Apple may refresh MacBook Air family in June

Oh, then, that’s good then. Do you think I will get my fingers burned if I touch it? My other fellow Goofans (aka Apple Haters) tell me that if I touch an Apple product, my skin will burn, lose my intellectual power and I will turn gay automatically. So is that false???

you are not funny in the least

Dear Dumpman! I am a Goofan (aka Apple Hater) and as such have little or no sense of humor especially when it’s regarding Apple and it’s crappy products! So thanks for the complement!

@bd7349 – 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. Keep it up.

Then you are not a true Goofan. All apple products are inferior no matter what it is.

Amen to that… As long as it has the Apple logo on it, we know it’s inferior to ANYTHING out there, no matter from where. Apple has a team of people that look all over for the lowest quality products and aim below.

Car models don’t get that much of a makeover from year to year. A car company will keep a model virtually the same for 5-7 years. Most often, the changes just come in the form of some sort of aesthetic change. They’ll change the shaping of the lights slightly or something like that. They don’t add bigger engines or revamp the computer system. The changes are so small and incremental that your analogy doesn’t hold water.

Car models don’t get that much of a makeover from year to year. A car company will keep a model virtually the same for 5-7 years. Most often, the changes just come in the form of some sort of aesthetic change. They’ll change the shaping of the lights slightly or something like that. They don’t add bigger engines or revamp the computer system. The changes are so small and incremental that your analogy doesn’t hold water.

That was kind of my point. They don’t really make any real changes but can somehow justify putting a “new” model out every year. With technology, there are real advances happening all the time and technology companies need to keep pace with these changes or else they’ll be left behind.

It’s nice that you were ready for a new laptop last november and got one when you did, but if I’m due for a new laptop in a few months should my options be limited to a slower model just so the people who bought one in the fall wont have their feeling hurt? No I should have the latest technology available to me, because otherwise I might get one from Dell or HP.

You are basically complaining because Apple didn’t hold off upgrading their products until you were ready to buy a new one which is kind of silly. I guess going forward you should email Steve Jobs ahead of time so such a travesty can be averted.

Matt

My point was that Apple was already working on this technology when the MBA refresh came out last fall. So, they just should have waited to release it all together on one machine. It is unfair to the consumer to hold back on technology upgrades just b/c you want to get back into their pockets in six months. It’s just the same as when a company makes a product that is designed to last only a few years to force you to come back for a replacement. TVs are a perfect example. TVs from 20 years back and more still work to this very day b/c they were made to last. Now, TVs are made to break down after 4 or 5 years. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be allowed to do it, just that they shouldn’t do it.

You obviously don’t know much about cars then, companies refresh the ecu/tcu programs all the time, they just don’t necessarily advertise that fact unless it’s for “safety” reasons.

agreed! i don’t know whats wrong with some people. some think as soon as they buy something then the whole world tech has to stop making anything until they are ready for their next purchase lol thats not how todays tech works!

they don’t realize by the time they get the product the next cycle is already in their finishing development and getting ready for the year after!

That’s not even a true statement if you were even just talking about Apple. They haven’t shown at anytime in history a pattern of refreshing a computer line 5 or 6 months after the latest version. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Dude! why are you worried about what other people might get? the company can’t stop producing for you because you bought MBA 6 month ago! if they come out with a new one you don’t have to buy it! you can always wait for the year after and get a better one than the one from the year before it. not matter if you buy it this year or next year there will be always a newer better one coming after it. if you want the latest and greatest every single year then you gotta pay for it! other than that zip it and don’t get jealous because someone might buy one 7 month later than you did and get a better/faster product!

thats how todays tech works if you were absent past few years!

You’re right… because the the best typists NEVER look at the keyboard.

I just want a lighted keyboard because it’s cool… just like the glowing apple on the back of the lid,

That’s correct…I am not the fastest typist in the world, but I never look at the keyboard. There is a thing called “home row” and you can feel it…no need to look.

@Eric W:

“I never look at the keyboard.”

You must only use letters, numbers and common punctuation. As a BigNerd, I use a lot of shifted characters due to coding and I also use the F1-F12 row.

I don’t know many people who’ve memorized what the shifted keys are.

Try typing *$<~^_|}<# without looking at your keyboard.

Dang.

I need to send my 2010 13″ MBA in for repair… the keyboard light must be broken.

Uh, it definitely went away. I’m typing on a non-backlit MBA keyboard right now. You are clueless.