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@MarkAyresRWS Fair point. The Lightning to USB cable should serve the same purposes as Apple’s but the adaptor is different. -
We’re doing some ongoing testing to see what devices and features are/aren’t supported by Apple and other Lightning adaptors *stifles yawn*
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To be clear, basic third-party Lightning to 30-pin adaptors are unlikely to convert digital AV to analogue, will work with digital devices.Mentions
RT @macusermagazine: Re Stormfront shops. Apple Stores are not the only fruit :) RT @davidglenwalker The staff in the Durham branch are very good (as is the kit)
@macusermagazine Prob a bit cheeky, but do you have any recommendations for dongles for areas with poor reception? Or is it worth bothering?
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Why the MacBook Air must wait for Lion to be unleashed
by Kenny Hemphill on June 17, 2011
The imminent launch of an upgraded MacBook Air, complete with Sandy Bridge chipset and Thunderbolt connector, is about is about as open as secrets get where Apple is concerned. It’s one of those rumours where all the pieces fit so tightly together that you can be fairly confident that the new machines are only a few hours Apple Store downtime away from release.
It seems, though, that we may have to wait just a little longer. AppleInsider reports that Apple will wait until Lion ships before releasing the new Air. That makes perfect sense to me. There’s no way that Apple would release a new machine with a new version of the OS before the OS was available to buy on its own. It just doesn’t work like that. And it would be stupid to launch with Snow Leopard.
If the first batch of MacBook Airs shipped with Snow Leopard, two things would happen. Potential buyers would delay their purchase, leaving Apple with unsold stock which would need to be upgraded to Lion, and those who did buy a Snow Leopard Air would be angry at having an out of date machine so soon after they bought it.
The MacBook Air has moved from being an expensive, niche laptop to a key part of Apple’s strategy. It’s now reported to be selling at about half the rate of the MacBook Pro, which is a huge increase on previous levels. And it was singled out by both Tim Cook, when he discussed Apples second quarter results with analysts, and Phil Schiller, at the WWDC keynote, as part of the reason Mac sales are growing much faster than PCs.
A solid state, low storage-capacity, notebook with no optical storage is the perfect showcase for iCloud and some of Lion’s new features, such as the new Recovery mode, and multi-touch gestures. It’s not by accident that Apple uses an Air on its website to show-off Lion. It’s saying: Lion and ultra-slim notebooks, this is the future of the Mac.
I’d love to take out my credit card and order a Sandy Bridge MacBook Air today. But the prospect of the Air and Lion together is such an exciting one, I’m more than happy to wait a few weeks.
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