The anticipation is intense! So many rumors are flying left and right. Surely a big seller for back to school and Christmas.
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Intel Shipping New 1.7GHz-1.8GHz MacBook Air-Class Processors
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Intel Core 2 Duo chips are in limited supply and will run out sooner or later. While no one, myself included, knows the exact numbers, I suspect there aren't enough C2D chips left to allow Apple to continue selling C2D MacBook Airs while waiting for Ivy Bridge LV/ULV chips to be released.
While I agree the HD 3000 is a step backwards from a technical standpoint, Apple has little choice with the heat and space restrictions of the MacBook Airs. Besides, for a console gamer like me, the HD 3000 will do everything I need it to in the Air and I will never think twice about it.
IMO the RAM limit will cut off the earliest C2D systems
I think that any C2D system will live until Apple OSX can no longer run reasonably well with 3.25 GiB of RAM.
On the mobile/Imac side, that means any system earlier than the Cantiga Gx45/Px45 chipsets from fall 2008 will need to be dropped.
On the Xeon side, all Xeon chipsets that Apple used support more than 4 GiB - so not a problem.
I think that any C2D system will live until Apple OSX can no longer run reasonably well with 3.25 GiB of RAM.
On the mobile/Imac side, that means any system earlier than the Cantiga Gx45/Px45 chipsets from fall 2008 will need to be dropped.
On the Xeon side, all Xeon chipsets that Apple used support more than 4 GiB - so not a problem.
Someone tell me....
Do I need to replace my 13" 2.13ghz, 4gb for these?
Mine screams now, will this be that much better? Please tell me the pros and cons for the upgrade. May pass mine to my wife's dying MB 2007
Seriously, I only miss the damn backlight keyboard. VMWare works flawlessly, so people do I need to pull out the AMEX for this one now
Do I need to replace my 13" 2.13ghz, 4gb for these?
Mine screams now, will this be that much better? Please tell me the pros and cons for the upgrade. May pass mine to my wife's dying MB 2007
Seriously, I only miss the damn backlight keyboard. VMWare works flawlessly, so people do I need to pull out the AMEX for this one now
In case you've been living in a cave for the last two weeks, with no access to the internet or news:
10.7 is a free upgrade for every Mac purchased on or after 06/06/11!
they might screw up the refresh by having 64GB SDD at the low end and 2GB Standard again, who knows
just saying ...$899 price point is bit concerning, there might not be a SSD capacity upgrade or RAM upgrade at $899
+1, even today it outsells MBA.
from the apple US Store ...
Top Sellers
Mac
1.MacBook Pro
2.iMac
3.Magic Trackpad
4.Epson Stylus NX420 All-in-One Printer
5.MacBook
MBA as a second mac rules, not just only one Mac, for that Macbook wins hands down.
What if
these CPUs used under 13" MBA also, that would be impressive battery life
1.5GHz and 1.6GHz used in 11" MBA
1.7GHz and 1.8Ghz used in 13" MBA
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i7-2657M-Notebook-Processor.49737.0.html
based on the above, it is not too shabby almost good as 2nd Generation for i3 and first Generation i5
these CPUs used under 13" MBA also, that would be impressive battery life
1.5GHz and 1.6GHz used in 11" MBA
1.7GHz and 1.8Ghz used in 13" MBA
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i7-2657M-Notebook-Processor.49737.0.html
based on the above, it is not too shabby almost good as 2nd Generation for i3 and first Generation i5
I could see that too, but I still need a DVD drive. I play games like The Sims 3 on my MacBook.
Similar. The 11"ers SU9400/9600 are $262/$289. The 13"ers SL9400/9600 are $284/$316.
But with Integrated graphics - Apple reduces their costs even more by not having to pay for a 320M chip on top of the processors.
In my mind, the best thing about these three new processors is that the top on turbo boosts it's graphics up to 1.2Ghz, whereas we've only seen Sandy Bridge benchmarks of the i5-2537 which only Turbo boosts to 900Mhz.
Whether that makes a difference has yet to be seen.
Cool. Thanks, FF!
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Whoa! These might be in the new MacBook airs!
I think you mean "heirs"
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/heirSomeone tell me....
Do I need to replace my 13" 2.13ghz, 4gb for these?
Mine screams now, will this be that much better? Please tell me the pros and cons for the upgrade. May pass mine to my wife's dying MB 2007
Seriously, I only miss the damn backlight keyboard. VMWare works flawlessly, so people do I need to pull out the AMEX for this one now
I have the current 13" mba ultimate. I will NOT be upgrading this time around. The current gen mba caters to all of my computing needs. A faster CPU will not help me the slightest bit.
true, to be fair to macbook, it was not refreshed as often like MBP
macbook treated like step child compared to MBP
I don't understand why they make three different processor models. Why not just make one and cut the costs down? They all do the exact same thing.
anyone expecting a massive upgrade to the MBAs is going to be disappointed.
My guess i5 for the 11" and i7 for the 13". No change in storage or RAM.
Maybe a Thunderbolt, but at the expense of one of the USBs of course.
Can't see any other changes, apart from anything necessary to accommodate the above. This is still a relatively new product in terms of when the 2nd gen MBAs were released, Apple won't do a massive upgrade until gen 4.
And I'm not expecting them to arrive until after Lion is out... Same for the new Mac Pro and Mac Mini and for that matter the new APE and Time Machine.
My guess i5 for the 11" and i7 for the 13". No change in storage or RAM.
Maybe a Thunderbolt, but at the expense of one of the USBs of course.
Can't see any other changes, apart from anything necessary to accommodate the above. This is still a relatively new product in terms of when the 2nd gen MBAs were released, Apple won't do a massive upgrade until gen 4.
And I'm not expecting them to arrive until after Lion is out... Same for the new Mac Pro and Mac Mini and for that matter the new APE and Time Machine.
You won't have to trade a USB port for ThunderBolt! ThunderBolt supersedes the mini DisplayPort