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Apple Reportedly Beginning Production of Next-Generation MacBook Air Models
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Yes lets take out 2044 Megabytes out to bring the computer on par with the ones from the 80's
Hoping for better screen angle, battery life, and matte screen...and knowing better battery life is probably the only realistic possibility. Sigh.
Hoping for a late June release or early July release. It most likely will be released with Lion though, so we may have to wait until late July.
It will include SB i5's and Thunderbolt. Hopefully the price points are retained and storage is still 128GB with 2GB ram at 1199. I don't want to pay more for 4GB, but I will. I think Lion will be much snappier with lower RAM amount though.
Sooner the better -- getting tired of my Macbook (in sig).
It will include SB i5's and Thunderbolt. Hopefully the price points are retained and storage is still 128GB with 2GB ram at 1199. I don't want to pay more for 4GB, but I will. I think Lion will be much snappier with lower RAM amount though.
Sooner the better -- getting tired of my Macbook (in sig).
Apple will NEVER EVER EVER put a matte screen on anything.
like they did with the mbp 15" and 17"?
Of course! You're right. I had wondered about the whole point of TB. It doesn't make sense as a 'port' so much as a 'dock'. Then let your imagination run riot about the kind of docking devices you might wish to connect to a wafer-thin laptop . . . .
There are just some ridiculous posts here...
4MB ram? You mean 4GB ram. Also, 2GB should be than enough to run Lion for next years to come. Apple will not give up their 100 dollars. Their competitions are much more expensive than they are. These are premium thin laptop. They are not made for average joe...
Intel Graphic card is better than Nvidia? Okay...
7 inch laptop? I am glad you don't work for apple. I would sell my shares and move my money elsewhere.
There are some posts here that are either serious trolls or some people just don't have any idea what is going on here and are just making ridiculous demands.
4MB ram? You mean 4GB ram. Also, 2GB should be than enough to run Lion for next years to come. Apple will not give up their 100 dollars. Their competitions are much more expensive than they are. These are premium thin laptop. They are not made for average joe...
Intel Graphic card is better than Nvidia? Okay...
7 inch laptop? I am glad you don't work for apple. I would sell my shares and move my money elsewhere.
There are some posts here that are either serious trolls or some people just don't have any idea what is going on here and are just making ridiculous demands.
I'm wondering the same thing. I just got mine with the same specs a little over a month ago
Definitely would consider an upgrade if they move the Air to Sandy Bridge.
My current secondary machine is a Late 08 MacBook Air and with only 2GB's of RAM it runs Lion very poorly.
My current secondary machine is a Late 08 MacBook Air and with only 2GB's of RAM it runs Lion very poorly.
Sandy Bridge v C2D
Sandy Bridge CPUs are bult with the latest 32n technology, creating faster, smaller AND less power hungry chips. I.e. Faster CPUs with more battery life.
In the case of MBAs, because of the super fast SSDs, the CPU is the only bottleneck in performance (couped witj 2GB ram in the standard config). A base $999 model with Sandy bridge with 4GB ram will blow away the old model (probably +40% increase)
Sandy Bridge CPUs are bult with the latest 32n technology, creating faster, smaller AND less power hungry chips. I.e. Faster CPUs with more battery life.
In the case of MBAs, because of the super fast SSDs, the CPU is the only bottleneck in performance (couped witj 2GB ram in the standard config). A base $999 model with Sandy bridge with 4GB ram will blow away the old model (probably +40% increase)
Why? I use my MBP in low light conditions and the backlit keyboard is a life saver to me. Without it my day to day computer usage would be more difficult. Do I need the speed boost or storage of the MBP over an MBA? Not really. Would I like my laptop to be thinner and lighter? Yes, but not at the expense of losing the backlit keyboard.
How is that asinine?
Just wait until the first ARM-based Airs come. That will change everything. Again.
Nextgen ARM is faster then the processor in macbook air 1.
Technically Apple should be able to do a macbook air with ok performance.
Batty time is one thing going for ARM, but price is more interesting.
Intel motherboard + CPU is about 10 times more expensive then ARM. Apple could slash the prices with 300-400$ and keep their marginals.
CPU/GPU/chipset power would go down from about 40watt to 2-4 watt for a Quod core 2.5ghz ARM part.
No silly Ios, but a real/full OSX.
The funniest thing is that Apple would start to switch back to PPC if they started to phased out Intel.
BTW. How can IBM manufacture a quod core 3.5ghz Power6 chip for Nintendo for just 40 dollars? That chip is 30-40% faster then Extreme Edition hexacore Intel.
for those wanting built in 3g - really??? Kinda seems like putting a CD player in a car. Sure some people might use it, but 3G is so darn slow I hope I never have to use it. I'd rather lug around a 4g hotspot or pay for personal hot spot service on the iphone until 4g service becomes more prevalent.
The only reason I have not bought the Air and went with iPad 2. Add built-in 3G and I'm sold
2012 is the year to buy ..... ipad 3 - retina display(could well be late this yr)
ivy bridge based macs
mbas becoming more powerful - improved resolution?
mbp redesign ... imac as well ... woooh
the fruit of patience is sweet .. sweet like an apple i say.
unless ofcourse you "need an ipad or mac"
if you can wait .. wait .. like me.
ivy bridge based macs
mbas becoming more powerful - improved resolution?
mbp redesign ... imac as well ... woooh
the fruit of patience is sweet .. sweet like an apple i say.
unless ofcourse you "need an ipad or mac"
if you can wait .. wait .. like me.
Great battery life
High density screen
Backlit keyboard
Switchable discrete GPU
Am I the only one that does not trust the Intel integrated GPU? Maybe I have a bias from the early versions in netbooks.
I'd like to see an Apple implementation of Intel's Wireless Display technology.
High density screen
Backlit keyboard
Switchable discrete GPU
Am I the only one that does not trust the Intel integrated GPU? Maybe I have a bias from the early versions in netbooks.
I'd like to see an Apple implementation of Intel's Wireless Display technology.
