Apple MacBook Air – A New Launch?

According to Mingchi Kuo, Senior Analyst in Research Digitimes, Apple is preparing to launch in the second half of this year, a new generation of Apple MacBook Air with 11.6-inch display and equipped with Intel Core processor with ULV.

Even thinner and lighter than the original, with a smaller display, 11.6-inch: something like this the future Apple’s MacBook Air would look, if they will confirm the new rumors appeared recently in the industry, launched by Mingchi Kuo, Senior Analyst at Digitimes Research. At this size, the MacBook Air’s would then reappear as a mini laptop, although over the past two years the American company claimed that it is not interested in bringing a netbook on the market. However, Kuo, citing discussions he held with various manufacturers of components, feel that the Air model with 11.6 inch display will be aimed at gaining new markets and increasing competitiveness of other Apple products:

“Kuo, citing discussions with upstream component makers, noted That the 11.6-inch MacBook Air Will feature year Even slimmer and lighter design Than the previous-generation models and the technologies used for the design and concept is Expected to Be broadly used in the company’s Other Their product lines to Boost Competitiveness.”

According to the same source, the future MacBook Air will operate on a processor named Intel Core ULV (Ultra-Low Voltage) and will be launched somewhere in the second half of this year. The current MacBook Air has a 13.3-inch display, Intel Core Duo processor and boasts by a thin-and-light design, shapes, particularly thin and weighing just 1.36 kg, and a pretty hefty price.

There is still no official confirmation of these rumors of the company and it is hard to say if it will come true eventually. On the one hand, Apple has already entered the market with their extremely popular iPad 2, which, like a netbook, it’s easy to carry, has better battery autonomy, a browser and runs a multitude of applications. But on the other hand, the Tablet PC from Apple is not a mini laptop: it’s expensive, has no physical keyboard or a full operating system for all applications running on a desktop in general. Therefore, there is room for speculation. What do you think? Apple plans to launch a mini laptop of 11.6-inch? We shall wait and see.