Both 13-Inch and 11-Inch MacBook Air Models Next Week?

[Shanpdx]

Not sure where you got pricing but minimum for CPU + MB + IGP is going to be around 450 to 500 as the price for CPU is already around 250 to 300. Cost for chipsets usually run around 20 to 40. Then you have the cost of assembly + other bits and pieces (audio, wifi, bluetooth, efi).

An 80 GB would be considered too small by most and because Apple usually picks SSDs from Samsung or Toshiba which come in 128GB and 256GB sizes.


Also good luck finding a screen for less than 100 bucks for 2 reasons. On the 13" they are going with a 1440x900 screen which costs 250 bucks used. Also manufacturing of higher resolution screens are usually more expensive due to higher number of failed screens (too many dead pixels etc)

1. yeah, possible it could be $450 to $500.

2. recent rumor -> intel is going to come out with 80GB SSD similar to the price they sell for 40GB (Apple does not necessarily needs to keep at 128GB, at least at the base model let us say 11.6")

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...08120 50001157 600038494&IsNodeId=1&name=40GB
also apple might get bigger discount from intel than from samsung/toshiba since they are getting the CPU and other parts as well.

3. Screen price i am not sure, is that that expensive? (let us not assume the resolution, let us say same resolution as now 1280x800) is that expensive?

when we consider specs for MBA, the main aspect the MBA will be road warrior (not going to have big storage space)

 

[peterdevries]

iBook? Where did I mention an iBook. A MB has a built-in optical drive, and entire array of inputs, and is 4lbs. No, that is a real notebook computer.

If you can't stand people that think they are right no matter what then you best start by looking in the mirror. I asked you how I was wrong that a MBA wasn't a netbook. You can't give me any real difference besides screen size. Hate to break it to you but Dell sells a 12" netbook -- the Mini 12.

MBA:

Ultra light - check
Limited inputs - check
Weak processor - check
Useful mostly for web and office apps - check

Sounds like a netbook to me.

The only differing factors are build quality and price.

 

[sirike]

New Port?

Could the mystery port be for a mobile SIM Card for 3G (or even 4G) wireless support? I would like that and it would go along with the whole "air" concept.

I'm intrigued by the mystery port. I'm going to guess either gigabit ethernet or Firewire 800. I can't think which would be more useful, but I'd probably say Ethernet, for business customers. Not that Apple has a huge amount but I've always thought the Air most appeals to this demographic.



I agree. Sony have 13.1" 1080p screens, 1400x900 is not exactly excessive. It provides a good resolution for productivity in a compact form factor.



Mmm… That's a G3. No one would expect it to be Mac Pro fast, but it would cope. People have done digital editing on less powerful machines than the new Air Apple will launch on the 20th.

 

[MacMau5]

that is such exciting news. I cant wait!!!!

 

[Blondie :)]

Damn son...an 11 in macbook air would be flippin tiny haha. Wonder what kinda power that bad boy will pack...probably not a whole lot but hey, it'll work for some people

 

[illian]

Hi there if i could place a bet on a 11.6"/12" macbook it would be this:

Matte 12" (4:3) 1280x1024 (SXGA) or 11.6" Screen 1366x768 (WSXGA).
Intel Core 2 Duo - SU9600
Intel 4500MHD
Support Max 8 GB ram
Ethernet Port
Wifi-n
2 USB Ports
Bluetooth

Storage:
1.8" 320 GB HDD or 1.8" SSD 128 GB.

10 hour battery
Max weight: 1.2 Kg / 2.65 pounds

699$ for HDD 899$ SSD

I think 899 it's a good price point.

Well u just described my thinkpad x200. ok i got an 12.1 screen with 1440x900

699$ is not gonna happen and u might as well buy a x201s^^

 

[joelypolly]

1. yeah, possible it could be $450 to $500.

2. recent rumor -> intel is going to come out with 80GB SSD similar to the price they sell for 40GB (Apple does not necessarily needs to keep at 128GB, at least at the base model let us say 11.6")

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...08120 50001157 600038494&IsNodeId=1&name=40GB
also apple might get bigger discount from intel than from samsung/toshiba since they are getting the CPU and other parts as well.

3. Screen price i am not sure, is that that expensive? (let us not assume the resolution, let us say same resolution as now 1280x800) is that expensive?

when we consider specs for MBA, the main aspect the MBA will be road warrior (not going to have big storage space)

Well the screen size doesn't really matter that much as resolution when it comes to cost. You can see cases of this when you look at the 27" 1080P price vs the 27" Apple high resolution screen.

You can find a second hand 13.3 1280x800 screen for about 80 bucks which indicates the difference in price.

 

[MacSA]

Too bad Apple is "significantly" lowering the price. I enjoy status symbols.

How many times have we heard that? lol

 

[Jaro65]

Should be refreshed, but won't be. If they do they won't be getting anything major like what you have suggested, the 13inch might get a processor upgrade though.

A 2-drive option would be nice. Not much use for SuperDrive these days.

 

[yanksrock100]

So this picture was pretty much correct?

 

[pr5owner]

So by your definition, my 12" iBook is a netbook. He'll, at 1" larger, the standard MacBook is a netbook. The Sony Vaio is a netbook. etc... etc...

Of course the functionality is the same. Windows XP is the same on a netbook as it is on my HP tower. By your twisted definition, there's no way you'd accept otherwise.

Tell me then, what separates the 12" iBook and MacBook Air from netbook status? You must believe every bit of poor marketing you see if you think the only reason the Air is a netbook is because it's marketed that way.

I can't stand people that they're right no matter what.



This.

everything you said is total BS

what the hell do you call the Asus 1215N and PN netbook? a laptop?
what about these 2 acer's? the 721 and the 1830T 1 has an AMD Neo X2 and the other has a core i5, both of them are netbooks
what about the MSI U250? is that a laptop too? the CPU in the MSI is slightly faster than the 11.6 air at some things and slower at others but their CPU processing power is nearly identical

http://blog.laptopmag.com/11-6-inch...pire-one-721-vs-timelinex-1830t#axzz14Artx2Wc

also the main difference between netbook and smaller notebook ATOM CPU ($50) versus the Low Voltage CPUs ($200) and GPUs comes with the two systems...

again total BS, the MBA CPU at 1.4GHz is slower than some netbook CPU's
acer netbooks have AMD X2's i3's and i5's in them,

your POS c2d 1.4GHz sure as hell aint $200

also the Asus 1215N has a deticated nVidia ION GPU (equiv to the 9400m's found in alot of mac mini's and MB's)

the MSI has the AMD Radeon HD 4225 with 512MB Deticated ram

the Asus 1015PN has a deticated video card as well (similar to the 1215N but lower power)

all your arguments are totally retarded and completely uneducated.

you guys think you have a dedicated GPU with shared ram? well let me tell you, its not dedicated, its ONBOARD, its on the same die as the north bridge
if it were dedicated you would see 3 dies and 2 different ram setups

 

[pr5owner]

LOL at calling MBA a netbook. That takes some pretty funky logic to come to that conclusion.

explain, you offered no points that were valid,

 

[pr5owner]

Weak processor - no check.

YES Effin check, the 1.4GHz cpu is slower than some netbook cpus
that garbage cpu only gets ~900 passmarks, while i3 and i5 netbook cpus get over 1100

Useful mostly for web and office apps - no check

i would say not even useful, its so thin with so little heatsink material anything will heat that cpu and gpu up to its max and cause it to become unstable, how much possible copper could they have put into that 0.5" shell?

This will have at least core 2 duo, if not more.
Pc net books have intel atom, many times weaker that the air.

you have no clue what your talking about, the Dual core D525 Atom runs at 1.8GHz and is about the same speed as the 11.6" base cpu, a TON of netbooks have dual core AMD Neo II's that run faster than the 1.4, Acer has netbooks running low voltage i3 and i5 cpus, (i think they already discontinued the i3 because its over half a year old)

And the air is a lot more capable, of more advanced apps, as it has about the same power as a MacBook.

not even close

Other net book features
Clunky old pc software-no check
Cramped keyboard-no check
Low res display-no check

the MBa can run bootcamp, theres your "PC software", i find steam games on OSX to be a hellva lot more clunky than windows versions
11.6" netbooks have the same size of keyboard as the air
low res? yeah its standard res, not good, not bad, Asus has the 1005PR which runs the same resolution on a 10" screen
Sony has a 1600x760 res running on an 8" screen

Since when was intel atom considered a killer processor?

since when was a 3 year old c2d design a killer processor?
since when was that garbage 320m a killer graphics card? since jobs said so? lol