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Any existing Air owner upgrading to new RevB?
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If it is cooler and able to be upgraded with an Intel x18 SSD then I might. Just waiting for reviews now!
Not sure if I will sell my existing MBA yet, but I will be buying the new version, so yes!
Reasons have been posted in many other thread, but suffice to say I was sold on the new graphics improvement alone.
I definitely am. The whole time i've owned this Air (which I like plenty) I've wondered what it would be like with just the update we have now (SATA, 45nm-same form factor)
I'm pretty sure it will run cooler , although I don' think very much cooler,but enough to make a difference as these things are hyper sensitive.
throw in a SATA ssd and i'm floating on Air.
(Thing is, my resale value for rev A just dropped to nothing so I'll have to skip the floating ...I guess.)
I'm pretty sure it will run cooler , although I don' think very much cooler,but enough to make a difference as these things are hyper sensitive.
throw in a SATA ssd and i'm floating on Air.
(Thing is, my resale value for rev A just dropped to nothing so I'll have to skip the floating ...I guess.)
I'm hoping to. Oh, hell... sure I will. Can't be worse than rev.A and I found it very acceptable. Only reason not to for me is if they downgrade the display.
It would take a much bigger update or change for me to sell my current Air to get a new revision. The latest change produced nothing that would make me consider it.
Isn't it hardware changes... all you have to do is send your current one in for an upgrade am i right? maybe not, but that would be nice. Its still the same in features so........
Seems tech has caught up with the MBAir idea though. It feels like the start of Goodyear tire story revisited.
for those that don't know, the guy that made the first rubber tire (Mr. Goodyear) was ahead of his time. Even though rubber was WAAAAY better, it was not excepted until RIGHT AFTER his death (he ended up being in MUCHO GRANDE debt trying to push this idea)
Anyways, I say when 2010 rolls around the AIR will have the hardware we all want.
Seems tech has caught up with the MBAir idea though. It feels like the start of Goodyear tire story revisited.
for those that don't know, the guy that made the first rubber tire (Mr. Goodyear) was ahead of his time. Even though rubber was WAAAAY better, it was not excepted until RIGHT AFTER his death (he ended up being in MUCHO GRANDE debt trying to push this idea)
Anyways, I say when 2010 rolls around the AIR will have the hardware we all want.
I think it depends on what you want to do with it. My present Air is fine for light tasks and runs very cool.
But if I try to do anything that requires oomph it goes china syndrome.
Also, apparently this new cpu update has a huge cache and much faster buss.
But the real selling point for me is the SATA drive as I presently have the slowest drive possible, but will few weeks, have a very fast SATA SSD
I would call that an update
That would be nice but I would not count on it. It really will depend on the LCD connection and these things are not standardized. They've added a new graphics chip so I would count on incompatibility even though it's the same screen and everything else looks the same (besides the mini-display port)
You can get about $1000US for the gen 1 Air still so it's really only spending $700!
Ok. that's a lot, but It will only take a few years using my paper route money (just kidding)
(I'm unemployed)
Seriously? How about the gen 1 with SSD? If its 1500 for the older version I would SOOOOOO get it.
Here's the thing
From what I gather the SSD's in the gen1 are PATA drives. These are apparently very limited in speed compared to what SSDs are capable of in SATA form (we're talkin 3x faster)
There's no upgrade path along these lines.
NEAT! So the first gen air with ssd is not that great? I am not going to buy one till next year for college, so I might aswell get that SSD
Thanks for the info!NEAT! So the first gen air with ssd is not that great? I am not going to buy one till next year for college, so I might aswell get that SSD
Not that great.
They are obsolete....big time.
It didn't make ANY difference with the 4200rpm HD having the IDE connection as it's just a 'trickle in a hose' , and the Samsung 64mb drive wasn't all that much better.
but todays SSDs are torrents.
Thats awesome.... your making me more excited by the minute
You think the air will update in 09?
I'm hoping refreshed Air is a winner. I'd like to replace my 1st gen. but only because the disk keeps getting full. The other goodies will be nice too but disk space is my biggest Air issue right now.
Specs of the new MBA sound good, but what counts for me is real world performance. Does it feel that much cooler or is video playback that much more smoother under normal use. I've never had a problem with my 80GB HD, plenty fast.
I'm more than thrilled with my MBA and so far see no reason to upgrade it. The people who seem to be most unhappy either don't own one or are pushing the MBA's limits into MB and MBP territory.
I'm more than thrilled with my MBA and so far see no reason to upgrade it. The people who seem to be most unhappy either don't own one or are pushing the MBA's limits into MB and MBP territory.
I can't believe how fast the Rev A's prices have fallen, I can't remember any other mac losing 40+% in value in 9months time.. Even, 4 year old PPC Mac mini's have held their value.
