15" MacBook Air Under Development?

[seedster2]

i had a MBA and it was a horrid performer.

I would like to know where people get their information that it sold extremely well. Even the salespeople will deter you from buying it. Anyone with numbers?

Apple's marketing has done a brilliant job. They have successfully changed the discussion from size and weight to thinness. I really rather have a thicker computer that could stay cool and not sacrifice ports.

 

[GoCubsGo]

i had a MBA and it was a horrid performer.

I would like to know where people get their information that it sold extremely well. Even the salespeople will deter you from buying it. Anyone with numbers?

Apple's marketing has done a brilliant job. They have successfully changed the discussion from size and weight to thinness. I really rather have a thicker computer that could stay cool and not sacrifice ports.

My Rev B usually doesn't peak above 55ºC while watching things like streaming video and such. It is much cooler than Rev A.

 

[LeviG]

My Rev B usually doesn't peak above 55ºC while watching things like streaming video and such. It is much cooler than Rev A.

which just goes with the normal saying of don't buy a revision a apple product

 

[alexlovesmacs]

Make it smaller like 8" and sell it at $500

 

[pdxflint]

Apple touts luxuries like a full-sized keyboard and screen, while retaining portability. Increasing those thigs arbitrarily would be pointless. I could see a 15" MB before a 15" MBA. And I don't see a 15" MB coming anytime soon.

It's called the MBP.

 

[freddiecable]

the original was a bad idea!? i love mine...fits my needs perfectly

This is an even worse idea than the original Macbook Air.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

The rumor seems bogus to me. Their product line is well rounded. Only thing I could ask for is a small form factor netbook.

I see Apple as having two distinct product lines, the thin and light lineup, and the macbook lineup.

Apple is missing a smaller macbook that has all the ports, yet is still small - It used to be called the 12" PowerBook.

Apple is also missing a small and large "thin-and-light". They need a 15" version (this rumor) and a smaller (netbook-esque) 11". I can see Apple putting an atom processor into the 13" air, introduces a $500 11" air, and a Core 2 Duo into a 15" Air model.

 

[iMacmatician]

I see Apple as having two distinct product lines, the thin and light lineup, and the macbook lineup.

That's my other, more likely, thought (besides the one in an early post in this thread). The design (trackpad, bezel) differences may be related to this too.

It's interesting how Apple's keeping display sizes reasonably consistent between the MacBook and the Air lines. I would have expected a 11" MacBook Air.

Who thinks there will be a 17" MacBook Air?

 

[puffnstuff]

I would have expected a 11" MacBook Air.

Yeah I was shocked when he said 13.3" during the release. Wha?

What it lacks in smallness they could have made up with in weight they could get it under 3LB

 

[iMaggot]

Soo.........why not just get a 15" MBP ??. lol

 

[dopey220]

... I still want a 13" MBP.

(I realize the unibody macbooks come really close. I mean, I want a 13" notebook with dedicated grahics and firewire. I know it'll never happen, but I can still dream.)

 

[fteoath64]

The MacBook Air, Rev. A, is the best Mac that I have ever used. I have an uptime on it right now of 122 days.

Apple doesn't need a 10-inch Air. It needs a unibody 12-inch MacBook Pro to replace the beloved 12-inch PowerBook G4!

Partly agree. I got the Rev A AIR and liked it but I prefer the MBP15 better due to its screen an power/capacity. I think the 12-inch replacement for PB is going to be MBP AIR15 as it should be a real Pro machine with superb (matte) screen , good port selection 4GB DDR3 and DUAL SSD support. Videographers and musicians will loved these as they are using MBA Rev B to do theot job now. So its a heck of an upgrade. But base price will start at $2.7K { This is really Apple territory, if it is not for you, kindly go buy something else please}

 

[fteoath64]

... I still want a 13" MBP.

(I realize the unibody macbooks come really close. I mean, I want a 13" notebook with dedicated grahics and firewire. I know it'll never happen, but I can still dream.)

The new White MB fits this best at $999. Go get it and sell your SR old generation MacBook .

Invest your spare cash in 4GB RAM and a 500GB disk upgrade and you have a great machine, way faster than SR 2.2 with X3100. Lets see CPU maybe a lot slower in exact Ghz but 1066GHZ FSB will close the gap. Graphics is 5X faster and new disk is 40% faster. You are way ahead!

 

[fteoath64]

A 15 inch macbook air would kill the purpose of the 13 inch macbook.

Not really because the price point will be different. Like the $400 difference between MB 2.4Gh Backlit to MBP2.4 is causing people to seriously think which way to go.

MBP15AIR will more likely get the MBA Rev B SSD more competition. I suspect the Rev B people will switch their standard MBP main machine for the MBP15AIR. I know I would if the price is not more than $2800 for twin drive capability (ie Raid 0 SSD).

 

[Cheffy Dave]

I'm in, I love my 13 BMB, but the screen real estate on our new 15" MBP is to die for, to have that, as well as the new glass trackpad, on a 15" THIN MBA?
Oh friggin yeah, I'll take TWO, OK honey,One

 

[iAthena]

I think the jury is still out on whether a larger or smaller Mac Air is a good idea. I don't think enough potential users of this type of model have been exposed to it. You wouldn't believe the number of people that come up to me and ask what kind of Dell my MacBook Pro is despite the glowing Apple on the lid.

 

[iMacmatician]

Soo.........why not just get a 15" MBP ??. lol

For similar reasons why people choose the 13" MacBook Air over the MacBook.

 

[puffnstuff]

For similar reasons why people choose the 13" MacBook Air over the MacBook.

Thinner?

 

[benthewraith]

Taiwanese blog Apple.pro reports (Google translation) that Apple is developing larger versions of the MacBook Air, speculating that a 15" version could be in the works. The report provides little information other than that the new MacBook Air would be based on new ultra-low voltage Core 2 processors from Intel, but they promise that more information will be forthcoming in the second half of this year.

Apple.pro's mixed track record includes genuine leaked photos of the current generation of the MacBook Pro and MacBook, but their purported MacBook video leak was questionable at the time of posting and did turn out to be false.

Article Link: 15" MacBook Air Under Development?

Meh, I'd rather have a 13.3" Macbook Pro than a 15" Macbook Air personally.

 

[yegon]

I laid down close to £2k yesterday on a spiffy 15" MBP - me happy - and I'm consistently amazed that roughly the same price buys you a massively lower specced SSD MBA. Yeah yeah, different target audience, that price includes an SSD but still....Gawd only knows what a mythical 15" would cost!

Otoh, refurbed MBA's are a lot more palatable, and if they'd release a sub 12" one, sign me up.

 

[macbook123]

I've been waiting for a portable form of the 15" MBP for 3 years now. Given the thickness of the Air's bezel, they wouldn't even have to give it a much larger footprint to fit a larger screen in there (as long as the bezel is thinner than in the current Air and the Unibody MBP, where it is humongous). I'd immediately sell all my other computers and buy a 15 inch Air (as long as it has 4 GB or RAM and a thin bezel, as well as hopefully better resolution than the current MBP) if it were available.

 

[iMacmatician]

I think the 12-inch replacement for PB is going to be MBP AIR15 as it should be a real Pro machine with superb (matte) screen , good port selection 4GB DDR3 and DUAL SSD support.

Hope for the dual drives, since the 1.8" HDDs are quite limiting. But knowing Apple, they'll only have one (and still one USB port).

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

i had a MBA and it was a horrid performer.

Why do people think netbooks are so great? If a 1.6 or 1.8GHz CPU doesn't cut it, how will an Atom processor or other slower CPU be acceptable?
Is it the HD? Are the 1.8" HDDs holding it back?

I like the current MBP unibody design (although I don't have one, I have the original Intel MBP which I love except he battery life).

Hmmmm... Battery life. That's what I'd like to see improved. Even if unremovable.

 

[Mactagonist]

This is an absurd idea. Why are people so insistent on making the MBA into something it isnt? It is a minimalist computer. Apple makes MBP and MB machines for people who need more ports and larger screens.

 

[iMacmatician]

Why do people think netbooks are so great? If a 1.6 or 1.8GHz CPU doesn't cut it, how will an Atom processor or other slower CPU be acceptable?

Then it wouldn't. At least not for Mac OS X and its apps.

Is it the HD? Are the 1.8" HDDs holding it back?

Looking at this from the netbook point, a netbook would have one of those at best, so things won't help there.

This is an absurd idea. Why are people so insistent on making the MBA into something it isnt? It is a minimalist computer.

It could be argued that the MacBook Air was never "minimalist" because it has a 13" display and not a 11" or so.

Although my view differs from that. I like to think of the MacBook Air as a very thin (and light) notebook, and a 4.0 lb 15" MacBook Air is still lighter than the MacBook.