There are rumours floating about regarding a new MacBook Air.
Macrumors says
…the new MacBook Air will offer an 11.6-inch display, down from the 13.3-inch display found in the current model.
and
…the new models will do away with existing options for a conventional hard-disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) in favor something described as an “SSD Card” that lacks a traditional drive enclosure and more closely resembles a stick of RAM, yet is not easily user-replaceable.
This sounds like the really portable MacBook that I expected when the first MacBook Air came out. A true Apple netbook….
Back then I said
Key new product announced at the keynote was the MacBook Air, a small light MacBook.
I do like small computers, great fan of the 10″Sony VAIO laptops, however this is slightly bigger than I would like, and I can’t see how that would survive travelling by air or train.
Don’t get me wrong I think it’s very stylish, well designed, but doesn’t meet my needs for a small portable computer for use at conferences, on the train and in coffee shops.
I also talked about the lack on built-in 3G, something that most portable laptops at the time were coming with.
However something has changed since then.
The iPad.
The iPad is now that portable computer that I take with me to conferences, use on the train and in coffee shops. The iPad has built in 3G and has a great battery life.
What will the MacBook Air offer that can’t be done on the iPad? Well I know stuff like printing and saving and moving files for instance….
This rumoured MacBook Air sounds like the device that Apple should have released back in 2008.