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MacBook Air 'Sandy Bridge' Update in June?
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I plan on buying a Sandy Bridge MBAir, but I have to have it by August. Hopefully it gets released before then.
a while after it's been out for desktops and laptops on the other side. A shame Mac users have to wait a year for a refresh which will be old by the time it hits the shelves. Oh well.. the price you pay for being a Mac fan.
- typed this on my new sandy bridge quad core... have a nice day-
- typed this on my new sandy bridge quad core... have a nice day-
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I think next generation MacBook air will get 2.1 Ghz core i5 sandybridge processor with 4gb ram , may be 512gb SSD . Don't expect to see any design change .if Steve really had taken my email serious he would make keyboard in the MBA backlit
I think next generation MacBook air will get 2.1 Ghz core i5 sandybridge processor with 4gb ram , may be 512gb SSD . Don't expect to see any design change .if Steve really had taken my email serious he would make keyboard in the MBA backlit
It's an ULTRA-PORTABLE!!! What do you expect? Dual-dual-core Xeons?! Seriously, the combination of ultra-mobile Core 2 Duo (which, mind you, isn't the same CPU we see in the white MacBook, 13" MacBook Pro or Mac mini) and the GeForce 320M should be more than fast enough for anything anyone could possibly use that machine with in 2011.
Stupidity on forums, I'd guess.
Because you heard on the Interwebs that Apple would be releasing the inevitable successor to your computer?!
If the rumor is to be believed (and I'm honestly skeptical), battery life should be greatly improved.
I doubt Apple will cater to the small minority of people on these forums (you included) who don't want an optical drive on their portables.
This.
I agree that it's probably not likely, but I don't see why that's make you upset. You bought a computer you wanted at the earlier portion of a refresh cycle (good move on your part) and you (presumably) enjoy the hell out of it. What sucks about that?
Keep dreaming. I also wouldn't go into fortune telling if I were you.
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Get one you won't regret it. Even with c2d they're surprisingly quick and the high res makes up for the small screen.
Get one you won't regret it. Even with c2d they're surprisingly quick and the high res makes up for the small screen.
Anyone have any ideas on whether we may see a 3G macbook air at any point? It seems logical to me, though i guess it could cannibalise iPad sales.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
For those people obsessed with backlit keyboard and matte display on the MBA, you should look for the Samsung Series 9; however, it has 1.4GHz i5, 4GB DDR3 and 128GB SSD for $1600.
It probably will not happend. Especially now with so many handsets where you can already browse the web and read email plus they offer tethering and personal hotspots there is no need to add another sim card with a plan for a low connection speed to your laptop.
There is no cannibalisation between laptops and ipads, unless you are buying something that won't exceed £500 just for casual browsing. Moreover the interaction with a tablet and other regular computers with keyboard are very different and, in my opinion, have different purposes.
It probably will not happend. Especially now with so many handsets where you can already browse the web and read email plus they offer tethering and personal hotspots there is no need to add another sim card with a plan for a low connection speed to your laptop.
There is no cannibalisation between laptops and ipads, unless you are buying something that won't exceed £500 just for casual browsing. Moreover the interaction with a tablet and other regular computers with keyboard are very different and, in my opinion, have different purposes.
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If the MacBook Air switches to Intel Integrated Graphics, doesn't that mean nVidia CUDA code will fail to work? This tiff is a bit silly. What's keeping them from using ATI's mobile chipsets for Stream support?
2011 MBA
Release date: October 4 or 11, 2011
Specs and pricing:
All models with backlit keyboard.
Resolution identical to current models.
One of the 2 USB ports replaced with Lightpeak.
No IR
MBA 11" $999
i5-2537M 1.4 GHz
4 GB
128 GB SSD
MBA 11" $1199
i5-2617M 1.5 GHz (BTO i5-2657M 1.6 for $100)
4 GB
256 GB SSD
MBA 13" $1299
i5-2629M 2.1 GHz
4 GB
256 GB SSD
MBA 13" $1599
i5-2649M 2.3 GHz
4 GB (BTO 8 GB for $200)
512 GB SSD
Release date: October 4 or 11, 2011
Specs and pricing:
All models with backlit keyboard.
Resolution identical to current models.
One of the 2 USB ports replaced with Lightpeak.
No IR
MBA 11" $999
i5-2537M 1.4 GHz
4 GB
128 GB SSD
MBA 11" $1199
i5-2617M 1.5 GHz (BTO i5-2657M 1.6 for $100)
4 GB
256 GB SSD
MBA 13" $1299
i5-2629M 2.1 GHz
4 GB
256 GB SSD
MBA 13" $1599
i5-2649M 2.3 GHz
4 GB (BTO 8 GB for $200)
512 GB SSD
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Quite good for:
Web browsing
Office
Software development
Very bad for:
Photoshop
Games
Video editing (if it uses the GPU)
The new MBA will be very good for light computing, but bad for anything that requires a large monitor.
...because it's an ultraportable. Duh! It's not like the version of the Core 2 Duo and the GeForce 320M are as substantial as their normal laptop-sized counterparts. Why do you think the previous MacBook Air's GeForce 9400M lag behind the versions found in the white MacBook, the Aluminum MacBook, the Mac mini, the iMac, or the 13" MacBook Pro? Hint: It's because it wasn't the exact same chip, it was a smaller one meant for the thermal envelope of an ultra-portable because the MacBook Air is, you guessed it, an ultra-portable! I don't understand how some people don't get this.
It won't happen until it's the new minimum. We still don't even have 4GB standard on it and that's really overdue.
Wrong, you can definitely do all of those just fine on a 13" Pro, just not as well as you would on a 15", and you can definitely do it just fine on a 13" Air provided you aren't writing as much data to disk, which I suppose you'd do a lot of with video. Meh.
I'm always happy to play with new hardware and upgrading my current 11.6 ultimate wouldn't necessarily be bad, but I worry about the Intel graphics.
I actually do play a couple games on it. Mostly WoW and I think it plays pretty well. Not like my maxes out PC, but when I travel it's nice to be able to play.
As a computer guy, I've had a lot of experience with built-in Intel graphics and they work fine for biz stuff but absolutely suck at games.
So if they do update, I may actually have to wait for reviews instead of being on the cutting edge.
But one thing is for sure, updating the Air on a regular basis again is a great thing!
I actually do play a couple games on it. Mostly WoW and I think it plays pretty well. Not like my maxes out PC, but when I travel it's nice to be able to play.
As a computer guy, I've had a lot of experience with built-in Intel graphics and they work fine for biz stuff but absolutely suck at games.
So if they do update, I may actually have to wait for reviews instead of being on the cutting edge.
But one thing is for sure, updating the Air on a regular basis again is a great thing!
What for? 2GB are good enough, 4GB is better but 8GB is a waste of money. Seriously.