The company is likely to unveil the new model at an event in October, separate to its annual September launch of new iPhones, according to\u00a0Bloomberg.<\/p>\n
It comes after Apple reported a 13pc drop in quarterly sales of its Mac computers last month to 3.7m, the fewest since 2010.\u00a0A series of changes to the company\u2019s laptop line in recent years have left some customers confused over its direction and which model to buy.<\/p>\n
Apple first introduced the\u00a0MacBook Air, a thin and light laptop, in 2008. Although it has been upgraded with faster processors, its core design has not changed in years, and the model lacks the ultra high-definition \u201cretina\u201d screens that are standard on other products.<\/p>\n
In recent years, Apple has overhauled its line of high-end\u00a0MacBook Pros\u00a0and introduced a new, smaller model simply named\u00a0\u201cMacBook\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
H<\/span>owever, the MacBook Air remains popular both for being cheapest Apple laptop and because it retains ports, such as the traditional USB connector and SD card reader, that have been phased out on other lines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n T<\/span>he MacBook Pro has also frustrated some fans due to a new keyboard design that has in some cases led to stuck keys. Apple\u00a0updated some models\u00a0last month with a keyboard designed to be less troublesome, among other changes.<\/p>\n The cheapest Air model is \u00a3949, compared to the \u00a31,249 entry level price of the MacBook and MacBook Pro.<\/p>\n According to Bloomberg, the new laptop will retain the MacBook Air\u2019s 13-inch screen but upgrade it to a Retina resolution, as well as reducing\u00a0the size of the borders around the display.<\/p>\n The company is also reportedly planning to upgrade the Mac mini desktop computer for the first time since 2014. The \u00a3479 computer is likely to get more expensive due to improved storage and processor speeds.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Telegraph<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apple is reportedly planning to launch a new, redesigned MacBook Air, answering fans’ demands for a new low-cost laptop more than three years after the last significant update. The company is likely to unveil the new model at an event in October, separate to its annual September launch of new iPhones, according to\u00a0Bloomberg. It comes …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3514,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions\/3514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}