When we did the survey on May 25, in which we asked if Apple should remove MacBook Air from its product catalog, "No" got the most of the 154 total votes. It is evident that users still want the MacBook Air as a purchase option and this Apple notices in sales, which is why not only has it not removed it from its catalog today, but has also updated it. It is actually about an update that was already announced in the rumors and at the end has officially arrived to hold the teams for at least one more year.
The renovation is minimal but important. The computer processor is improved and nothing else, going from a 5 GHz Intel i1,6 base processor (with 2,7 GHz Turbo boost) to the new processor 5GHz Intel Kaby Lake i1,8 (Turbo Boost 2,9GHz) with option to mount the Intel Core i7 dual-core 2,2 GHz (Turbo Boost up to 3,2 GHz) and 4 MB cache. With this change, added to the 8 GB of RAM and the different options of 128 GB, 256 or 512 GB PCIe SSD capacity, which this veteran MacBook Air already had, it remains in the catalog.
Apple has a great benefit in this equipment despite the fact that the price of it for a long time, has not been touched in this last renovation, being fixed for the base model at 1.099 euros. Without a doubt, the performance of this MacBook Air has to improve now with the new processor and of course they continue to argue the 12 hours of autonomy with a single charge on the web. So those who want a MacBook Air today can keep buying it.