>>>>not only ignoring market share, the assumption of positive near zero growth (less than 1% / year) via added Ultrabooks IMO is the least founded one: for one thing, current rise estimates there come from minuscle numbers, so growth should slow down there as numbers grow plus such numbers are notoriously unreliable, and - for me more telling - Apple showed a 7.5% decline in Intel machines as well, and they have had their version of Ultrabook already in place - MacAir was nothing new in 2012, as even 11' MacAir had been modified mid 2011 for the first time.
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>>Agreed- though I was surprised to discover that the latest MacAir and even the bigger MacBook no longer has a RJ45. Wireless only with an option for 3G. It's morphing towards a big mobile device rather than a PC variant, which presumably is why Gartner didn't lump it in with PCs.
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>Did not know that for the bigger MacBook. But some Ultrabooks follow stupidity in that area: AFAIR one stays at 100Mb this day in age. At least Macs offer USB3 which should be able to connect to an adapter and offer enough bandwidth (guessing Thunderbolt to be too precious, but am not too clear on the underlying technology: Fire-Wire-Chain rebranded ?.


It's too thin

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