thewhitefalcon

wizard69 said:

thewhitefalcon said:

Bloomberg means Mark Gurman, who I trust a heck of a lot more than Ming-Chi. 

While it's somewhat unexpected, it's not completely out of character to do an Air refresh; they did it with the white MacBooks after the aluminum unibody model had been introduced. 

I don't trust any of them.   

As for Mac Book Air I really have to wonder about people, seriously why wouldn't Apple update the Air?   Air has been one of the better resealing computer in Apples line up.    Put a high resolution display in it, very possible with Intels improved GPU's, and it is a very viable platform.   Apple just needs to put more than one USB-C port in the machine, four would be nice, but even two would put it well ahead of the Mac Book.   

People need to remember that Mac Book is Core M and as such will always suffer performance wise compared to other platforms.   Air on the other is a platform for midrange Intel mobile chips.  Well Intel for today we can always wish for an AMD Zen in the Air.   Zen would mean far better GPU performance and good enough CPU performance, which is exactly what the Air needs to transition to a high res screen.

cnocbui said:

anantksundaram said:

sog35 said:

Apple will not pay anything close to $1 billion.

This will go to appeal and be stuck for at least 3 years.
Then the US government will pass a law to bring back the cash to the USA.
There will be no cash in the EU for them to collect.

Eventually they will settle for about $200 million.

Or nothing at all. The US government is taking this issue seriously with the EU, and this could end up becoming a major Trans-Atlantic spat. Lots of US companies are involved, not just Apple. This is far, far bigger than just one company.

The US government will be risking a trade war if it takes any action/s other than verbal opinions.  The TTIP trade deal is dead as they couldn't agree on a single issue out of the 27.