lol i skipped the last sentence in the OP and from then on i was like well duh! Mac's have flash.. i mean have you heard of the new macbook air.
so excuse my foolishness and let me answer the your question:
now i have mentioned this on another thread, but htis is what i recall:
apple is trying different things right now:
so here is problem 1:
Basically, Intel and Nvidia are in a dispute over making graphics chipsets for Intel's Core i-series CPUs, and that's one of the reasons that the 2010 MBP 13" still uses a Core 2 Duo instead of a Core i3. Long story short, if it doesn't get resolved, you're looking at one of five possibilities for the 2011 Macbook.Long, somewhat technical explanation:
ttp://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/
1. Nvidia and Intel get along, and Intel lets Nvidia make a chipset for their Sandy Bridge CPU. So you get a MBP with an Sandy Bridge Processor, an Nvidia graphics chip, and probably the same phenomenal battery life on the current MBP 13".
2. Nvidia and Intel don't get along. Apple decides to go with a 3-chip solution instead of the current 2-chip solution so that they can still use Nvidia graphics. The problem is that the 3-chip solution takes up more space and draws more power, which means less room for the battery. Battery life suffers.
3. Nvidia and Intel don't get along. Apple decides to to use Intel's on-chip graphics instead of Nvidia's chips, to maintain the current 2-chip configuration. Battery life is still great, but graphics performance suffers.
4. Nvidia and Intel don't get along. Apple stays on Core 2 Duo (really unlikely)
5. Nvidia and Intel don't get along. Apple instead switches to AMD CPUs in their MBP 13", which would somewhat degrade CPU performance.
So:
1) Intel Sandy Bridge, Nvidia Graphics, 4-8GB RAM, 10 hours battery life
2) Intel Sandy Bridge, Nvidia Graphics, 4-8GB RAM, probably 6 hours battery life.
3) Intel Sandy Bridge, Intel Integrated Graphics, 4-8GB RAM, 10 hours battery life.
4) Pretty much the same as the 2010. RAM might get bumped up, and they might use a better Core 2 Duo.
5) Some sort of AMD(Phenom, maybe their due in 2011 "Bulldozer" chip), 4-8GB RAM, Nvidia or ATI graphics, 8-10 hour battery life
here is problem 2:
OSX Lion is coming out in the summer.. this is the back to school season also so.. they might come out with the update during this time.
it will most likely be Q 1.. but when in Q1 exactly is hard to say. the apple event is in feb. so if they really really want to come out with the update it will be feb. but once again this depends on when Intel (if they go with intel) releases the chips