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New MacBook Air Due This Wednesday?

shanmugam said:
4GB yes, possible standard across the MBA line.

Do not think 8GB (one stick) is available or cheap enough.
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Probably not. As much as I would like to see 4GB standard and 8GB option. I don't think we will see it in this release based on the fact the refresh will already be CPU and ThunderPort (My assumption). Cost factor for Apple have most likely increase and increasing ram as standard would probably not be favorable (while maintaining original MSRP). Also historically giving the consumer so much heavy specs is not common from Apple (at least in one iteration).
 
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Robert M. said:
Then only thing that will make me upgrade my current 11 inch is a back-lit keyboard--and 4 Gigs of Ram standard. The i5 seems great, but I don't think the extra speed is needed for what I use my MBA for.

Honestly, I don't even need the extra ram or the back-lit keyboard. I only said it needs those two things because when I upgrade I like it to feel like I really upgraded. And the i5 isn't enough for me anymore. :eek:
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An i5 processor isn't enough for you anymore? I am now super impressed by you and your amazingness because you said that an i5 processor (what a lot of people consider to be enough) not enough for you and your amazingness....wow.

Not in response to your "impressive" statement. I am hoping for the 4gb ram standard and i5 standard with i7 upgrade. Backlit keyboard would be a bonus but not deal breaker. :p
 
Robert M. said:
Then only thing that will make me upgrade my current 11 inch is a back-lit keyboard--and 4 Gigs of Ram standard. The i5 seems great, but I don't think the extra speed is needed for what I use my MBA for.

Honestly, I don't even need the extra ram or the back-lit keyboard. I only said it needs those two things because when I upgrade I like it to feel like I really upgraded. And the i5 isn't enough for me anymore. :eek:
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Awesome keep what you have if you are happy with it. For the majority the CPU upgrade is the performance leap (catch up?) they want in such small form factor. I am waiting for this and was one of the contributing reasons I want to sell my current MBP.

I am confused what improvements you feel like a 'real upgrade'? Can't get any bigger than moving from C2D to i5. Everything else is marginal based on comparison from old version to current version. Your statement is confusing.
 
OatmealRocks said:
Probably not. As much as I would like to see 4GB standard and 8GB option. I don't think we will see it in this release based on the fact the refresh will already be CPU and ThunderPort (My assumption). Cost factor for Apple have most likely increase and increasing ram as standard would probably not be favorable (while maintaining original MSRP). Also historically giving the consumer so much heavy specs is not common from Apple (at least in one iteration).
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cost is not a factor ;)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...07609 600000445 600000399&IsNodeId=1&name=4GB

i am not really asking for 8GB, but 4GB good enough for next few versions of OS X
 
boss.king said:
iOS is great, but not for a laptop. I mean, it's barely optimized for iPad, and half the apps would scale very poorly since the displays would have different resolutions. I don't think you've thought this idea through very well at all.
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iOs and LION on MBA FTW statements don't make any sense. If anything it just looks like a bunch of people trying to use new buzz words together with no foresight or understanding of what it means, how it works or the impact it may have.

iOS on a MBA or any computer is silly. It's meant for iOS devices for one and would cannibalize a different business vertical for no apparent reason or value (at this time). Also add to the fact hmm well.. TOUCH screen would be an obvious incompatibility issue on the work-flow and fundamental concept of using iOS apps.
 
orfeas0 said:
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.
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Since Lion is only 7 weeks from being shipped, at most, many MBA buyers would probably decide to wait. Even if the MBA came with a free upgrade to Lion, it would be worth holding off to avoid the pain of having to update the OS.
 
KristenM said:
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Please please please please...I've been holding off for more than a month and decided that if it's not updated by next week I'm going with a MBP.
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Don't. Everyone I have spoken too that have used types of Macbooks swear by the Air.
 
shanmugam said:
cost is not a factor ;)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...07609 600000445 600000399&IsNodeId=1&name=4GB

i am not really asking for 8GB, but 4GB good enough for next few versions of OS X
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I'm aware of the cost from a retail level. However nominal or not, MBA have soldered ram chips and there is still a cost consideration from a manufacturing stand point. Apple's supplier most likely adopt some form of JIT manufacturing process but the procured materials/components (RAM) all the way until the present have ONLY seen as high as 4GB. Consideration to get 8GB and the logistics, planning, production involved is still a cost factor. Remember this would be a NEW component being introduced vs component that have been part of the ongoing manufacturing cycle.
 
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Here is how this works, Macrumors...

On Wednesday, if MacBook Airs are released...when covering that article, you highlight the chronicwire as having nailed this point precisely. In the future, you cite him as having been 100% right in the past.

If MacBook Airs are not released on Wednesday, then you run an article stating that this chronic wire made claims of 100% certainty and turned out be 100% wrong. You make certain that readers understand the difference between a source and a bull$%^& artist, and in the future you refer to chronicwire as someone who is known to be wrong and make things up.

Got it?

I'm getting pretty tired of Macrumors running articles that seriously suggest a possibility, even to the extent of highlighting the person's "100%" certainty (which is of course impossibility), while the "source" happens to be someone who has a track record of being as wrong as could be.

B.G.R. is the best example. They've been caught fictionalizing in order to drive up traffic and ad revenue dozens of times, and Macrumors has even written about it, but Macrumors continues to point to B.G.R. (usually at the times of highest anticipation) as some kind of legitimate source.

Macrumors is so irresponsible with this that its quite difficult to maintain a history on who is accurate and who is not. No matter how wrong a source has been, or how many times they've been proven dead wrong, the latest thing they say will still make Macrumors headlines, even if the odds of it being true are 0.
 
DaGreat01 said:
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.
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Why would they do that when they can make an additional $30 off you?
 
Judging by the previous generation i5/ULV in my Ideapad - the SB i5 ULV upgrade will be totally awesome especially for people using their Airs as a development machine.

I do a quite a bit of C/C++/Java compiles on my Ideapad and while it certainly is not as blazing fast as the regular i5/i7, it was quite acceptable. With SB it should get even better.

Pondering ditching my Ideapad for a SB 13" Air, if it comes with backlit keyboard, 4GB standard RAM and 1440x900 resolution. Don't think that is likely to happen though.
 
kdimitt said:
An i5 processor isn't enough for you anymore? I am now super impressed by you and your amazingness because you said that an i5 processor (what a lot of people consider to be enough) not enough for you and your amazingness....wow.

Not in response to your "impressive" statement. I am hoping for the 4gb ram standard and i5 standard with i7 upgrade. Backlit keyboard would be a bonus but not deal breaker. :p
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An i5 isn't enough for me either so add me to the list of people you're impressed with.

Let me be clear as to the context of this statement since it was clearly lost on you. The post you quoted clearly stated that the i5 is more speed than what he needs. He later went on to say an i5 is not enough for him. What that means is simply having an i5 is not reason enough to upgrade to the latest and greatest generation of MBA. It really wasn't that hard to figure out.
 
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DaGreat01 said:
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.
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Why would they do that when they can make an additional $30 off you?
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They can't. For the 10th time, every Mac bought after the WWDC announcement gets lion for free.
 
i was waiting on a 11" refresh just because the sandy bridge cpus are that much of an improvement on c2ds, and let's face it, the cpu is probably what's holding the 11 air back the most. however, the one thing i would like to see is a backlit keyboard. the number of times it's saved me from poking around in the dark is now too many to count. if that's part of the new airs it would be an instant buy for me.
 
nebulos said:
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Apple could make a laptop whose screen turns around and lays flat. Then you could have a laptop and an iPad in one machine.

When they updated the Air last Fall, they said it was a laptop/iPad hybrid, which was mostly a load of crap; They tried to sell the trackpad as the 'touch' part of the iPad.

However, I think a true hybrid, as above, is quite doable. I wouldn't mind seeing it in the future.
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This is exactly what I want to see from Apple! Y'all saying that tablets are on their way out really need to expand your mind, this is un-tapped territory by Apple that could realistically be a revolution in personal computing.

Case and point: I work in construction management, what If I had the ability to bring up drawings out in the field, or on our projector in meetings, and be able to multi-touch my way around to a particular detail, then be able to use a stylus to mark up, bubble or draw whatever point I'm trying to get across. This is a true evolution in getting ideas across easily and efficiently.

College kids: Now you're able to take notes on a flat tablet, using the magnetically recessed stylus, you can write how you want to, link to class powerpoint slides / pdf's or whatever directly into your notes, draw pictures (think free-body-diagrams all you engineers), or anything else that you simply can't do with an archaic keyboard based Word program. Think of a calculator/graphing app that solves your written equations, the possibilities are endless.

We can get all these features from a MBA / iPad hybrid. Hell the screen wouldn't even have to swivel, it could be double sided with a multi-touch / stylus supported screen on the outside.
 
So, we've heard confirmation about MBAs for this week also. Tues or Wed.

Part numbers:

MC603, MC604, MC605, MC606
 
arn said:
So, we've heard confirmation about MBAs for this week also. Tues or Wed.

Part numbers:

MC603, MC604, MC605, MC606
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Confirmation how? If it's confirmed then it's not a rumor and surely only Apple could confirm their release.
 
Roller said:
Since Lion is only 7 weeks from being shipped, at most, many MBA buyers would probably decide to wait. Even if the MBA came with a free upgrade to Lion, it would be worth holding off to avoid the pain of having to update the OS.
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Dude idk if you are trolling or not but APPLE already said EVERY mac purchased after june 6 will come LION FREE...

How hard is it to go to the App store and download Lion come on now.....
 
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