{"id":5477,"date":"2014-05-02T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=5477"},"modified":"2014-05-02T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T14:00:12","slug":"apple-refreshes-macbook-air-with-haswell-and-drops-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2014\/05\/02\/apple-refreshes-macbook-air-with-haswell-and-drops-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple refreshes Macbook Air with Haswell and drops price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neowin.net\/news\/apple-refreshes-macbook-air-with-haswell-and-drops-price\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/macbook-air-gallery2-2014_story.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple has refreshed their Macbook Air line-up today that introduces the new Haswell Intel processors to the mix, other than that there have been no changes made to the hardware, meaning we won&#8217;t be seeing solar panels and dual displays just yet.<\/p>\n<p>One small, yet significant non-hardware change however does do your wallet a favor: the prices of the Macbook Air models have been dropped by $100 each&#8211; a rather welcome move for their premium lineup which usually only extends to &#8220;last generation&#8221; devices from Apple.<\/p>\n<p>The entry level 11&#8243; model now clocks in at $899 (sans an array of optional upgrades), and for that you&#8217;ll get:<\/p>\n<p>the new Haswell 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz,<\/p>\n<p>Intel HD Graphics 5000,<\/p>\n<p>4GB memory, and<\/p>\n<p>128GB of PCIe-based flash storage.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the Apple Store for the four options that now range between $899 and $1199 for the base models.<\/p>\n<p>One interesting point to note is that the 11&#8243; Macbook Air is now $100 cheaper than the Surface Pro 2 which costs $999, did Apple purposely undercut the Surface? Although the devices are different in nature, it&#8217;s refreshing to see Apple being cheaper than at least one of their main rivals.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neowin.net\/news\/apple-refreshes-macbook-air-with-haswell-and-drops-price\" target=\"_blank\">Apple refreshes Macbook Air with Haswell and drops price &#8211; Neowin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has refreshed their Macbook Air line-up today that introduces the new Haswell Intel processors to the mix, other than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,3,10],"tags":[464,642,643],"class_list":["post-5477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-hardware","category-technology","tag-haswell","tag-macbook","tag-macbook-air"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-1ql","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7889,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/03\/25\/review-the-2015-macbook-airs-once-trailblazing-design-is-showing-its-age\/","url_meta":{"origin":5477,"position":0},"title":"Review: The 2015 MacBook Air\u2019s once-trailblazing design is showing its age","author":"NCCT","date":"March 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The current design of the MacBook Air was a big deal when it was unveiled back in 2010. 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