MacBook Air 'Sandy Bridge' Update in June?

[MacRumors]

CNet reports that Apple will be updating the MacBook Air this June with Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors.

The MacBook Air refresh is expected in June, according to a source familiar with Apple's plans.

Sandy Bridge is the latest processor from Intel and would represent a significant upgrade for Apple's MacBook Air. The MacBook Air has been a generation behind in terms of Intel's processors.

It's believed that Apple chose to stick with Intel's Core 2 Duo processor in the MacBook Air because they could pair it with the more powerful NVIDIA integrated graphics chip rather than Intel's less powerful solution. With Sandy Bridge, however, Intel has upgraded their integrated graphics hardware performance to be more on par with NVIDIA's. CNet believes that the expected MacBook Pro updates may come earlier and are not necessarily tied with the MacBook Air revision.

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[WiiDSmoker]

Good. Get away from those Core 2 Duos. Completely ridiculous using those chips and charging that price.

 

[Aadhil]

Cool now I can buy an air! I mean now I can buy one in June.

 

[ruimpinho]

Awesome

 

[Eidorian]

I wonder how this sky will fall.

 

[antster94]

mmmmm really want one of those!

 

[Mike Teezie]

MIght have to sell this Air I'm typing on to grab one of these new guys.

 

[FriarNurgle]

The MBA is looking better an better. Only problem is waiting.
Guess I should put the money I'd pay for one now in Apple stock and be able to get a better model when it's refreshed.

 

[maceleven]

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Time to sell my 1.6 4GB 11" Air, man that was quick!

 

[NeuralControl]

I'm really curious to see the specs of the upgraded models. It might sway me to purchase one.

 

[Wang Foolio]

I think this will mean more for the PR machine than the average user. It's not like they'll be putting a quad core i7 in the MBA's, so the better chip with worse graphics isn't a big deal for a lot of applications. I'm not banking on it happening in June, but we shall see I guess

 

[Mr. Chewbacca]

I'm seriously considering one but I just cant get away from wanting a bigger screen. Amazing machine though

 

[Ingot]

Now I am interested in adding it to my collection.

 

[thelookingglass]

Does anyone have an idea of what sort of impact this will have on battery life?

 

[pmz]

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I'm most interested in seeing a DVD-less 15" MacBook Pro come to market with Sandy Bridge.

It doesnt have to be as thin as the MBA, but they can save lots of space and weight without that near worthless internal drive.

 

[ciTiger]

The MBP's gotta be first...

 

[Glenny2lappies]

Apple will hate this announcement: will really affect the sales of the current model! Osborne 1 anybody?

 

[paulrbeers]

I'm sold. I couldn't quite justify going with an MBA that was slower than my current 2009 MBP. Once these come out, I'm upgrading.

 

[Padraig]

Just what I've been waiting for.

 

[BornAgainMac]

4 GB standard memory please.

 

[Funkymonk]

I'll buy an 11" if they lower the price to $799.

 

[3goldens]

That totally sucks for those of us who took the initial leap.
Apple has a lot on their plate right now, seems unlikely to come out 6 months after the initial release of the product.

MacRumors is usually is on the cutting edge of hear say and innuendo, so I'm not going to get to upset at this point.

 

[gri]

Hopefully they correct their stupid mistake to leave the backlit keyboard out in the same run (stupid at least in my opinion and please don't tell me to learn to type again) - than I can finally upgrade from my old MBA, which is running low on SSD space and has always been low on RAM (more of that would be nice, too).

 

[GizmoDVD]

And I just got my Air...

Eh. It's fast enough. I don't do heavy computing so no biggie. Air's seem to hold their value anyway so if I really want it I won't take much of a loss on my current Air.

 

[Dougyfresh1]

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It'd be crazy to have a better graphics card in those if they charge the same prices still, I work at best buy and a few of our macs have Steam on them, the 11" air is one of them, and we have portal running on it and at absolute FULL specs on the 11" you can still pull down 20-30 FPS, I about crapper my pants when I saw that