Apple 'Spring Forward' Event 09/03/2015

DanF · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:34

so tiny, my Air 13" is sooooo obsolete now

Steedie · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:34

Only thing that would stop me replacing mine is the lack of connections, I regularly use a projector at work so I couldn't use it for that

Chris1712 · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:34

Uh oh they actually announced a new laptop, must staple my wallet closed!

Ryan-3 · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:34

It has USB 3.1.

Cosimo · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:36

Butterfly mechanism!

Somnambulist · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:37

Haha, that keyboard tech thing is why I love Apple. New trackpad too.

There is no way I'm buying an rMBP until they get these updates.

Cleisthenes · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:37

WHERE'S THE IO?

GTRacer · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:38

Looks like the perfect travel laptop.

lamboman · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:38

Notice how on the scissor keyboard they tapped the very edge, whereas the new "butterfly" keyboard they tap...well, not on the very edge.

This thing looks pretty awesome, though of course performance and battery life are the big question.

Somnambulist · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:41

Haha, this thing is insane, although ultimately they're clearly still differentiating between this and the Pro in terms of power etc.

There's your battery btw - make logic board uber tiny and fanless, fill the rest of the space with batteries.

Cleisthenes · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:41

Cosimo · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:43

All-day battery life, 9 hours web browsing, 10 hours iTunes movie playback.

802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0

Cleisthenes · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:45

Holy moly...

Steedie · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:45

Oh! WOW! That single port versatility!

Well...looks like I'm replacing my 2 month old rMBP already! lol

squerble · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:45

Christ! USB-C looks pretty nifty.

pioneer2000 · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:45

Surely they should scrap lightning cables now and move the iphone to usb c?

lamboman · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:46

Yep, very much a mobile machine. Not really a replacement for a bigger MacBook Air or rMBP from a performance perspective (though CPU performance is not too far behind it seems!).

Must say that the lengths that Apple have gone to to build this thing is pretty incredible. To be expected though.

uniQ · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:46

I'm not convinced by the lack of I/O especially if I need to carry a bunch of adapters with me.

pioneer2000 · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:47

Every student the world over is going to want one of these.

No webcam?

Peg · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:47

Steedie said:
Oh! WOW! That single port versatility!

Well...looks like I'm replacing my 2 month old rMBP already! lol

It would be nice if there was 2 of them so that you can still use peripherals while charging.