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In article <54fe0cd5$0$19827$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 15-03-09 16:44, Your Name wrote:
> > 
> > They are, but the new "MacBook" is even thinner and lighter than the
> > MacBook Air models ... which begs the question of why Apple didn't
> > simply use it to replace the Air models.
> 
> Product development cycles, and get the first model out to work out
> production kinks before you roll out that tech to all othet "light"
> models. Especially for the custom batteries.
> 
> Remember that Apple is also testing the waters with dropping of its
> popular and unique MacSafe and the other connectors such as audio ports,
> SD cards, real USB, Ethernet etc.
> 
> The fact that the "Pro" is still being updated leads me to believe that
> the need for those is still there.
> 
> And Apple may simply be moving to different branding with MacBook and
> MacBook Pro. dropping the "Air" since the MacBooks now occupy that space.

Nope. Apple also updated the MacBook Air models at today's event. The
MacBook Air may be phased out eventually, but at the moment there's now
three tiers to the "MacBook" family:
   - MacBook
   - MacBook Air
   - MacBook Pro

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Question on MBPro Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-09 14:19 -0400
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    Re: Question on MBPro dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-10 07:56 +1300
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      Re: Question on MBPro John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-09 14:06 -0700
        Re: Question on MBPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-09 17:14 -0400
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    Re: Question on MBPro Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-09 12:37 -0700
      Re: Question on MBPro tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-10 00:20 +0000
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            Re: Question on MBPro Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-03-10 18:16 -0400
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            Re: Question on MBPro Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 20:38 +0000
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          Re: Question on MBPro nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-10 17:17 -0400
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  Re: Question on MBPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-09 14:41 -0400
  Re: Question on MBPro dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-10 07:47 +1300
    Re: Question on MBPro Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-09 15:04 -0400
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      Re: Question on MBPro Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-10 09:44 +1300
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          Re: Question on MBPro Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-10 13:40 +1300
            Re: Question on MBPro Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-10 10:52 -0400
              Re: Question on MBPro Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-10 09:29 -0700
              Re: Question on MBPro Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-11 09:18 +1300
                Re: Question on MBPro Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-10 16:55 -0400
                Re: Question on MBPro Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 21:01 +0000
                Re: Question on MBPro nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-10 17:17 -0400
                Re: Question on MBPro Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 21:39 +0000
                Re: Question on MBPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-10 17:40 -0400
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                Re: Question on MBPro Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-11 13:19 +1300
                Re: Question on MBPro Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-10 18:03 -0700
                Re: Question on MBPro dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-11 14:49 +1300
                Re: Question on MBPro Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-11 16:07 +1300
                Re: Question on MBPro nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-10 23:09 -0400
                Re: Question on MBPro dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-11 17:32 +1300
                Re: Question on MBPro Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-11 18:28 +1300
                Re: Question on MBPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-13 01:39 -0400
                Re: Question on MBPro Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-13 05:51 +0000
                Re: Question on MBPro nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-13 02:10 -0400
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                Re: Question on MBPro JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-11 01:57 -0400
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            Re: Question on MBPro Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-11 09:14 +1300
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