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So what's the future of the MacBook Air at this point? Does the Retina MacBook Pro just keep getting thinner until the Air is obsolete? Is there some fundament

• nXqd 13y ago
  Air still gets its place on the market. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57588850-37/why-the-macbook-air-didnt-get-a-retina-display/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57588850-37/why-the-macboo... Due to this blog post, power consumption seems to be the most important factor why they don't put retina on Macbook Air. I will double check the 13" new Macbook Pro to decide to get it or 13" lightweight Air :P
• msoad 13y ago
  Everyone wants 911, no matter they have $60k or can afford $200k. "Pro" is the same. Everyone wants the "Pro" thing. No matter if they will just browse Facebook or run serious business on it
• Tyrant505 13y ago
  That is the ultimate future, or rather ideal future, but yes: You get it.
• snowwrestler 13y ago
  The current MacBook Pro is probably the thinnest and lightest laptop possible with a Retina display. They've already taken out the spinning HD, optical drive, ethernet port, and removable battery, which are what they took out to make the original Air so thin and light. If they want to make a Retina Air as thin and light as it is now, they need some sort of breakthrough. One option that has been mentioned is to power the Air with ARM instead of Intel--like an iPad. But that would that probably would require a heavy software translation layer to run OS X apps like Office or Photoshop.