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If they are both Retina, then the weight difference is the biggest deal. Reducing the screen size from 13" to 12" would let them make it significantly lighter than the MacBook Pro.
Right. And people will ask themselves ... why have I paid more for a heavier notebook?
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Time to upgrade from my 2009 MBP? It's so hard to "throw away" a perfectly functional laptop that does everything I need - just not as well (I realize) as a faster, lighter, machine would.
I know what you mean my Vostro from a few years ago is still a decent spec (i5-2430/16Gb DDR) however I found out today you can now get the X1 Carbon with the 2560x1440...my Vostro is looking more and more like it needs replacing.
Time to upgrade from my 2009 MBP? It's so hard to "throw away" a perfectly functional laptop that does everything I need - just not as well (I realize) as a faster, lighter, machine would.
I know what you mean my Vostro from a few years ago is still a decent spec (i5-2430/16Gb DDR) however I found out today you can now get the X1 Carbon with the 2560x1440...my Vostro is looking more and more like it needs replacing.
I'd prefer a 13" form factor personally, but I'd still be excited to upgrade from my trusted 2010 13 MBA. What a wonderful workhorse that has been so far!
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Right. And people will ask themselves ... why have I paid more for a heavier notebook?
I imagine that a 12" retina MBA will mean the death of the 13" MBP. I further imagine that Apple is perfectly OK with that.
Just because a smallish form factor proved propular doesn't mean you're not suddenly going to find a size which is a dealbreaker.
12" is tiny and doesn't really improve portability for a laptop-like device (which goes in a backpack).
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I know what you mean my Vostro from a few years ago is still a decent spec (i5-2430/16Gb DDR) however I found out today you can now get the X1 Carbon with the 2560x1440...my Vostro is looking more and more like it needs replacing.
If you're a developer - take a look at the keyboard first. They replaced the F keys with capacitive buttons (ie. touch sensitive buttons as opposed to physical buttons) and the capslock key was split into a home/end key instead. Sure it's still a nice laptop, but that sort of thing would drive me crazy.
Oh god, you're right, they did! That's horrible!
