Wed, 16 May 2012

3:23 AM - MacBook Air Will Feature Retina Display just Like MacBook Pro and iMac?

The new iPad features Retina display, so it's very good to rip dvd to ipad to watch HD movies, but do you think iPad is the only iDevice that equipped with Retina display, of course not, according to the latest rumor, MacBook Pro and iMac will have Retina display, which we know about that, so how about MacBook Air, is it on the list too? According to 9to5Mac, the answer is positive.

Even the status of MacBook Air is not that important as MacBook Pro, but this time, Apple decides to treat them equally, so MacBook Air will be getting a retina display, too. That, for those of you following along at home, means that all the major products in Apple's Mac lineup - MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and iMac - will be getting the same retina display treatment that the iPad got back in March.

There is a big chance that MacBook Air won't have an obvious improvement in design, but Apple is reported to be working on new 11.6 inch and 13.3 inch MacBook Air models. And it's said that Air will get Ivy Bridge processors, and better graphics technology needed to handle Retina-level resolutions. Batteries will also allegedly get an upgrade, much as the third-generation iPad did, owing to the extra power consumed by high pixel densities.



But we won't see the next generation MacBook Air in WWDC next month, because Apple is still working on the unfixed problems of Air, including a Retina display (and more powerful internals to handle it) poses a significant challenge both in terms of heat and power consumption for the device. So unlike the MacBook Pro, which is expected to launch at WWDC, we may need more time to see new Air.

So until WWDC, I guess Apple won't tell anything to media, at least the official statement, but from all kinds of signs, some of us can forecast a little, like the new operating system running on the MacBook Pro - Mountain Lion - could come to us in less than a month. In June, we'll know if all these rumors are true or not, but the Air we are talking right here, we just need to continue guessing.

Whether the retina display will come to all these computers in all their size variations, nor whether there will also be (cheaper) non-retina display models available, nor how much a retina display Mac will cost, we still know nothing, but considering Retina display can give us more excellent feeling to watch movies or play games, which has been improved on iPad if you have tried to put movies on ipad. Nevertheless, assuming these reports are accurate, then this year's WWDC should offer quite a lot to look forward to.

After less than a month, we'll know everything about new Apple devices, even there won't be much information about Air, but still we are looking forward to it.

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