New MacBook Air In July
Apple’s quiet success, the MacBook Air is very likely to see a product update in July. What makes this update special is that the MacBook Air, long criticized for being all looks and no substance, will see significant performance improvements in line with Intel’s Sandy Bridge platform. Online chatter suggests that Apple held off its next major OS X release, Lion to coincide with the new MacBook Air.
Sources have indicated to AppleNApps that Apple has an internal launch date of July 19th for Mac OS X Lion and a refresh of the MacBook Airs. This is the target date under which the company is currently operating, though both sources are indicating that things can change. Our sources have just seen indications, and can’t be entirely certain, but if everything goes according to plan there will be a new MacBook Air shipping with Lion starting July 19th.
This would also coincide with Apple’s earnings announcement for the third quarter which makes the perfect storm most likely to occur in mid July.
