will apple rename macbook air macbook

[tim100]

will apple rename macbook air macbook next gen?

 

[Samsumac]

No, it would not make sense

 

[joejoejoe]

Yes, they will. The next gen Macbook Pro's will be thin and tapered like the MBA, they won't even have a disc drive. Then it wouldn't make sense to keep calling the MBA the Air and it will become the Macbook.

 

[PecanEater]

Eventually. If I had to bet I'd give it another cycle or two.

 

[Samsumac]

Air stands for lightness.... Just using the wordmacbook does not cut it in this sense

 

[Bloodraw850]

I can see that happening after the MacBook Pro refresh

 

[Sodner]

Why not rename the Pro to MacBook? I'd see that happening considering in order to be a "pro" there must be a "base". And AIR represents its extreme portability.

Or better yet leave them both as is.

 

[2IS]

It could happen, especially if they introduce and even lighter, thinner model using an ARM processor which could take the AIR moniker.

 

[urkel]

Id prefer they first rename the iMac "Mac".

 

[Mandork]

maybe they'll make the current base macbook pros into 'macbooks' and upgrade the macbook pros to all have dedicated graphics cards