Agreed its not your fault she didnt know about the refresh, and you didnt sell her a faulty product, goes to show you need to do research before making a large purchase like this. Congrats on the good fortune.
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So I bought a macbook air in late 2010 and half a year later there is a refresh ???
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Agreed its not your fault she didnt know about the refresh, and you didnt sell her a faulty product, goes to show you need to do research before making a large purchase like this. Congrats on the good fortune.
So you knowingly rooked a newbie on Craigslist and you are now bragging about how fortunate you were? Sorry, I'd keep that particular story to myself.
Not to say you did anything wrong, just a tad distasteful to me personally. But hey, you got your new MBA !
EDIT: On a side note, thank you for convincing me to not make any major purchases on Craigslist!
You blame him for finding someone dumb enough to spend $1075 on a laptop that was probably worth 800 tops at that point. Puuuulease! That's how the world of economics works: A fool and his money ...
As far as the thread starter is concerned: Really?!? Do you realize you are about the 2-millionth person on here in the past 10 years who has complained that Apple released a new product 'less than a year' after they bought their system? Do you realize that almost NO one has ever bought a system more than 9 months before the next refresh. So you're complaining that because of your buying decision, you got 'screwed' out of 3 months of having the 'latest and greatest'? REALLY?!?!
Do you realize that if you had done ANY research whatsoever before spending your hard earned money you would have known the core2duo system you brought was already 'outdated' (by many people's opinions) and that many were surprised that Apple didn't come out with a sandy bridge MBA much sooner?
Do you realize that you could have looked at rumor sites like this one (which has been around for a decade) and gotten a good idea back in June that a refresh was just around the corner ... and yet you still hung on to your MBA rather than sell it? REALLY?!?!?
***That concludes this episode of 'REALLY', with Seth and Amy.
Finally - let me tell you that I also own a late 2010 11" macbook air. I am fine with it (wish it had the backlit keyboard, but that's about it).
And, if you want to feel slightly better, rest comfortably knowing that your video card is actually better than the one in the 2011 MBA. Go to Macworld and look at gaming framerates.
If you read the content of what I said (which obviously you didn't), I said that your Macbook Air (2010) is not rendered useless due to a 2011 Macbook Air release. And my 2011 Macbook Air will not be rendered useless by a 2012 release.
Now, you're also assuming that I'm buying a Macbook Air every year. The 2011 Macbook Air is my first Air. Don't go assuming, just because you bought a 2010 Macbook Air, that everyone else had a 2010 Macbook Air as well who bought a 2011 version. I waited. I was patient. Unlike you. It's also my first Mac ever... so that nulls your opinion about me buying every Mac on every refresh. That said, I may decide to craigslist this Air for the next 2012 or 2013 version, since it helps me stay within a warranty, and the resale value is great on Macs... making it worth reselling.
How about this... how about you remain happy with your 2010 Macbook Air. You surely were happy with it before you learned of the 2011 release. If you really want a 2011 Macbook Air, just resell your 2010 Macbook Air... you should get a decent amount for it so you can put that toward a newer one.
Thanks!
I even helped her install a few things AFTER the sale.
And it wasn't out of guilt, it was what I promised to do BEFORE the sale.
Bottomline: I sold a quality product for just over market value at the time of sale.
If I wasn't able to sell it, I'd still have my old MBA because there is no way I would have sold it for $860 (what it's worth now).
Plus my wife wouldn't have let me sell it for that amount!
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I bought a 2010 MBA in February 2011, less than five months before the new revision came out.
I don't have buyer's remorse at all - it's an awesome machine and still works just as great as it did the day before the 2011's were release.
Turns out technology marches forwards no matter when you buy your computer. I guess the lesson here is to do more research before buying if you want to have the latest and greatest for the longest amount of time.
I don't have buyer's remorse at all - it's an awesome machine and still works just as great as it did the day before the 2011's were release.
Turns out technology marches forwards no matter when you buy your computer. I guess the lesson here is to do more research before buying if you want to have the latest and greatest for the longest amount of time.
Why? I don't get it.
It's not like Apple is pulling the Doom switch on your machine and hence rendering it unusable or something. Your machine is perfectly fine and will be for a long time.
If it could be up to me, I'd like quarterly updates of every piece of hardware. This would eliminate the need to check out past release dates and guess when a refresh is coming. By releasing refreshes every 2-3 months, they could tailor those to specific crowds. So there's the video professionals, there's the medical folks, there are photographers, and so on... You could pick and choose the machine tailor made for you. This would be awesome.
Waiting 6-12 months for a refresh is an eternity! This is not the 90s anymore, folks. Time is moving fast!
Those things happen.
We are talking about electronic goods, they tend to be updated very quickly. I wouldn't be worried about it to much.
One should consider either buying very early upon the new release and selling before the new release comes out or buying very early upon the new release and living under the rock for the next 2-3 years
Or you can be like my brother who buys whenever and sells whenever, never looking at the prices or models until he had enough of what he bought.
Certainly not worth being sad or angry because of it...
As long as it works as it is supposed to. Most people can do things they need to do with machines that are up to 8-10 years old...
We are talking about electronic goods, they tend to be updated very quickly. I wouldn't be worried about it to much.
One should consider either buying very early upon the new release and selling before the new release comes out or buying very early upon the new release and living under the rock for the next 2-3 years
Or you can be like my brother who buys whenever and sells whenever, never looking at the prices or models until he had enough of what he bought.
Certainly not worth being sad or angry because of it...
As long as it works as it is supposed to. Most people can do things they need to do with machines that are up to 8-10 years old...
I went over to Steve's garage in July 1976 and picked up an Apple I for $666.66. I am staggered to discover that this model is no longer supported, and that Apple has since released a number of updates to its desktop computing line! These "iMacs", as people are calling them, are significantly better specced than my computer! They even come with a keyboard! Apparently no soldering is required either!
I'm well aware that this is a fast moving industry, but I think it reasonable to expect at least fifty years out of my computer purchases. Grrrrrr!
I'm well aware that this is a fast moving industry, but I think it reasonable to expect at least fifty years out of my computer purchases. Grrrrrr!
I'm still using a 2008 aluminum Macbook. I've watched the refreshes come and go and yet somehow my laptop has neither gotten slower nor less functional.
I'll surely upgrade it soon as the performance and feature gains of the newer machines become worth the upgrade price, but it isn't like this computer doesn't still do everything it did when I first got it. The $29 Lion upgrade gave it new life as well.
I'll surely upgrade it soon as the performance and feature gains of the newer machines become worth the upgrade price, but it isn't like this computer doesn't still do everything it did when I first got it. The $29 Lion upgrade gave it new life as well.
Don't listen to the haters. You just know they're replying to your post up to 2.5 times faster than everyone else. Sitting in their darkened rooms with their backlit keyboards. Not mistyping a single letter.*
I had a similar experience to you. Last year I married a gorgeous English girl. The love of my life. A week ago we travelled back to England to meet her family. Turns out she has a younger sister. Not just younger but with slightly larger breasts and without the crooked nose.*
I hate my life. I hate my wife!*
Technology moves fast...processor chips get smaller and faster....With Apple's competition gunning at the the Macbook Air with more powerful i5 and i7 processors in ultra-thin chasis', do you really think Apple would sit idly by and twiddle their thumbs? With the price premiums that Apple charges for their products, it behooves them to at LEAST keep up with the competition in terms of hardware. They control the 'ultra-thin' laptop marketplace right now. It would be stupid of them to give up that ground to the competition by not keeping up with the hardware available in the market.
It isn't just Apple either....look at the Android tablet market, where tablets are obsolete 6 months after their release date! Early adopters to the dual core Tegra 2 tablets early this year will be angry in 6 months when the quad-core Tegra 3 tablets start rolling out this fall.
Trying to keep up with a rapidly moving technology market will burn a hole in your wallet, and literally jack with your mind. The funny thing about a lot of Apple users is that they're more obsessed with the 'cool' factor of owning the latest and greatest device than the actual hardware behind the devices they own. Sometimes you have to sit back and realize that if it suits your needs adequately, it's good enough.
If you can't learn to be content with what you have, sell your MBA and buy a new one...every 10-12 months. Apple loves people like you.
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No.
You have the exact same computer you bought in December. It has not lost one bit of the capability you originally purchased.
I bought a MBP the year they released the new unibody style in 2008. You didn't see me complaining.
In all fairness to the OP, apple did seem to screw over the 2010 MBA consumers. I'm pretty sure this is the biggest macbook air update spec-wise. They removed a useful backlit keyboard, found in all other revisions, only to put it back next year. They used a cheap C2D only to use the MUCH better i5's and i7'd next year. And to top it all off there's the addition of thunderbolt and cheaper RAM.
Maybe the OP could have waited it out... Although if everyone did that, apple wouldn't make nearly as much as they do. The bottom line is, the 2011 MBA is a jump in technology from not one year but six!
Maybe the OP could have waited it out... Although if everyone did that, apple wouldn't make nearly as much as they do. The bottom line is, the 2011 MBA is a jump in technology from not one year but six!
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I bought a 2010 13" MBA (1.8/4gb/256) this past Sunday.. I could have easily purchased the new 13" model but I simply didn't want it. I actually prefer the 2010 models to the new ones for a couple reasons..
Snow Leopard
SL USB Stick
Runs Cooler
Marginally Better GPU
Performance that fits my work needs.
Don't ever use Backlit KB
I might upgrade to the 15-17" air in the next couple months
wait another year and your upgrade choices will be that much better. The 2010 Air is still an excellent computer.. So is my old ibook G4 (still performs fine for 85% of daily tasks)
Snow Leopard
SL USB Stick
Runs Cooler
Marginally Better GPU
Performance that fits my work needs.
Don't ever use Backlit KB
I might upgrade to the 15-17" air in the next couple months
wait another year and your upgrade choices will be that much better. The 2010 Air is still an excellent computer.. So is my old ibook G4 (still performs fine for 85% of daily tasks)
I think we scared the OP away with logical reasoning. I saw he was a MacRumors newbie, but I didn't realize he made his account just to post.
Oh well, that means one less ignorant user on these forums!
Oh well, that means one less ignorant user on these forums!
the macbook air refresh isn't as bad as the rumored ipad refresh at the end of the year. even when it was released at the begining of the year there were rumors of ipad 3 at the end of the year and lots of people said no way.
i bought my mba release day 2010 and my ipad2 on release day this year and im happy with both.
i bought my mba release day 2010 and my ipad2 on release day this year and im happy with both.
It had pretty much the same hardware, just the shell was different. Not that big of a deal.
especially considering the repeated insistance by Jobs that this is "the YEAR of the iPad 2". Though, that is Steve's M.O. Denounce everything until they do it, then make it sound like they were the first to ever think of it!
If this bothers you, stay away from buying a new car. They update them every year.