“Although most of Intel’s ultrabook presser was a wash for Mac fans, the chipmaker did drop one extraordinarily interesting slide, showing exactly how Apple could make its next MacBook Air redesign almost 66% thinner,” John Brownlee reports for Cult of Mac.
“Intel VP Mooly Eden says that in next-gen ultrabooks, 18mm thickness will be just the beginning,” Brownlee reports. “He says that the form factor can be slimmed down dramatically, and it all has to do with advantages in battery technology.”
Brownlee reports, “Thanks to prismatic batteries, the MacBook Air’s battery thickness could be reduced to just 6.5mm. That’s almost two-thirds less thick as current Airs, with no sacrifice in battery life.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple would have to include a tourniquet in every box.
MacDailyNews Note: On January 7, 2003, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced during his Macworld Expo keynote that the 17-inch PowerBook he’d just unveiled used Lithuim Prismatic batteries to deliver 4.5 hour battery life (and that it would boot only into Mac OS X).
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]