Vala isikhangiso

Nakuba umbukiso omkhulu wokuhweba we-elekthronikhi wabathengi usuqalile e-Las Vegas, lapho amakhulu emikhiqizo emisha yethulwa kusukela kumagajethi amancane ahlakaniphile kuya kuma-scooters azayo, kodwa izolo ebusuku bekusakhulunywa ngomuntu ongekho kwa-CES nhlobo - i-Apple. Ulwazi seluputshukile mayelana neMacBook Air enamayintshi ayishumi nambili ezayo, engabangela uguquko phakathi kwamakhompyutha aphathekayo akwa-Apple.

I-MacBook Air engu-12 inch ayiyona neze into entsha yokuqagela. Iqiniso lokuthi i-Apple ihlela ukushintsha kakhulu ukubukeka kwe-laptop yayo encane kunazo zonke eminyakeni edlule kukhulunywe ngayo njalo ngonyaka odlule, futhi singabaseduze kakhulu. kufanele babe insimbi entsha enkulumweni eyisihluthulelo ka-Okthoba.

Nokho, manje uMark Gurman z 9 ku5Mac uqhamuke nezinto ezikhetheke ngokuphelele lapho, maqondana nemithombo yakhe engaphakathi kwe-Apple kwembula, indlela entsha sha engu-12-inch MacBook Air engabukeka ngayo. UGurman, onomlando ophumelele kakhulu wokuvuza okuvela kuCupertino, ukhulume nabantu abambalwa ababesebenzisa i-prototype yangaphakathi yekhompyutha entsha, futhi ngokusekelwe emininingwaneni yabo, wadala ama-renders (ngakho izithombe ezinamathiselwe akuzona imikhiqizo yangempela) .

[yenza isenzo=”citation”]Kungaba idivayisi ehluke kakhulu kunokulindelekile abaningi – okuyi-MacBook Air ethengeka kakhulu kuze kube manje.[/do]

Uma imithombo kaGurman iba yiqiniso ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, singalindela izinguquko ezinkulu ngempela. By the way, ulwazi lwakamuva oluputshuziwe kuqinisekisiwe futhi I-TechCrunch, ngokusho ukuthi lokhu kuyisimo samanje somshini abawuhlola eCupertino.

Amancane, azacile, awekho amachweba

IMacBook Air entsha engu-12-intshi kufanele ibe mncane kakhulu kunokwehluka kwamanje okungu-11-intshi futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo cishe izingxenye ezintathu kwezine ze-intshi ibe mincane kuneyamanje ethi "ishumi nanye". Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izoba yizingxenye ezintathu kwezine ze-intshi ubude ukuze ifake isibonisi esikhulu. Njengoba isibonisi esingu-XNUMX-intshi kufanele silingane ngobukhulu obufanayo nalokhu iMacBook Air engu-XNUMX-inch enayo manje, imiphetho ezungeze isibonisi izoba mincane kakhulu.

Ngemuva kweminyaka emine, sizobona ukuguqulwa okubalulekile kwayo yonke i-aluminium unibody, ikhibhodi, iphedi yokuthinta nezipikha. Noma ubani okhumbula i-PowerBook G4 engama-intshi ayishumi nambili ngeke amangale ukuthi i-Apple kufanele isebenzise okuthiwa ikhibhodi enqenqemeni kuya konqenqemeni ku-Air entsha, okusho ukuthi izinkinobho zizosakazwa kusukela kolunye uhlangothi kuya kolunye. Ukuze kulingane zonke izinkinobho endaweni encishisiwe, kufanele zihlukaniswe ngamabanga amancane kakhulu.

Ushintsho olubaluleke kakhulu ekubukeni komsebenzisi, nokho, kungaba i-trackpad yengilazi. Kufanele mhlawumbe ibe banzi kancane kune-11-inch Air, kodwa ibe yinde ukuze ithinte eduze unqenqema olungezansi lwenothibhukhi nezikhiye ezingezansi zekhibhodi. Iphedi yokuthinta entsha kuthiwa ayisenawo amandla okuchofoza kuyo, njengoba kwenzeka kuwo wonke amanye ama-MacBooks.

Ukungenzeki kokuchofoza kungenxa yesizathu esisodwa - ukuncipha okuphezulu kwawo wonke umzimba womshini. Umoya ongu-12-intshi kufanele ube mncane kakhulu kunokwehluka kwamanje okungamayintshi angu-11. Inguqulo yalo nyaka nayo kufanele ifike ne-"teardrop" shape, lapho umzimba uba mncane kusukela phezulu kuya phansi. Ngenhla kwekhibhodi kunezipikha ezine ezibuye zisebenze njengokungenisa umoya.

Kodwa-ke, ngeke kwenzeke ukuzuza ukuncipha okubalulekile kuphela ngenxa yephedi yokuthinta engachofozi, kodwa izimbobo eziningi kufanele zenziwe umhlatshelo. UGurman uze athi kusele amabili kuphela ku-12-inch MacBook Air - ijekhi ye-headphone kwesokunxele kanye ne-USB Type-C entsha kwesokudla. I-Apple kubikwa ukuthi izoqeda i-USB ejwayelekile, i-slot yekhadi le-SD, ngisho nezixazululo zayo zokudluliswa kwedatha (Thunderbolt) kanye nokushaja (MagSafe).

UGurman uveza ukuthi lezi yizinhlobo zama-prototypes amanje, futhi ezinguqulweni zokugcina, i-Apple ekugcineni ingabheja ngesixazululo esihlukile, kodwa ukususa amachweba amaningi akuyona into engenakwenzeka ngokombono wezobuchwepheshe. I-USB Type-C entsha, i-Apple ethule ngokuthula isekela ngokuqinile kakhulu ngezinsiza zayo zokuthuthukiswa, ayincane kuphela (ngaphezu kwalokho, izinhlangothi ezimbili njengombani) futhi iyashesha ukudluliswa kwedatha, kodwa ingashayela izibonisi kanye nokushaja amadivayisi. Ngakho-ke, kokubili i-Thunderbolt ne-MagSafe ingashintsha i-Apple ngobuchwepheshe obubodwa, ngisho noma, isibonelo, ingalahlekelwa uxhumano lwekhebula kazibuthe esimweni sokushaja.

I-12-inch Air njengekhompuyutha ethengeka kakhulu yakwa-Apple

Kodwa-ke, lokho umbiko kaMark Gurman wonke ongakusho nhlobo ukulungiswa kwesibonisi. I-MacBook Air entsha engu-12-intshi bekulokhu kukhulunywa ngayo njengoMoya wokuqala ukuletha isibonisi se-Retina emugqeni. Kodwa uma imodeli edwetshwe uGurman yayizogcwaliseka, ngaphandle kwe-Retina ingaba idivayisi ehluke kakhulu kunaleyo elindelwe abaningi - iMacBook Air ethengeka kakhulu kuze kube manje, ekwazi ukuncintisana nama-Chromebooks, isibonelo.

Njengoba nje i-Air engu-12-intshi inikezwe isibonisi se-Retina, i-Apple bekulindeleke ukuthi iyihlomise ngamaphrosesa akamuva e-Haswell avela ku-Intel, aseqala ukubonakala kumakhompyutha okuqala. Kepha lawa ma-chips ayaqhubeka nokushisa kakhulu kangangokuba azodinga ukupholiswa ngesiphephetha-moya, okungukuthi, into engeke ingene kulokho okucatshangelwayo, okuncishiswe kakhulu okungaphakathi kwe-Air entsha.

Ngakho-ke i-Apple ibingakwazi ukubheja kuma-Intel Core M processors ngencwajana yayo entsha, engaqinisekisa ukuqina okwanele, ukuba nomzimba omncane kakhulu kanye nezidingo zesikhala esincane. Ngokuhambisana nalokhu, noma kunjalo, ukusebenza kuzokwenziwa umhlatshelo, okungeke kube nesiyezi ngale processor. Isibonisi se-Retina esingaba khona sizokwazi ukusishayela, kodwa uma kungenjalo kungaba ngaphezulu kwekhompyutha ephathekayo yokungena ku-inthanethi, ukubuka amavidiyo noma umsebenzi wasehhovisi.

Ukuba khona kwembobo ye-USB Type-C eyodwa kungabonisa ukuthi lokhu kuzoba ikhompuyutha yabasebenzisi abangenasidingo esincane kakhulu. Abasebenzisi abaningi abasebenzisa i-MacBook Air ikakhulukazi ngomsebenzi wehhovisi elikhanyayo oshiwo ngenhla kanye nokusebenzisa i-inthanethi, empeleni abadingi izimbobo ezengeziwe ezifana ne-Thunderbolt noma i-slot yekhadi le-SD.

Yize kungakacaci ukuthi ngabe i-Apple ingazimisela yini ukukhipha isixhumi sayo esicolisisiwe se-MagSafe noma i-Thunderbolt ukuze ivune izinga elisha, elikhuthaze kakhulu, ngokuqinisekile ngeke libe yinto engakaze ibonwe ngokomlando.

Umqondo "we-low-end" MacBook Air, engathola igama layo kuphela uma uqhathaniswa namanye amakhompyutha akwa-Apple, usekude impela, kodwa kungaba umqondo olingayo kakhulu ukuthi i-Apple ibuse enye ingxenye yemakethe. Kakade, iMacBook Air idume kakhulu, kodwa isabiza kakhulu kwabaningi. Ngemodeli ethengekayo nakakhulu, inkampani yaseCalifornian ingahlasela ama-Chromebooks athandwa kakhulu kanye namakhompyutha aphathekayo e-Windows.

Umthombo: 9 ku5Mac, I-TechCrunch, I-Verge
Photo: UMario Yang
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