MacBook gets a Skylake speed boost, 8GB of memory, longer battery life
It is starting to look like the MacBook Air may not get processor&#x2F;PCIe Flash refresh, and if that&#x27;s the case, I&#x27;m going to be very upset - that laptop is perfect in almost every conceivable way for me.  I am very much not interested in the MacBook, despite wanting to like it.  The weird keyboard, smaller screen, Mobile&#x2F;slower Processor, 2 hours less battery life, Just a single port; other than being lighter, zero value <i>and</i> they are charging an extra $300 for it.  Note - The Retina screen, despite a lot of A&#x2F;B testing by me, is not anything I really care about.<p>I get, and respect, the desire to move everything to USB-C, and I&#x27;m willing to take the hit with dongles to help move things forward - but couldn&#x27;t we do that on the MacBook Air?<p>I know, everyone will say, &quot;MacBook Pro&quot; - but, once again, I don&#x27;t care about the Retina, and the MacBook air is a <i>monster</i> of a system, awesome processing power - I&#x27;m running 31 Apps right now on my MBair, including two Virtual Machines (one of them Windows), full office suite, Aperture - and it&#x27;s not even spinning up the fans.<p>The MacBook released today is a less useful system for me in almost every way than the MacBook Air released three years ago.