Tim Cook teased a product release coming this week with an old — but perfectly clear — reference to an old Apple event, saying on X — ugh — that “There’s something in the air.”
That tagline was used way back in 2008 when the first MacBook Air was introduced:
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Rumor has it that the M4 MacBook Air is ready to go. I’m sure it’ll be a great machine, but I’m not sure it’s worthy of such a great reference. While we wait to see if this is more exciting than a mere spec bump,1 let’s revisit that old announcement:
- Bring the iMac colors to the MacBook Air, you cowards. Daddy needs an orange laptop real bad. ↩