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by danmatte 4533 days ago
A Retina Air would be more like a thicker Air than a thinner Retina MacBook Pro.

As for power, I deliberately didn't go into detail, but the short answer is Broadwell.

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The Air is 0.68" at the back. The Pro is 0.71". There's not much room there for a distinction between "thicker Air" and "thinner Pro," even if we think they'd be willing to make the Air less wedgey.

And when Broadwell chips roll out they will be placed in the Pro just as easily as the Air. They're both on Haswell right now.

Product differentiation matters to Apple. I just don't think a slightly slower processor and a 0.01" thickness cuts it.