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Wait for Mountain Lion?

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mcfinch

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Is there any reason to wait until Mountain Lion is released to buy a Macbook Air?
 
None at all, any Mac bought now is eligible for a free upgrade.

Its available next week anyway isn't it?
 
It is highly unlikely that Apple will release any new hardware with Mountain Lion... so there is no need in waiting to purchase. Besides, the last update to the MBA wasn't too long ago.
 
I might be wrong about this, but I think if you buy it now, you get to "own" the mountain lion upgrade. It would show as purchased in the app store.
 
if u're note developer, becareful about installing ML GM, because once u done that, you will not get the latest firmware update for 2012 mba and mbp.

the firmware update says about fixing power usage.
 
iClive said:
so we can buy it now, even though it's not released yet?
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No, what it means is that when Mountain Lion is released later this month, owners of a mid-2012 model MacBook will be given free upgrades through the App Store (download it for free as opposed to paying $20).

Even if you wait until Mountain Lion comes out, unless you order online through Apple, chances are that you'll get a MacBook with Lion installed out of the box. This is because Mountain Lion will have to be installed pre-packaging, meaning that only stock that comes in after the release date (which will most likely take several weeks, as there is remaining stock in stores) will have Mountain Lion pre-installed.
 
Hi! I'm in the same situation. I'm going to buy a MBA 2012 i5/8g/256g today and I'm doubting if wait or not...
I'm a Windows user, quite used not to upgrade a Windows version on another one because of the poor after-performance.

Do you still recommend me to buy today the MBA and upgrade it as soon as MLion is available?

If I regret this choice, I could apply a fresh install because the recovering partition is updated witj the new OS once it's downloaded, right?
Thanks!!
 
alexbarreras said:
Hi! I'm in the same situation. I'm going to buy a MBA 2012 i5/8g/256g today and I'm doubting if wait or not...
I'm a Windows user, quite used not to upgrade a Windows version on another one because of the poor after-performance.

Do you still recommend me to buy today the MBA and upgrade it as soon as MLion is available?

If I regret this choice, I could apply a fresh install because the recovering partition is updated witj the new OS once it's downloaded, right?
Thanks!!
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Mountain Lion is coming out next week, most likely tuesday (that is when they have released updates before) and it really is up to you. You will receive Mountain Lion for free since you have purchased the computer during the upgrade period. So no matter what you will get the upgrade, it just is a matter of whether or not you want to wait a week to get a new computer. Personally I would buy it now so you can get used to using a Mac, but really the transition from Windows to Mac is not very difficult. Hope this helps.
 
Thanks!! I'll do that!

This evening I'm going to an Apple Store in Madrid to buy the MBA i5/256/8. I didn't know but they perform the RAM upgrade soldering it directly at the shop. It will tale 1.5hours but it is worth it!
 
Don't they add RAM in the factory in China?

alexbarreras said:
Thanks!! I'll do that!

This evening I'm going to an Apple Store in Madrid to buy the MBA i5/256/8. I didn't know but they perform the RAM upgrade soldering it directly at the shop. It will tale 1.5hours but it is worth it!
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Liquinn said:
If I upgrade to Mountain Lion; is downgrading to Lion possible in the future?
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No as Mountain Lion wipes the lion install. The only way around is to copy the Lion boot image disk onto an different disk and downgarde by booting onto that.
 
oxfordguy said:
No they don't
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Are you answering urruti or me??

I called 2 hours ago to an apple store and the guy told me that they solder the RAM on the shop...... One week ago I talked to a girl who told me that I only can buy this upgrade through the apple store web page.

Sorry I'm quite lost... The store is 30km from my home and I don't want to waste time... Should I call again to confirm???
 
Hi again...

I have talked to another genius and they don't upgrade the RAM at the store... So I need to order it from the web. I have told them to get better informed next time :mad:
 
alexbarreras said:
Are you answering urruti or me??

I called 2 hours ago to an apple store and the guy told me that they solder the RAM on the shop...... One week ago I talked to a girl who told me that I only can buy this upgrade through the apple store web page.

Sorry I'm quite lost... The store is 30km from my home and I don't want to waste time... Should I call again to confirm???
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The apple store guy must have had a bad day, fact is they solder the ram in the factory. Just call them again and ask them if they have the 256GB model in before you go; as Apple shops usually keep some in... or order from the apple web store.
 
Does Apple start to ship devices w/ ML immediately when it's released? Let's say that ML is released at the 25th, when I can order to ensure that the device comes w/ ML installed?
 
jeremyx said:
Does Apple start to ship devices w/ ML immediately when it's released? Let's say that ML is released at the 25th, when I can order to ensure that the device comes w/ ML installed?
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That's the $10,000 question... no one really knows for sure.
What I know is that I will be purchasing one from Best Buy next week and have them confirm with their Apple rep that I will get a ML MBA.
 
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