2012 MBA - What would be the ONE dealbreaker for you?

[wineandcarbs]

Usually I'm a "buy when you need it" person, but man...I've become one of those people deliberating whether or not to buy my MBA (11") now or wait. I have an MBP as my main computer. It would be a secondary work computer. Feck. I hate indecisiveness.

 

[yanksrock100]

I just want the base 13 inch to have 256 gb

 

[KohPhiPhi]

I just want the base 13 inch to have 256 gb

I dont think this is going to happen. SSDs are still very expensive, so the base will probably be the 128gb SSD.

 

[calvol]

If the 2012 Ivy MBA runs as hot as the 2011 Sandy, I will pass, and wait for Haswell in 2013.

 

[Nova Sensei]

For me, the most important thing is screen resolution. If it has a significantly increased resolution (I hesitate to say "retina" here, but you know what I mean) then I will definitely be purchasing. Increased RAM (8gb) would be very nice too.

 

[rogan]

Im hoping for a 13" upgrade, 6GB of ram would be nice

1440x900 screen res is nice by me still so 6GB and the ivybridge graphics improvement seem like good enough upgrades

 

[jjfcpa]

I really need a 15" MBA. I'm tired of the weight of the MBP 15" because I've got to take my laptop everywhere. And I mean everywhere.

Also, I need 8 gigs of RAM at a minimum because I have to run Windows7 in a virtual machine. 4 gigs is doable, but there are those occasional pauses when you know that memory is getting tight.

My biggest problem is I want it NOW, but it looks like it may not be here till after the 2nd quarter.

 

[strwrsfrk]

In order:

1) 8 GB RAM BTO, 4GB standard.

2) 360+ GB SSD BTO. Bootcamp.

3) USB 3.0. Native in Ivy Bridge; no 3rd party controller required.

We know the CPUs (11" and 13"), we know how HD4000 compares to HD3000, and we know Thunderbolt is staying. Anything else (barring DECLINES in power) is gravy.