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It's weird 'cause the i7 processors wouldn't have cost Apple much more (the i7-680UM costs $317). I guess it's like Ars said - that Apple wants the Nvidia Graphics more than high performance. And apparently the Arrandale Chip wouldn't fit on the MBA Motherboard the way it's designed right now.

:( too bad. Would be nice to have an i7 that Turbo Boosts up to 2.53Ghz :D
 
teerexx52 said:
I believe the Dell is 10". So this is bigger
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Yes it is I just realized how dumb that question was lol my bad forgive me!! But i hate my Dell with a passion so looking forward to MBA I am excited to get one this weekend assuming they have them in the store at that time.
 
I skimmed through the thread but couldn't tell for certain: has anyone who ordered a custom version (more RAM or 2GHz proc, etc?) had theirs shipped yet?
 
fyrefly said:
It's weird 'cause the i7 processors wouldn't have cost Apple much more (the i7-680UM costs $317). I guess it's like Ars said - that Apple wants the Nvidia Graphics more than high performance. And apparently the Arrandale Chip wouldn't fit on the MBA Motherboard the way it's designed right now.

:( too bad. Would be nice to have an i7 that Turbo Boosts up to 2.53Ghz :D
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true true, graphics performance is as important as CPU performance, wait until sandy bridge CPUs.

even then Intel IGP performance is not given, hopefully it will be better.

I wonder what happened to the all talk about AMD CPUs. (i am thinking it might go to macbooks -> it will become less powerful and cheaper also)
 
shanmugam said:
true true, graphics performance is as important as CPU performance, wait until sandy bridge CPUs.

even then Intel IGP performance is not given, hopefully it will be better.

I wonder what happened to the all talk about AMD CPUs. (i am thinking it might go to macbooks -> it will become less powerful and cheaper also)
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That may not be true for MBA though. While regular CPUs have plenty of power for usual tasks (which makes GPUs a more critical part), MBA uses so underpowered CPU that the bottleneck may switch from GPU to CPU at least for some applications.
 
lilo777 said:
That may not be true for MBA though. While regular CPUs have plenty of power for usual tasks (which makes GPUs a more critical part), MBA uses so underpowered CPU that the bottleneck may switch from GPU to CPU at least for some applications.
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unfortunately you cannot use standard voltage CPUs in these thin laptops due heat and battery life consideration.
 
Just received my 13" 1.86GHz with 2GB RAM here in New Zealand.

Will post some gaming performance findings later on.
 

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mac jones said:
Xbench marks are very high for the SSD (11")

Results 245.55
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4 (10F3061)
Physical RAM 2048 MB
Model MacBookAir3,1
Drive Type APPLE SSD TS064C
Disk Test 245.55
Sequential 160.70
Uncached Write 141.02 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 152.27 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 20.96 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 175.83 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 520.27
Uncached Write 32.39 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 168.18 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 9.38 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 105.36 MB/sec [256K blocks]

This is way faster than my Intel X25,
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I have the Intel X25 too and mine also underperforms in Random by A LOT and in sequential by a little. WOW :) Apple really did something there with that onboard SSD :)
 
Singapore online apple store says pending agency approval !! ships in 2 weeks for me on Nov 9 AHHH FML
 
mklnz said:
Just received my 13" 1.86GHz with 2GB RAM here in New Zealand.

Will post some gaming performance findings later on.
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congratulations!!!!!! can you post more benchmarks?

geek bench with screen shots will be awesome... :D

tempting tempting, already spend $600 on iPad 32GB, gotta control the temptation :D some more wify gotta $75 gift card for my birth day, still $1224 to go :p
 
macbook123 said:
Did your originally say it wouldn't arrive before Oct 26? Or is this within the originally prospected time frame?



It seems like BTO 11.6" are shipping sooner (see above). I ordered the same as you (with 2.16 GHz processor).
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Yes I did, that's what it said before the tracking was active.
 
I am not real big on benchmarks or really that tech savvy. What I do know is that so far my base model mac air seems to run smother than any other mac or pc I have ever used. Including my macpro 13. It runs quiet runs multiple programs flawlessly. The only complaint that I have is that apple didn't offer it earlier. This macair is the new standard in mobile computing. I am typing in the dark and the keyboard is fine with the screen lighting it up. love it no regrets!
 
Yes, the benchmarks don't do justice on how fast and snappy this thing feels. Normal usage e.g. browsing, checking mail etc feels a lot faster than my MBP 15" Core i5 with HDD.
 
falconeight said:
I am not real big on benchmarks or really that tech savvy. What I do know is that so far my base model mac air seems to run smother than any other mac or pc I have ever used. Including my macpro 13. It runs quiet runs multiple programs flawlessly. The only complaint that I have is that apple didn't offer it earlier. This macair is the new standard in mobile computing. I am typing in the dark and the keyboard is fine with the screen lighting it up. love it no regrets!
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Glad to hear it! Any other thoughts comparing it to your 13" MBP? Heat on your lap? Screen brightness/quality/reflections? Trackpad size? Thanks!
 
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