This latest portable does not slot neatly into Apple’s existing Mac portable range —the mix of power and price mean we can expect to see other models change or even die. AppleInsider examines which of Apple’s current products are most threatened by this machine.
Most of the time, Apple is very good at creating a new device to fill a gap in either the market or in its own range. Just occasionally, though, one new product can shake up everything and that’s what is happening right now with the new MacBook Air. It was meant to replace to the old model but it’s other MacBooks that look endangered.
It’s true that the previous MacBook Air was an oddity in the mix, hanging on to life seemingly just through its being the cheapest model. There was nothing else that made the MacBook Air superior or more appealing than any other Apple portable. Perhaps as many people expected it to simply fade away as predicted it would be replaced.
Yet the analysts and supply-chain readers were wrong. That old MacBook Air still survives.
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