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MacBook Air Evolving Into Mainstream Product?

I like the idea of the air but I wouldn't touch one until they get a modern CPU in there. Core 2 Duo doesn't cut it in 2011.
 
briand05 said:
I like the idea of the air but I wouldn't touch one until they get a modern CPU in there. Core 2 Duo doesn't cut it in 2011.
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It does for those of us who want an extremely light and small laptop running OS X but don't care a fig for specs. I would contend that there are many such people.
 
weing said:
Paging Captain Obvious!

Laptops will soon go the way of desktops for most people unless they depend on a computer directly for their living such as serious editors or designers.
I would lay money the current 13" MBP will be the last 13" MBP manufactured. The 13" MBA fills that need for 99% of anyone needing a 13" machine.
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OMG it's another "Something is popular so therefore Other Stuff is doomed" post.

Maybe it's more like this; the Air is a fabulous, very well made light duty laptop that casual laptop users should enjoy. One doesn't have to be among the crowd of "serious editors or designers" to reach the MBA's obvious limitations. More elaborate laptops will not be leaving us any more than desktops are going away. The Air is just another well focused, great Apple product.
 
Cool, but it's not for me. I need optical storage, better CPU and GPU, more ports. All the same reasons why I never bothered with a netbook :p.
 
reallynotnick said:
Yep seeing these all over campus now, I'm hoping Apple takes some design cues from the Air and adds them to the MBPs, aka no DVD drive and instead fit a dedicated graphics card in the 13in model and remove the glass screen.
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If they do this with a matte display BTO option.... Then I'm in totally. :cool:
 
They are nice, I can see why people like them. I would buy one but prefer a larger screen.
 
lilo777 said:
Only for specific purposes. I prefer 2x24" or 27" monitor for real work.
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Well, you can have it both ways with the MBA... you can plug a 27-incher in when you need it.

Also, a lot of real work can get done on a 13" or 11" screen. E.g., my wife runs her law firm with her MBA. Word, Excel, email, etc. work fine on a 13" screen and run fast on a MBA.

(Apparently the SSD makes a huge difference because they run better on her MBA than on my 2009 iMac -- the minute I can swing it, I'm doing a little surgery on my iMac to add an SSD).
 
Bummer...

The design rocks, but the C2D is a non-starter. My nearly 4 year old faster CPU C2D machine chugs on my iTunes collection, flash, any hi-def. video.

I really have no use for it at this point. I really find it amazing that a 2.16 C2D is OK for they type f computing that I see around me...iTune, videos, huge DPI photos in iPhoto, etc. It literally took hours to import my iTunes library while iTunes was analyzing for volume...

That said, I will be the first to buy a Sandy Bridge MBA...basically my dream machine...
 
Never considered one until I used my friend's 13" he just got, but once a real processor is adopted, I think I'm gonna get one. Love the speed the SSD brings, just not once you need to do anything remotely processor intensive. If they put like an i3 or i5 Sandy Bridge in I'm all over that (preferably i5 if the form factor could accommodate it, idk the power usage/heat factor off the top of my head).
 
apeman88 said:
The design rocks, but the C2D is a non-starter. My nearly 4 year old faster CPU C2D machine chugs on my iTunes collection, flash, any hi-def. video.

I really have no use for it at this point. I really find it amazing that a 2.16 C2D is OK for they type f computing that I see around me...iTune, videos, huge DPI photos in iPhoto, etc. It literally took hours to import my iTunes library while iTunes was analyzing for volume...

That said, I will be the first to buy a Sandy Bridge MBA...basically my dream machine...
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Didn't see your post or I simply would've said +1 lol.
 
Optimus Frag said:
Hit it on the head there sir!

I was giving serious consideration to getting a pimped up 15 inch MBP as a full on replacement for my 4 year old iMac and be mac portable. But thinking about it do I really need that level of power and lug around that much weight when I can buy the cheaper pimped out 11 inch MBA to use in conjunction with my existing iMac.

I'm REALLY taken by the form factor of the 11 inch. Instant on and just sling it in my backpack and go. Want to wait to see if sandy bridge turns up soon in one.
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I was in a similar boat, except I had a mac pro, and decided to buy the macbook air 11. After losing some files trying to sync between the two computers, I returned the 11, sold hte mac pro, and couldn't be happier. BTW, I have iPAD for flights, etc. Plus I kind of need the extra power.
 
jouster said:
That doesn't mean it will be unusable.
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This is not always true, this is what Snow Leapord was about. Performance, footprint, and constant overhead, are now requirements for all operating systems as performance upgrades are lesser and more expensive to come by.
 
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