New MacBook Air Release Date: Out By Month's End?

According to Reuters, Apple may begin to sell the newest version of its MacBook Air by the end of the month.

Reuters reports on a note from Taiwan's Economic Daily, which claims that 380,000 units of the new computer will ship in June. The note also suggests that the iPad 3 will launch in the fourth quarter, with a resolution of five to six times that of the iPad 2, though AppleInsider points out that this rumor is unsubstantiated and seems unlikely.

It was previously rumored that Apple would be releasing the new MacBook Air this week, though those reports were later revised to say that Apple would instead start selling unlocked iPhone 4's at its stores this week and not new MacBooks. The unlocked iPhone 4 has indeed gone on sale.

The last MacBook Air was released in October 2010.

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[leightonya]

07:49 AM on 06/27/2011

Actually, the latest post suggest it will arrive next month. http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/macbook-air-2011-release-and-launch-happening-on-june-15/

[Shawn Wolfe]

12:16 AM on 07/14/2011

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[Marvin Hadley Jr]

05:53 PM on 07/14/2011

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[SamOhSam]

10:51 AM on 06/16/2011

I hope it has more than the shameful 120GB

[papau]

01:00 AM on 06/15/2011

if no backlit keyboard there is no reason to upgrade my old macbook - I just don't need a power boost at a cost of another $1000.

[Gigity]

05:58 PM on 06/14/2011

Nice, HP now running ads for Apple.

[Gigity]

04:11 PM on 06/14/2011

So now Huffpo is just an advertising site for Apple?

[DRaymond]

03:40 PM on 06/14/2011

I doubt the June rumor. Apple rarely updates any product line on less than a one year schedule because it makes the early adopters feel burned, and Apple often has had to soothe the buyers of the recently-outdated systems with rebates. Apple is, if nothing else, a highly disciplined company regarding product announcements. I would expect a new model released in October with major rumor mill activity starting in late August. June? Absolutely not, particularly since Lion won't be in general availability until July. Sell a brand new model laptop and then expect them to upgrade the OS one month later?

[ZeFoussa]

01:22 PM on 06/14/2011

Intel's new SandyBridge Processors, Thunderbolt and Intel GPU... Really just a performance boost is my guess.

[LightShadow62]

12:45 PM on 06/14/2011

The NEW Macbook Air, including some of the things that should have been in the first Macbook Air.

[Allan888]

12:30 PM on 06/14/2011

Other thing I can't afford to buy.

[bopjo1]

11:53 AM on 06/14/2011

I wish this article gave at least a hint or two of what new features the new MB Air will have. Such a tease..

[dmsdzinr]

11:02 AM on 06/14/2011

With the iPad accelerating, WHAT is the POINT of The MacBook Air?

[bopjo1]

11:52 AM on 06/14/2011

I chose the Air over the iPad. I want to be able to create content as well as "consume" it.

[dmsdzinr]

12:05 PM on 06/14/2011

Understood. The day will soon arrive when that will be available on the iPad. Maybe then the Air's relevance will be gone?!

[Lorenzo Rosei]

03:26 PM on 06/14/2011

With the right Apps i'm able to create content, not just "consume".
I can pick notes during my lessons in evernote, fix an image with Photoshop Elements, use Facebook...
The iPad can create content: you just have to find out how

[pbg]

01:39 PM on 06/14/2011

An actual keyboard with a fourth line full of numbers, a filing system, input and output ports and the ability to do stylus-level graphics instead of trying to draw with a cigarette butt--as well as Photoshop, Dreamweaver, final cut pro, quark xpress, Logic, reason and full-bore 3D on a platform about the same weight as an iPad, that's why. And I'm writing this from an iPad.

[Lorenzo Rosei]

10:59 AM on 06/14/2011

I think that the MacBook Air is a nice product, but it's too much expensive and niche for having a great boom of selling.
It's an unique product, indeed, but it has so much particular details (like being very thin and light, and the few usb ports), that in my opinion make it the "Big iPad".
Without the touchscreen.
And more expensive.

[farleft1917]

11:38 AM on 06/14/2011

I use the 11.6" for writing and email. My only criticism is that it does not have backlit keyboard.

[PizzaGuy1]

10:35 AM on 06/14/2011

Apple. Planned obsolescence on steroids.

[mikeyaz17]

11:53 AM on 06/14/2011

just like every other tech company on the planet... your point?

[StansDad]

12:12 PM on 06/14/2011

NUH-UH My dell from 2001 can still turn on AND off! Can apple products from 2001 do that?

[pbg]

01:44 PM on 06/14/2011

Old Macs (and old iPods) still work fine. Apple just keeps making new products you want. Do book publishers believe in planned obsolescence because they keep on making new books?