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A new MacBook Air could be on the cards for a release next month as stock supplies of the existing models of MacBook Air have been significantly reducing a third party sellers. According to AppleInsider, Amazon.com have run out of stock of the 13 inch MacBook Air with 256GB storage, and then 11.6 inch Air is heading that way as well. This observation runs parallel to other Apple resellers such as MacMall who also are seeing low stocks.

Third party sellers of Apple products are often the first to display stock shortages when Apple runs down production existing models of an item in preparation for the release of a new version. Certainly with WWDC set to be held in June, it is likely that Apple will be debuting a new version of the MacBook Air with Intel Haswell processors and upgraded graphics performance.
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Apple will apparently be making some significant updates to its laptop line-up at the Worldwide Developer Conference in June of this year, according to a new report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo, who has provided several pieces of accurate pre-release information in the past, is saying that Apple will be launching new versions of the MacBook Air and the Retina Display MacBook Pro, both including the latest Intel processors, codenamed Haswell. The analyst also suggests that Apple will be continuing to produce the non-Retina Display version of the MacBook Pro due to the popularity of the device in in developing markets.
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A new report is suggesting that Apple will be releasing a dramatic update to the MacBook Air in 2013 in the form of a Retina Display model that could be released later this year. The report comes from EMS One (via Macotakara) and says that Apple is starting to look for suppliers for the new MacBook Air that would incorporate a Retina Display. The original report (in Japanese) also suggests that the new version would be released in both the 11 inch and 13 inch screen sizes offered in the MacBook Air line.
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The MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air will reportedly be on the receiving end of some processor upgrades in June 2013, according to a new report from Digitimes. The report suggests that Apple will be incorporating the latest Intel processors, codenamed Haswell, into the two MacBook models providing a substantial performance upgrade. The report also suggests that the ‘industrial design’ i.e. the interior and exterior appearance of the new models will remain unchanged from predecessors.

There is no word on whether the MacBook Air line will receive a display upgrade to offer Retina Display resolution, as was offered when Apple released the latest iteration of the MacBook Pro. However, given the substantial hardware required to drive such a display, it’s unlikely that we will see in the next iteration of the Air, with Apple rather focusing on performance and battery life optimization.
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The specs for the 13 inch Retina Display MacBook Pro, expected to be revealed at today’s media event hosted by Apple, have been posted by 9to5Mac and they look to be awesome. According to the site, the new device will ship in three configurations, all of which with 8GB of RAM. There will be one with a 2.5GHz processor and 128GB of solid state storage, a bumped storage version with a 2.5GHz processor and 256GM of SSD storage, and a maxed out version with a 2.9GHz processor and 512GB SSD.
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A few nifty new images of what is purported to be the new 13 inch Retina Display MacBook Pro have appeared on a Chinese Forum Site. The images were found on WeiPhone (via MacRumors) and appears to show the port configuration of the new device as well as some as the internals. Screenshots of the new display are also shown, with one demonstrating that the MacBook will have a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels.

The pictures of the device are pretty small, but the author of the post actually does go some lengths to demonstrate the thin form factor of the 13 inch Retina MacBook Pro to the 13 inch MacBook Air with some comparative pictures. In addition, there are a few photos of the internals of the device showing the battery and the processor unit.
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