The MacBook Air is getting stale. Will a refresh inject some much need excitement into the venerable laptop? Will it just be the same old updates...? Sure, the processing power will be bumped up and the storage options will get bigger and faster. But Apple fans have grown accustomed to these incremental changes. They yearn for more, and for the first time in a long time, change could be a comin'.

If rumors are to be believed, 2014 will be the year that the MacBook Air gets a complete facelift. A Retina display is a forgone conclusion while a touch screen is not likely. A redesigned casing is very likely, after all Apple has the world's most famous designer at their hands in Jony Ive. He must want to ditch the tapered body design in favor of a carbon fiber exterior, right?

So when is this bad boy ready to go? Macworld UK speculates the announcement will occur at WWDC in June 2014, and an immediate launch would likely follow. The previous two Airs were unveiled at that point in time. A fall 2014 release date would be disappointing as Window's ultrabooks would surely exceed the performance and value an 18-month-old MacBook Air offers.

Macworld UK also pointed out rumors that surfaced nearly one year ago, in February 2013, pointing to a late summer, early fall Retina equipped MacBook Air. That clearly didn't happen and letting another year slip away without an announcement would rub consumers the wrong way. The current 11" Air's has a subpar 1366 by 768 display. The 13" MacBook Air barely beats out its smaller brother with a decidedly non-Retina 1440 by 900 resolution. What this means is that these 11" and 13" laptops cannot display a Full HD video without downscaling. This is simply unacceptable in 2013.

Lower prices could be in order since the current 13" Air is the same price as the workhorse 13" MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The 11" model fair's considerably better at $299 less, but that configuration includes a 128gb SSD. 128gb is too small to even warrant consideration in today's day and age.

Will the MacBook Air's aluminum unibody get a lookover by Ive's design team? Ultrabook competitors like the Air already feature carbon fiber in lieu of aluminum. CNN Money notes that a popular ultrabook, Sony's 13-inch VAIO Pro, has a carbon fiber body. However the lightness of the VAIO doesn't provide superman style strength. It does provided nice scratch resistance, unlike the scuff-prone Air.

Will you be lining up outside your local Apple store when the 2014 MacBook Air comes to town? Let us know in the comments section below.