Apple's next entry-level MacBook: What is it and... why?Rumor has it, Apple is preparing a new 'entry-level MacBook'. But is that an updated MacBook Air? A bigger MacBook? A cheaper MacBook Pro? Or... something else entirely?
John Gruber beat me to it. I'd been planning this video for a while but, yesterday, he hit the Daring Fireball publish button on his thoughts about the rumored new MacBook before I could even get mine online. And, they were great:
So if all these reports are true and Apple is coming out with a new entry-level portable with a 13.3-inch display and reduced bezels, the footprint of the device should shrink a bit too. That's why the current 13.3-inch MacBook Pro has a smaller footprint than the current 13.3-inch MacBook Air (11.97 × 8.36 inches vs. 12.8 × 8.94 inches). So maybe it's something obviously distinguishable from the current MacBook Air, even while the lid is closed — sort of a middle ground between the MacBook Pro and 12-inch MacBook. Something that keeps the Ai...
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Apple's next entry-level MacBook: What is it and... why?
