Live blog: Apple gets ‘Back to the Mac’ tomorrow
Fresh soured of crowing most strong
iPhone sales, and unloading on Google and Android, Apple module invoke its tending to digit of its smallest businesses: the
Mac.
Though Apple today ships more iPhones (14.1 million) and iPads (4.1 million) than Macs (3.89 million) in a quarter, the Mac is in its strongest function yet. Apple oversubscribed more Macs than ever during the most past quarter, and has a large deal of the coverall PC mart than at whatever saucer in past consort history–and that’s without a field OS raise or upkeep of its lineup. In every likelihood, that module modify tomorrow.
Apple has solicited whatever journalists downbound to its Cupertino, Calif., office for an circumstance named “Back to the Mac.” The expressed list is vague: to center programme on the Mac front, and intend a advertisement of what Apple’s preparation up for the incoming process of its screen software, Mac OS X 10.7–which, supported on the graphics in the invitation, we crapper adopt is feat to be titled “Lion.”
The rest of what, exactly, thinkable patron Steve Jobs has up his black jersey sleeve, is mitt for the rest of the cyberspace to surmisal or example unitedly diminutive clues from well-placed sources. We at CNET hit been told Apple plans to inform a slimmed-down and cheaper MacBook Air. Specific filler and toll rest a mystery.
Others hit heard kindred things. Cult of Mac says it has heard from a maker there module be digit MacBook Air models: a redesigned “boxier” 13.3-inch version, in the aforementioned varicosity as the organisation of the iPhone 4; and a small 11.6-inch model. There module be a large shelling and more ports than the underway model.
Engadget came up with a picture supposed to be the innards of a redesigned Air. The ikon appears to exhibit more ports on both sides of the notebook.
It’s implausible Apple module summon us every to meet speech most the Air. So what added module Jobs discuss? New processors for the 13-inch MacBook? New Nvidia GPUs? Across-the-board SD bill slots, or modify HDMI ports?
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