It was already speculated last year that Apple will introduce a new model MacBooku Air with 12-inch Retina display. The claim about such MacBooku was published not only by the company DisplaySearch, but also by the renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. At the time, however, no one could agree on its resolution, and at the same time people thought it strange why Apple introduced a new diagonal to the current line-up, where we only encounter 11-, 13- and 15-inch displays.
However, analyst Daniel Matte took a closer look at this fact, who listed interesting reasons why on his blog Apple will introduce a 12-inch MacBook Air s Retina display. This new model will completely replace the current versions, offering a display with a diagonal of 11,88 inches. Such a large display would Applu allowed to offer four times the number of pixels and at the same time would allow to maintain a density of 264 inches, which is the same as on the iPad Air. Such "continuity" in terms of density gives in the case Appmakes sense, since the company would save on the development of new displays and simply "cut" a larger piece from the current panels. It is necessary to point out that this same step Apple made on iPad mini, which offers a 7,9-inch display with the same pixel density as it offers iPhone.
The resolution of the new 11,9-in MacBooku would be 2732 x 1536 pixels, four times the current 11-inch MacBookom Air. It offers an 11,6-inch display with a resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels at a density of 135 ppi. The difference in density would be real minismall, since at twice the density it would be 270 pixels per inch, while at a slightly higher resolution it would be 264 pixels per inch. That's why the analyst thinks that Apple it does not fundamentally change the design of the notebook, it only thins the aluminum frame around the display.
Another interesting thing in the analyst's claim is that the new MacBook will completely replace the current offer consisting of two MacBookov Air. Apple today, except for the 13.3-inch one Airu also sells 13.3-inch Pro and just the omission Airu would have the effect that it would Apple he could simplify his offer. We wouldn't have four anymore MacBooky, but only three, and each of them would differ only in hardware and display diagonal. According to him, this step is also noticeable because it would Apple he simply saved on development and ideally would be able to keep the same price.
Apple because he wants to reduce the price Retina displays, and that's also why he managed to reduce the price of a 13-inch one in a year MacBooku Pro by a whole €400. While the 2012 model cost €1,699, the latest model costs just €1,299. That apparently unification is approaching MacBookov Air, can also confirm unified hardware. While in the past the 11″ and 13″ models differed in hardware, on last year's model WWDC they differed only in the size of the display. According to the new model, we could only meet one model this year MacBooku Air. This model will apparently offer an Intel Broadwell processor, 4GB of RAM and 128GB of Flash storage.
So I'm not sure about the team, but isn't broadwell coming until next year?
If I'm not mistaken, Broadwell will be for mobile platforms this year and Skylake in 2015. Or. correct me
Such a combination would be great!