“Apple’s refresh of the MacBook Air should come in July packing Apple’s newest OS X Lion operating system, a Deutsche Bank analyst said today,” Brooke Crothers reports for CNET.
“‘Our checks suggest a forthcoming MacBook Air refresh in July where we believe units could ramp to as high as 1.5M units per [quarter] or 50 percent of the MacBook business,’ analyst Chris Whitmore wrote in a research note distributed via e-mail,” Crothers reports. “The most significant upgrade to the Air is expected to be the switch to Intel’s new Sandy Bridge processors. Less certain is whether the new models get the high-speed Thunderbolt port, though it has been widely reported that they will.”
Crothers reports, “Whitmore’s note continued: ‘We also believe Lion will drive a strong upgrade cycle due to: 1) low ASP; 2) significant enhancements/feature upgrades; and 3) arrives in conjunction with MacBook Air refresh.'”
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