Apple is planning a major overhaul of the MacBook Air will see that it could compete with the ultra portable notebooks budget, floated the rumor of Digitimes Research Analyst Mingchi said Kuo. The system would shrink to a 11.6-inch display, and would use ultra-low voltage Core iX processors. Despite the smaller screen, it would be thinner and lighter, the design would be sufficiently advanced that lessons learned from its creation would be rolled into other Macs.

The new Air would be assembled by Quanta ship and at some point in the second half of the year, but shipments Estimates indicate that it is either late or otherwise ship or its niche status. Only 400 000 UNTS would arrive this year, Kuo said without naming its sources.
Analyst exposures such as these can have a mixed record of accuracy, but this is the first mention of a significant change in the design MacBook Air, since it first published in February 2008. The system was at the time as providing the size and speed of a full-size notebooks, but in a much slimmer and lighter made in the context into account. Sales were good enough for Apple continue with the system, but larger MacBooks have often sold the air.
While cost-effective compared to conventional ultra portable, the $ 1,499 minimum price was not cheap next to the new crop of systems with Intel’s CULV (Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage) processors, especially with the new Core i3 and i5 versions. While Apple laptop might keep volumes high, could lead to the smaller screen and lower price for an adequate performance and a price fall.
News of a new design is just like Lenovo ThinkPad X300 can drop the series. The line as a Windows alternative to air, but was at a premium of several hundred dollars or more pitched, it has faced lower demand.
Together with the new Mac, Kuo also claimed knowledge of the next generation iPod touch. The MP3 player should have at least a three-megapixel camera with photo and video capture, he does not mention the forward facing camera, but did not understand that it is to use an A4-processor. The researcher has heard that the iPod in August or September, in line with the usual late summer-Apple music event would be updated.
