Tuesday, June 11, 2013

MacBook Air, All Day - BBC

Apple Inc. introduced new MacBook Air laptops on the first day of the annual forum World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). Apple laptops will be able to operate without recharging up to 12 hours.

the first day of the conference WWDC (in the night from 10 to 11 June, Moscow time), Apple’s vice president of marketing Philip Schiller presented a new line of laptops MacBook Air.

new models of computers are working on the basis of economical processors http://www.gazeta.ru/tech/2013/06/06_a_5370557.shtml Intel Haswell, which are superior to their predecessors in power and energy efficiency. The result, said Philip Schiller, 11-inch MacBook Air can last without recharging up to 9 hours, 13-inch – up to 12, and in the mode of continuous video playback with iTunes – up to 10 hours.

notebook processors running at 1.3 GHz, and thanks to Turbo Boost technology can increase the frequency to 2.6 GHz. 13-inch MacBook optionally equipped with Intel Core i7 processor at 1.7 GHz with the ability to increase to 3.3 GHz technology, Turbo Boost.

Laptops are equipped with built-in flash memory capacity of 128 GB and 256 in different configurations. Wi-Fi 802.11 standard supports providing a threefold increase the data rate.

In addition, the 13.3-inch model uses two graphics controller, allowing the graphics processing speed increased by 40%.
Computers equipped with GPU HD5000. At the same screen resolution as before, is 1366×768 for the standard 11-inch model, and 1440×900 for the 13-inch model. The HDMI port is also unchanged.

appearance of computers has not changed. Laptops MacBook Air, as their name implies, to attract users by its subtlety and “lightness”: the maximum thickness of the two models of MacBook Air is 1.7 cm

for sale new Apple laptops have appeared at the time of the presentation in the night from 10 to 11 June. Standard 11-inch model costs $ 999, and the 13-inch – $ 1099. Computers are available with 128 and 256 gigabytes of memory.

ease and mobility, the main characteristics of MacBook Air – one of the major trends in the market of modern laptops. Recently, however, a serious competitor notebooks are tablets. “The market is changing computers, it moves in the direction of mobility and touch screens. Modern models must meet both criteria, otherwise they run the risk of not finding a buyer, “- said” the Newspaper “principal analyst at Hi-Tech Mail.Ru Dmitry Riabinin.

Regular laptops are not extinct, but their market share will be significantly reduced, predicts Riabinin. However, while the corporate market remains conservative, laptops and desktops will live, despite the general trend.

Touch screens and mobility – are two goals that manufacturers now go different ways, with varying degrees of success, the expert believes. “I think the future for the good of Transformers that combine quality and tablets, and laptops. When their prices will drop, it will be a promising mass market. While these devices are expensive, but it’s only a matter of time “- reflects Riabinin.

«As for the corporate segment, then, in my opinion, the laptops will not soon give way to his seat, – says the director of system solutions Integrator CROC Igor Malyshev. – This is due to the fact that the plate is designed primarily for easy consumption information rather than to create it. ” Tablets are mobile, but they are not available all of the features possessed by classical computers, stresses Malyshev.

updated line of portable computers, Apple has not forgotten about desktops. The company announced a new generation of desktop workstations Mac Pro. Unlike other units of the company, they will not be going to China, and a factory in the United States.

Features of Mac Pro – «double» processor AMD, support for high-speed Thunderbolt interface and 2 monitors with a resolution of 4K, as well as a miniature housing (one-eighth of the volume of the old Mac Pro).

Rulers workstation Mac Pro and MacBook Air laptops were last updated in mid-2012.

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