Did anyone order the 1.6 SSD Rev B or am I the only one??

[HLdan]

I bought the Macbook 2.4 Ghz and hated the screen (as some others have too) so I returned it back to Apple and they were nice enough to waive the restocking fee. So I ordered the MacBook Air 1.6 Ghz with SSD to save some cash. I wasn't sure if it was worth spending the extra $200.00 for 260 Mhz. It hasn't shipped yet but it's in "Prepared for Shipping" and I am having second thoughts if I should go all the way and get the 1.86 Ghz with SSD. So far I have noticed that people that have bought the new Air bought the top model 1.8 Ghz with SSD.
Did anyone order the 1.6 with SSD? Will there be a enough performance increase to justify the price? I will be doing web surfing, spread sheets, iPhoto and Photoshop edits and playing Need for Speed Carbon. Any replies appreciated.

 

[shokunin]

I'm contemplating the 1.6 / SSD version Rev B. The Rev A's seem to ramp up to 1.6/1.8 based on workload and from what others have posted rarely stay at 1.6/1.8 until thermal throttling begins. What good is buying the 1.8 if thermal throttling drops the processor back down to 1.4 or 1.2ghz.

I'm hoping Rev B doesn't have this issue and that the MBA is actually able to be pegged at 100% utilization at 1.6 or 1.86 without thermal throttling.

 

[HeadForTheHills]

The status of my 1.6GHz MBA2 CTO SSD has just changed from 'Not yet shipped' to 'Prepared to ship'.

I did not think the 1.86GHz would yield much of a performance gain - perhaps less than 8%. I had already spent more than I intended by upgrading to SSD.

 

[HLdan]

The status of my 1.6GHz MBA2 CTO SSD has just changed from 'Not yet shipped' to 'Prepared to ship'.

I did not think the 1.86GHz would yield much of a performance gain - perhaps less than 8%. I had already spent more than I intended by upgrading to SSD.

Great! Mine shipped last night. The SSD orders are coming sooner than the HDD's. Thanks for your reply, I was hoping someone would give me some insight on whether I should just keep my 1.6/SSD or return it for the 1.86, I just didn't want to pay another $200.00 to Apple if the speed increase wasn't worth it.

 

[conradmaya]

SSD worth the extra money?

is the ssd drive worth the money? what are the benefits of this drive? i have the first MBA and have ordered the new one, but am confused about the SSD drive worth?
thanks
conrad

 

[macbook123]

is the ssd drive worth the money? what are the benefits of this drive? i have the first MBA and have ordered the new one, but am confused about the SSD drive worth?
thanks
conrad

The main advantage should be improved reading and writing speed, which would also affect the opening of applications. However I can't point you to concrete benchmarks proving this (would love to see them myself though).

In the past there were rumors of battery life being improved, but I think these have been debunked, and it's basically the same between SSD and HDD.

 

[ercanbas]

I bought the Macbook 2.4 Ghz and hated the screen (as some others have too) so I returned it back to Apple and they were nice enough to waive the restocking fee. So I ordered the MacBook Air 1.6 Ghz with SSD to save some cash. I wasn't sure if it was worth spending the extra $200.00 for 260 Mhz. It hasn't shipped yet but it's in "Prepared for Shipping" and I am having second thoughts if I should go all the way and get the 1.86 Ghz with SSD. So far I have noticed that people that have bought the new Air bought the top model 1.8 Ghz with SSD.
Did anyone order the 1.6 with SSD? Will there be a enough performance increase to justify the price? I will be doing web surfing, spread sheets, iPhoto and Photoshop edits and playing Need for Speed Carbon. Any replies appreciated.

I ordered the 1.6 hdd MBA 2.0 but then called and upgraded to the 1.86 processor. I did keep the hdd as I feel ssd is still coming down in price and will replace it later.

 

[Rizvi1]

I'll probably be cheaping out all the way and getting the cheapest new MacBook air for my wife. Maybe I'll swap it out to a SSD in the future one day.

 

[keantan]

I ordered a 1.6GHz / SSD as well. Expected delivery is between 12 Nov and 17Nov. Can't wait

 

[phoobo]

1.6 is the one for this machine

Revision 2 or not, this machine has ventilation problems, so the 1.6 processor is a smarter choice here. You won't really notice the difference anyway - except maybe in your wallet. But your family jewels will thank you for it.

 

[keantan]

I don't know about ventilation problems, I was thinking it was more a case of too much money for 260MHz. I guess it will help with the ventilation and stuff because it's a lower clock speed.

 

[HeadForTheHills]

Xbench Macbook Air 2 : 1.6GHz vs 1.86GHz

Xbench Macbook Air 2 : 1.6GHz vs 1.86GHz

128 vs 137

http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=317388


Unfortunately I will have to return it as the USB door is not flush - bent plastic

 

[Rizvi1]

I'll probably be cheaping out all the way and getting the cheapest new MacBook air for my wife. Maybe I'll swap it out to a SSD in the future one day.

I posted this earlier, but still haven't bought an MBA yet for my wife. And now with the lowered price for refurbished MBAs on Apple's site, I'm wondering about Rev. A's too.

Here's a list of my options right now:

* $999 Refurbished 1.6ghz C2D Rev. A
* the $1299 w/ SSD instead Rev. A
* the new $1799 1.6ghz w/120GB SATA hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics Rev. B
* $2299 for the 1.6ghz one w/ an SSD drive instead (also not adjusted for my education discount) Rev. B
* $2499 for the 1.8ghz ghz w/ MacBook air Rev. B

I really want to cheap out on this as much as possible. My wife probably won't be doing much with this.

Seems there's mainly a speed benefit from this post:

The main advantage should be improved reading and writing speed, which would also affect the opening of applications. However I can't point you to concrete benchmarks proving this (would love to see them myself though).

In the past there were rumors of battery life being improved, but I think these have been debunked, and it's basically the same between SSD and HDD.

Does this mean that the 1.86ghz isn't that much better? or it is?:

Xbench Macbook Air 2 : 1.6GHz vs 1.86GHz

128 vs 137

http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=317388

...

This post makes me more comfortable not doing any of the higher than 1.6 options:

Revision 2 or not, this machine has ventilation problems, so the 1.6 processor is a smarter choice here. You won't really notice the difference anyway - except maybe in your wallet. But your family jewels will thank you for it.