According to Taiwanese newspaper Economic Daily News, the production of 12-inch MacBook Air laptops with Retina display starts in III or IV quarter of 2014. For the assembly of computers designed to take an intermediate place between the 11-inch and 13-inch models of Air, will be responsible Quanta Computer. The debut 12-inch machine is expected later this year or early next year, while the new model of "normal» MacBook Air, as approved, will be released next fall.
Possible delays with the release MacBook Air Edition connects with Intel plans to defer delivery of new generation processors Broadwell Series U. Release of energy efficient microchips will mark the possibility of Apple-laptops, working without a fan.
The fact that in Cupertino are developing a MacBook Air 12-inch Retina-display, insiders reported repeatedly. Despite the high resolution of the screen, Cupertino figured out how to completely redesign the new laptop computer, making it even lighter and thinner.
12-inch MacBook Air, striving for minimalism is silent due to lack of fan - actually a convergence with the iPad. The touchpad is mutated in the name of a slender waist instead mechanics responsible for the familiar click, implemented another solution - used power and optical sensors. Variety of peripheral input and output reduced. Novelty, said informed sources, combines portability 11.6-inch MacBook Air models and performance 13.3-inch.
A new generation of 12-inch laptops Apple sources reported last year. Then we say that the laptop will be equipped with a display resolution of 2304 × 1440 pixels. KGI Securities experts later confirmed the feasibility of this model's debut in the second or third quarter of 2014.
Analysts believe that the new MacBook because of its ultra-thin design helps sustain interest in this class of product.