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MacBook makes a case for wireless docking -- but too soon

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The new MacBook (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2894575/apples-radical-12-inch-macbook-air-is-the-slimmest-lightest-mac-ever.html) is supposed to usher in a wire-free future for laptops, but Apple left out technologies that could have saved road warriors a few ungainly wires.</p><p>
“The only intelligent vision for the future of the notebook is one without wires, where you don’t have to plug up cables to connect to things,” Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller said as he introduced the MacBook on Monday.</p><p>
But while he crowed about the IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 built into the laptop, Schiller never mentioned that Apple passed on emerging technologies to make a USB connection over the air or wirelessly link peripherals at 7Gbps (bits per second).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2896932/macbook-makes-a-case-for-wireless-docking-but-too-soon.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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