Rumor: Macbook Air refresh, 27-inch display due this Tuesday

By on May 10, 2010 at 1:01 PM
General May 10, 2010

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Macworld.com.au is reporting that a refresh of Apple’s Macbook Air is scheduled for tomorrow. Having successfully tipped the last Macbook Pro refresh a week early, Macworld’s source has a proven track record when it comes to Apple laptop refreshes. The source claims the new Air will have the Apple part number MC516LL/A K87 BETTER BTR-USA, and is already visible in Apple’s inventory system. The source goes on to say Apple may also announce a new 27-inch LED cinema display to compliment the 24-inch model already available. We would like to see a MacBook Air packing, at minimum, a Core i3 and 4GB of RAM, oh…and a 27-inch display that actually works would be nice.

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  • Fiddlemania

    How would a 27inch display on a laptop even be productive. It would look like your carrying around a TV. Size aside should be cool.

    • Justin B

      That’s what I thought, but its for a cinema display.

    • Johnny Rotten Crotch

      It doesn’t matter. If Apple makes it the sheep will buy it. Come on who would buy a giant Ipod Touch? Sheep!

      • abc

        Who mentioned the iPad…I mean giant iPod Touch?

    • Mike2128

      They’re separate items.

  • Bubba

    Macbook Air and Apple TV.

    Why keep these things on life support?

    Let them go, Steve. Let them go.

  • tino72

    does it really matter..all too much money and way over priced for me to be inthe club..

    • StevenGlansburg

      That’s why you jack rich suburban kids.
      That’s how I finally got my ipod 10GB. I love this blue screen.

  • Allen

    I’m hoping these are two separate items, can you clarify BGR? A 27″ MBA is just stupid. I could maybe see a 27″ MBP for a video editor who needs to be mobile? That even sounds dumb.

    • Andrew Munchbach

      Yes, separate items. A 27-inch cinema display and a Macbook Air refresh of some sort. Sorry for the confusion.

  • Tdot34

    27 inch display kind of defeats the purpose of a laptop doesn’t it?

    Decent specs, whats the price?

  • Dave Anthony

    How are you gonna get a Core i3 in a MacBook Air when they couldn’t even get a Core i3 into the MacBook Pro 13″?

  • http://wearethestories.org Eric Gregory

    How about an AFFORDABLE 27″ display. The current 24″ display is $899 and that’s an outrageous price for a display of that size. A television that’s 42″ (with more than one HDMI input) goes for less than that; a 25″ HD monitor from HP goes for less than $300.

    I can pay extra for a computer that’s well-designed and has software/hardware integration (along with a GREAT OS), but I can’t justify shelling out 3x the going rate of the same monitor.

    FIX PLZ.

    • StevenGlansburg

      Dude you’re paying for the ecosystem.
      You don’t wannna get a non apple monitor…..
      They crash, run porn and flash, and don’t sell 30million units in 17 days. Is it really worth saving the $600 bucks?

  • MacMan

    Wtf. Do you people really think that they would make a mbp air with a 27″ screen ? Seriously. Oh and if you want affordable buy a dell or HP.

    • -

      haha true, but the article was just written in such a way that the 27″ screen was intertwined with the mba twice.

      a 27″ mba, now that would be revolutionary…

  • http://music.kwaping.com Kwaping

    I figured Apple would wait on the new MBA, since it has potential to cannibalize iPad sales and distract from their new “shiny”. Then again, cannibalizing for a higher-priced item is probably okay, as long as the margin is better (which it probably is). Still, I’m surprised it came so quickly on the heels of the iPad.

  • TypicalAppleHatingDBAG

    APPLE SUCKS SO MUCH. PUT DROID ON THIS TO ACTUALLY SELL SOME UNITS. OH YEAH AND STEVE JOBS SUCKS!

    • StevenGlansburg

      For shame :(
      Its android that I would put on it, not droid you dbag

    • kimbo

      according to their latest earnings results they are selling products just fine?

      • TypicalAppleHatingDBAG

        UM NO? DROID is killing Apple in sales. Can’t you read these BGR articles (albeit typically misleading articles)????

        Apple needs a major overhaul and new ownership. They can’t last much longer!

      • George

        First quarter result only. It’s going to take another 2 to actually see if it’s sustained or not.

        Overhaul? Profit margins and shareholder response indicates otherwise….

      • Cold Dead Fingers

        Adroid is currently eating the shit that Apple leaves behind. When one phone will outsell an entire OS platform, you know the OS sucks (hint: iPhone outsells all android phones).

  • JustinB

    Anyone that needs clarification on this article is a total and utter ritard. Enough said.

  • Cold Dead Fingers

    Cool I’m looking forward to the refresh! I wonder what the specs will be. If it has a core i3 and maybe 3-4GB RAM option I might consider getting this over a MacBook Pro. But, having said that, I don’t think Apple will outfit this computer with a more powerful processor, than their Pro line up. The again,nyou are paying more than $1200, so, I guess it wouldn’t be too bad for Apple.

  • p_tr1ck

    title fail

  • ChemBioGuy

    On the post: the word ‘compliment’ should probably be the world ‘complement’. Not trying to be mean, just pointing out a grammatical error.

    • u_missed

      You made a spelling error.

      • l’bourbon

        No, he didn’t.

  • Shumdit

    I have one of the original MBA’s and 2 iPads (tired of the kids and wife fighting over the one I originally bought). It’s my money, so for all of you “haters” (this is the term, correct?) get over yourself and don’t worry about who buys a product you obviously have no interest in. I can’t see the reason in hundreds of $$ for a pair of jeans, but if my wife likes them that’s her business. By the same token, if you want to spend a bunch of money on a skateboard, car wheels, art work, wine, etc. it’s not for me to criticize your decision.

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