“Apple plans to announce new MacBook Air models within the month of June, and begin shipping the notebooks to retailers in August, according to Japanese website Mac Otakara,” Joe Rossignol reports for MacRumors.
“The conflicting report also claims that Apple will announce a refresh to its entire MacBook Pro series this month, although it did not specify when shipments of those models would begin,” Rossignol reports. “The report, citing ‘a reliable Chinese supplier,”‘ mentions earlier rumors that Apple will discontinue the smaller 11-inch MacBook Air to focus on 13-inch and all-new 15-inch models, although it is unclear if Mac Otakara’s source is independently corroborating them.”
Rossignol reports, “All of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models are expected to be equipped with Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports, while USB-A, MagSafe 2, and Thunderbolt 2 ports found on existing models will allegedly be removed.”
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MacDailyNews Take: We’re going to be face with quite the delicious conundrum over which Mac notebook to put in our backpacks!