processors in the
MacBook Air and Pro
models.
Apple's laptop keyboards have long ranked among the best in the industry, but while the 13 - inch
MacBook Air still has fantastic keys, Apple's recent laptops — specifically, the 12 - inch
MacBook and the 2016 and later
MacBook Pro
models — offer a new, extremely thin keyboard design that has earned mixed reviews.
It also has a 13.3 - inch 1080p display packed into a laptop that's closer in size and weight to the 11 - inch
MacBook Air than to Apple's 13 - inch
models.
Other publications are reporting that other
MacBook models, like the
MacBook Air, may get the same treatment.
While we have no numbers from Apple just yet, there will be plenty of festive shoppers pondering over whether they should go in for the older iPhone 6 instead of the ludicrously priced iPhone 6s
models that cost more than Apple's
MacBook Air laptops.
It's not the first time we've heard about the possibility of a new
MacBook Air, as earlier this year, Bloomberg reported that Apple was working on its very own custom co-processors to put into two new notebooks and a new desktop and DigiTimes reported that the tech giant was working on a new 13 - inch
MacBook model, although didn't explicitly state whether it was an
Air or some other
model.
The new 15.6 - inch Mi Notebook Pro heads up Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi's Apple - aping range of laptops: the Mi Notebook
Air, which comes in 12.5 - inch and 13.3 - inch
models, is pitched against the
MacBook and
MacBook Pro 13, while the Mi Notebook Pro has the
MacBook Pro 15 in its sights.
That is, according to KGI Securities Analyst Ming Chi Kuo, who claims that a cheaper, entry - level
MacBook Air will replace the $ 999 (around AU$ 1,200)
model later this year.
Apple last substantially updated the
MacBook Air in 2015, aside from upping the base RAM in 2016 and offering a slight speed bump to the processor on the low - end
model in 2017.
Ahead of last Friday's launch of the new Retina
MacBook, we saw several early benchmarks for the entry - level notebook running a 1.1 GHz Intel Core M processor, putting CPU performance for the new machine roughly on par with the 2011
MacBook Air according to Geekbench.With the machines now available for purchase, we're starting to see Geekbench results for the mid-range 1.2 GHz processor, revealing a significant performance boost over the low - end chip for multi-core benchmarks, but less so for single - core testing.It will take a little while for Geekbench results to firm up as the machines work through their early housekeeping tasks, but the best results we're seeing so far for the 1.2 GHz
model are approaching 2600 on 64 - bit single - core tests and over 5300 on multi-core tests.
The 11 - inch
MacBook Air has been discontinued entirely, and while Apple is still keeping two 13 - inch
models available for purchase, we do not expect to see further substantial updates to the machines.
Somehow, the company managed to make a 13 - inch
MacBook Pro that has 23 percent less volume and is 17 percent thinner than the previous
model, while the 15 - inch
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is 0.66 inches thick, matching a
MacBook Air.
Apple hasn't massively upgraded the
MacBook Air in eight years, and the
model it currently sells costs $ 999.
Performance enthusiasts who were disappointed that Apple didn't step forward to the latest Core i3 chips with the new
MacBook Air will be even more vexed to find the Core 2 Duo inside clocked all the way down to just 1.4 GHz in the base
model, or 1.6 GHz in the upgraded
model.
A new report from Taiwanese publication Digitimes claims that Apple is looking to release a new
MacBook model this year, replacing the 13 - inch
MacBook Air.
The Bottom Line While its sealed - case limitations will turn off power users, Apple's least expensive Mac delivers a solid OS X experience in a compact box with similar performance to the entry - level
MacBook Air and iMac
models.
While its sealed - case limitations will turn off power users, Apple's least expensive Mac delivers a solid OS X experience in a compact box with similar performance to the entry - level
MacBook Air and iMac
models.
Macotakara predicts that the event will also see Apple unveil a new 13.3 - inch
MacBook Air, with the 11 - inch
model set to be discontinued.
Bloomberg recently reported that Apple was working on its very own custom co-processors to put into two new notebooks and a new desktop and DigiTimes reported that the tech giant was working on a new 13 - inch
MacBook model, although didn't explicitly state whether it was an
Air or some other
model.
MacBook Air is available in 11 - inch and 13 - inch
models and keeps the same design as last year's
models.
After some extensive testing, we found the
MacBook Air (13 - inch, Early 2015) to be little different overall to the 2014
model.
The new 15 - inch Pro weighs in at four pounds, while the 13 - inch
model weighs 3 pounds — the same as the 13 - inch
MacBook AIr.
The
MacBook Air's entry - level
model never featured a Retina display, so we certainly hope the new
MacBook taking its place will.