Core M MacBook Air?!
After USB-C, the second thing Apple would need to pull off this laptop is the processor. Laptop makers are launching laptops with Intel’s latest Broadwell processors this week, but the chip still runs hot enough to need a fan — something a super-thin 12-inch MacBook would probably do without, given the rumored dimensions. Instead, Apple could use the Intel Core M processor to keep things cool and make sure battery life is sufficient, something the company has been investing in with MacBooks for years now. A Core M would mean that this MacBook would be super-thin, light, and small, but perhaps not a very powerful machine. The Core M would be able to power the MacBook’s rumored high-res screen — such screens are standard on most mid-range and even some low-cost laptop this year — but it wouldn’t be a screamer. Instead, it would be a great little machine for browsing, video watching, and anything that involves typing.
Man, all the companies (OK, so far just two: Teclast and CUBE) in China doing Core M tablets would erupt. The marketing that would pit their products against such a MacBook Air would be epic in its effervescence.
As for USB-C, that only makes sense. If Apple were to adopt it, Nokia would start braying too — they used it first in the Nokia N1 tablet (due in a few hours from post time, in China).
Such an Air would also bump right up against the iPad. I’d expect a US$799 price. And I think most people would go for such an Air over an iPad.
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