Rumor: 12-inch Retina MacBook Air updates coming soon without fan or mechanical trackpad button

Rumor: 12-inch Retina MacBook Air updates coming soon without fan or mechanical trackpad button:



A forum poster on WeiPhone.com [Google translate] (via MacRumors) claims to have information about an upcoming MacBook refresh. According to this source, the new model will sport a 12-inch design close to the current 11.6-inch model, but will feature significant internal differences.

The updated MacBook will reportedly not have a fan, will feature a Retina display, and redesigned trackpad. This new trackpad will ditch the mechanical button that has been in the multi-touch trackpads since they first debuted. Instead, the new Air will use only tap gestures for clicking.

9to5Mac previously reported that a 12-inch Retina MacBook Air was in the works. According to that report, the computer will launch in Q2 or Q3 of this year, and could potentially cost less than current models.

12-inch MacBook with new design + Retina Display:

Smaller MacBook with entirely new design

Launching in either Q2 or Q3 of 2014

12-inch screen, but as portable as current 11-inch MacBook Air and productive as 13-inch MacBook Air

Higher-resolution display (Retina)

Will “redefine laptop computing” once again just like the current MacBook Air design

Thinner/lighter than MacBook Air, new clamshell structure

Will run on Intel chip, not Apple-based A8 processor

Potentially lower-cost than current Apple notebooks

Finally, the WeiPhone.com user also notes that updated 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros will be available in or around September. These updates will reportedly be mostly spec bumps rather than significant upgrades.

We consider this report reliable. Previously, the same source provided photos of the Retina MacBook Pro prior to its official announcement.



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