Speculations over Apple’s MacBook Air notebook upgrades swirl over the Web. Several sources have emerged out with evidences for the possible launch of new generation notebooks in July or early August 2011.
Taiwan-based tech blogs DigiTimes and Commercial Times are the key players in rolling out rumors on Apple’s upcoming products and upgrades. The blogs claim that they have enough sources of information from Apple’s upstream supply chain in the country.
Apple MacBook Air notebooks are anticipated to get overhaul in a couple of months. The new MacBook Airs will highlight Intel’s new-generation Sandy Bridge processors and high-speed USB connectivity standard from the chipmaker, Thunderbolt.
Besides the hardware renovations, MacBook Airs, Apple’s flagship notebooks will be updated to Mac OS X Lion, the company’s latest operating system for Mac computers.
According to DigiTimes, Apple’s component supply chain will be in full gear in next several weeks to produce new MacBook Air computers. With the overhaul, sales of MacBook Air notebooks are expected to reach 15 million units this year, more than 2 million from the previously estimated 13 million.
MacBook Airs may possibly make Apple capable to surpass computer giants like Dell and HP, analysts predict.
“Shipments of parts and components for MacBook lineups totaled an equivalent of 2.2-2.4 million MacBooks in June, and orders for July are likely to top 2.7-2.8 million units,” DigiTimes writes.
Source:http://www.timeswireservice.com/news/Apple_MacBook_Air_upgrade_rumors_sway_the_Web_1309261084/
