I highly doubt 4gb RAM standard... why would Apple cannibalize their huge profit margins from making you BTO an extra 2gb for 100 dollars?
Maybe they'll have an "Ultimate" config with 4gb RAM built in as one of the standard options. But I wouldn't put even a single dollar on 4gb RAM being on the 64gb SSD base model for 999.
Does Intel not have low-voltage Core i3 CPUs? Seems like that may be more logical for the base 11" to keep the costs down.
That ship has long sailed. Apple would never do it (even ignoring the significant re-engineering of the MacBook it would require).Apple could make a laptop whose screen turns around and lays flat. Then you could have a laptop and an iPad in one machine.
My wish list for next Air:
1) built-in 3G
I don't think it's true. If anything, they would release them after lion is released so they are shipped with the latest OS X version.
nah -If they ship them now, they will make mba buyers spend an extra 30$ on OSX Lion, whilst if released later they will make no profit from the new OSX and airs.
The Mac OS X Lion Up-To-Date upgrade is available at no additional charge via the Mac App Store to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after June 6, 2011.
not tuesday? there is no federal holiday on Monday, right?
Lion won't be playing nice with hard drives.
I thought the current graphics card doesn't work well with sandy bridge processors, hence why they took it out of the 13" MBP and put in intel HD graphics?
With 4G on the horizon?
For many people, the MacBook is still better than base 11" MBA for getting their (school?) work done.Additionally, can anyone name a single good reason why Apple would continue the Macbook line now that low the Air is $999? I was shocked to see it remain alive when the $999 Air came out. Lion won't be playing nice with hard drives. Portability is becoming more important for the target audience. iCould will be alleviating the storage needs. (Not well enough, can't deal with movies, photos very well, but it is a start. I really wish it was better.) And if you are in the small group of people who prefer a 13" screen, pay the difference. How many low end Mac purchases will turn away from Apple because they can only get an 11" screen for rock bottom price, or the lesser storage when iCould is an option, or no optical drive? Can anyone give me a compelling reason to keep the Macbook?![]()
It's not as big a deal when you have a super fast SSD, which is why MBA can get away with it. Those sub $500 notebooks have slow hard-drives.2GB is a bit lame, frankly. Check out the sub $500 notebooks on Amazon.
That would be sooo retarded. I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.Marginally more realistic would be a MacBook [Pro] with a detachable screen that became an iPad, but that's a bit too much utility in a single device for Apple, so I seriously doubt it would ever happen either.
Additionally, can anyone name a single good reason why Apple would continue the Macbook line now that low the Air is $999?