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Fairly wheezy CPU's compared to the quad core i7's but it will be perfect
for some.

It points to the future for the rest of the MacBook line-up in the way the
original Airs did.

M.



On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Wayne Harrison Wayne@xxxxxxx
[ukha_d] <ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I=E2=80=99ve just watched the pod cast version and I must admit - its
a l=
ittle
> confusing where they are going with these new
=E2=80=98MacBooks=E2=80=99.=
We still have one
> of the older white poly carb models that eventually got dropped
because t=
he
> price of the new =E2=80=98air=E2=80=99s came down to the same price as
th=
e old white
> =E2=80=98MacBooks=E2=80=99 so that name was dropped.
>
> Now with this new redesigned version - its thinner than the
=E2=80=98air=
=E2=80=99 (which
> was all about being the slimmest macbook at the time) so the
=E2=80=98air=
=E2=80=99 brand
> has been nulled out but isn't the Duel Core M CPU not as beefy as the
I5
> /i7=E2=80=99s you can get for the airs?! So its a lesser powered
machine =
?
>
> Does make you wonder where they are going with this lot. Will the airs
as
> we know it finally get pushed out=E2=80=A6 or did they have an issue
wher=
e the air
> was priced too low for production / profit?
>
> Bit of a puzzling notebook line up now :-/
>
> Wayne.
>
>
> On 10 Mar 2015, at 08:52, Mark McCall lists@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] =
<
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Wayne, not an 'Air' as you say. I've fixed the page.
>
> Cheers.
>
> M.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Wayne Harrison Wayne@xxxxxxx
> [ukha_d] <ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hiya Mark,
>>
>> I noticed that you mention about a new Macbook
=E2=80=98air=E2=80=99, I =
need to re-watch
>> this as I was stuck at the office streaming it to my phone, but
was this=
a
>> new =E2=80=98air=E2=80=99 or the relaunch of the
=E2=80=98MacBook=E2=80=
=99?
>> I thought I saw a slide at one point that suggested they now have
the
>> macbook =E2=80=98air=E2=80=99 the m/b =E2=80=98pro=E2=80=99 and
new =E2=
=80=98macbook=E2=80=99 which seemed kinda odd as
>> this is a lighter / thinner than the existing macbook air.
>>
>> Maybe this should be the Macbook =E2=80=98Helium=E2=80=99 :) -
also avai=
lable in gold :) ?
>>
>> I=E2=80=99ll wait for the podcast version to download  :/
>>
>> Wayne.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9 Mar 2015, at 18:40, Mark McCall lists@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] =
<
>> ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> http://autoho.me/1F422nT
>>
>> M.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Fairly wheezy CPU&#39;s compared to
the quad core i7&#39;s=
but it will be perfect for
some.<div><br></div><div>It points to the futur=
e for the rest of the MacBook line-up in the way the original Airs did.=C2=
=A0</div><div><br></div><div>M.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 11, 201=
5 at 12:27 AM, Wayne Harrison Wayne@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <span
dir=3D"l=
tr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@=
yahoogroups.com</a>&gt;</span>
wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
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solid;padding-left:1ex">






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Hi Mark,<div><br></div><div>I=E2=80=99ve just
watched the pod cast version =
and I must admit - its a little confusing where they are going with these
n=
ew =E2=80=98MacBooks=E2=80=99. We still have one of the older white poly
ca=
rb models that eventually got dropped because the price of the new =E2=80=
=98air=E2=80=99s came down to the same price as the old white
=E2=80=98MacB=
ooks=E2=80=99 so that name was
dropped.</div><div><br></div><div>Now with t=
his new redesigned version - its thinner than the =E2=80=98air=E2=80=99
(wh=
ich was all about being the slimmest macbook at the time) so the
=E2=80=98a=
ir=E2=80=99 brand has been nulled out but isn&#39;t the Duel Core M CPU
not=
as beefy as the I5 /i7=E2=80=99s you can get for the airs?! So its a lesse=
r powered machine
?</div><div><br></div><div>Does make you
wonder where the=
y are going with this lot. Will the airs as we know it finally get pushed
o=
ut=E2=80=A6 or did they have an issue where the air was priced too low for
=
production /
profit?</div><div><br></div><div>Bit of a
puzzling notebook li=
ne up now
:-/</div><div><br></div><div>Wayne.</div><div><br></div><div><br>=
<div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On 10 Mar
2015, at 08:52, Mark McCall <=
a href=3D"mailto:lists@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"_blank">lists@automat=
edhome.co.uk</a> [ukha_d] &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx"; tar=
get=3D"_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>&gt;
wrote:</div><br><div><div sty=
le=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-styl=
e:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-=
height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-sp=
ace:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div
style=
=3D"line-height:1.22em"><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em;font-family:Georgi=
a"><div style=3D"line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px
1em"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.22em">Thanks Wayne,
not an &#39;Air&#39; as=
you say. I&#39;ve fixed the page.<div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><br sty=
le=3D"line-height:1.22em"></div><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em">Cheers.</=
div><div style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"></di=
v><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em">M.</div><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22e=
m"><br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"></div><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"=
><br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"></div></div><div
class=3D"gmail_extra" st=
yle=3D"line-height:1.22em"><br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><div class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"line-height:1.22em">On Mon, Mar 9,
2015 at 7:45 PM, Wa=
yne Harrison<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"mailto:Wayne@xxxxxxx"; sty=
le=3D"line-height:1.22em"
target=3D"_blank">Wayne@xxxxxxx</a><span>=
=C2=A0</span>[ukha_d]<span>=C2=A0</span><span
dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-hei=
ght:1.22em">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
style=3D"line-hei=
ght:1.22em"
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>&gt;</span><span>=
=C2=A0</span>wrote:<br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px
4px;line-height:1.22em;border-left-w=
idth:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid"><div
s=
tyle=3D"line-height:1.22em"><br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><br style=3D"l=
ine-height:1.22em">Hiya Mark,<div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><br style=3D=
"line-height:1.22em"></div><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em">I noticed that=
you mention about a new Macbook =E2=80=98air=E2=80=99, I need to re-watch =
this as I was stuck at the office streaming it to my phone, but was this a
=
new =E2=80=98air=E2=80=99 or the relaunch of the
=E2=80=98MacBook=E2=80=99?=
</div><div style=3D"line-height:1.22em">I thought I
saw a slide at one poin=
t that suggested they now have the macbook =E2=80=98air=E2=80=99 the m/b =
=E2=80=98pro=E2=80=99 and new =E2=80=98macbook=E2=80=99 which seemed kinda
=
odd as this is a lighter / thinner than the existing macbook
air.</div><div=
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"></div><div s=
tyle=3D"line-height:1.22em">Maybe this should be the Macbook
=E2=80=98Heliu=
m=E2=80=99 :) - also available in gold :) ?</div><div
style=3D"line-height:=
1.22em"><br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"></div><div
style=3D"line-height:1.=
22em">I=E2=80=99ll wait for the podcast version to download
=C2=A0:/</div><=
div style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"></div><di=
v style=3D"line-height:1.22em">Wayne.</div><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em=
"><br
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"></div><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em">=
<br style=3D"line-height:1.22em"></div><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><b=
r style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><blockquot=
e type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px
4px;line-height:1.22em"><div st=
yle=3D"line-height:1.22em">On 9 Mar 2015, at 18:40, Mark
McCall<span>=C2=A0=
</span><a href=3D"mailto:lists@xxxxxxx";
style=3D"line-height:1.=
22em"
target=3D"_blank">lists@xxxxxxx</a><span>=C2=A0</span>[uk=
ha_d] &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
style=3D"line-height:1.=
22em" target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>&gt;
wrote:</div><br styl=
e=3D"line-height:1.22em"><div
style=3D"line-height:1.22em"><div style=3D"li=
ne-height:1.22em;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,helvetica,clean,sans-seri=
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style=3D"line-height:1.22em;font=
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0px 1em"><a href=
=3D"http://autoho.me/1F422nT";
style=3D"line-height:1.22em;font-family:Verda=
na" target=3D"_blank">http://autoho.me/1F422nT</a><br
style=3D"line-height:=
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style=3D"line-height:1.22em"=
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