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12-Inch MacBook Air to Begin Production in 3rd Quarter 2014

Monday June 23, 2014 10:24 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Digitimes reports that Apple's new 12" MacBook Air will enter mass production in the 3rd quarter of 2014. Quanta Computer is reportedly responsible for the assembly of the new machine which falls in between the 11" and 13" MacBook Air lines. Their sources have not heard of any changes to the existing 11" and 13" MacBook Air models.

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Digitimes' sources were able to confirm some small internal changes to the machine, but the new MacBook Air is said to look similar to the existing models:
The 12-inch MacBook Air features some design changes such as the battery and the internal layout, while its industrial design will be similar to its existing counterparts using an unibody aluminum chassis, the sources detailed. Some market watchers expect the machine to feature a Retina display.
First word of a 12" MacBook Air came from NPD DisplaySearch and analyst Ming Kuo in October, 2013. Kuo described the new machine as thinner than the existing MacBook Air and that it would incorporate a Retina Display. A Chinese forum post from a user who had previously leaked accurate information added that the 12" MacBook Air would feature a "new trackpad design" without a mechanical button and that the machine would have no fan.

Previous rumors have predicted that the 12" MacBook Air will be announced between Q3 and Q4 2014, so approximately September/October of this year.

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goobot
54 months ago

Please no fan. Ever since I updated to Mavericks my 2011 MBA sounds like a fighter jet.


So the internals being fried is a better alternative?
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dagamer34
54 months ago

Please no fan. Ever since I updated to Mavericks my 2011 MBA sounds like a fighter jet.


So you want worse performance especially when asking the GPU to push ~4x number of pixels with a Retina Display? I'm not sure you understand what you are asking for.
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iolinux333
54 months ago
Please no fan. Ever since I updated to Mavericks my 2011 MBA sounds like a fighter jet.
Rating: 11 Votes
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saintforlife
54 months ago
This needs to come with a retina display. Otherwise what is the point?
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tom vilsack
54 months ago

Please no fan. Ever since I updated to Mavericks my 2011 MBA sounds like a fighter jet.


reset smc and pram

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3604 (https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3604)
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jb510
54 months ago
The missing part

The thing that surprises me about this rumor is that a 15" MBA isn't part of it.

It will surprise me tremendously if next year Apple is producing an 11", 12" and 13" MBA.

If the 12" is real, I think next years line up is a 12" & 15" MBA, and I'm frankly WAY more freaking excited about a 15" MBA than a 12". That would mean I could finally step down from MBPs.
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fullauto
54 months ago
Smaller bezels please.
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jjhoekstra
54 months ago

So you want worse performance especially when asking the GPU to push ~4x number of pixels with a Retina Display? I'm not sure you understand what you are asking for.


So why can my iPad have a retina display without the need for a fan? I think he understood very well what he is asking for!
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CmdrLaForge
54 months ago
Ahh, my next machine goes into production. Good.
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sparkie7
54 months ago
Thin, or super thin bezel please . TIA
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