Friday, October 11, 2024
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Sorry, but I still think the MacBook Air is a goner

Bloomberg is reporting that Apple plans to unveil three new laptops at next month’s Worldwide Developer Conference: updated MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and 12-inch MacBooks. The Sellers Research Firm (that’s me) disagrees with that prediction.

I do think we’ll see new 12-inch MacBooks introduced along with new iPad Pros (hmmm, how will Apple differentiate the laptop and the “laptop replacement”?). 

And I think Apple will preview new MacBook Pros along with new iMacs. However, I don’t think either of those systems will go on sale until September or October, when macOS 11 is released. 

However, I still think, as I’ve said before, that the MacBook Air is a goner. I don’t see a place in the line-up for both it and the plainly named MacBook. To me, having all three Mac laptops only confuses things. 

Bloomberg says that the MacBook Air is a “surprisingly strong” seller, so I could be wrong. We’ll find out on Monday, June 5, when the WWDC keynote hits.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.