MacBook Air Rev. B: 1.6GHz 2GB 120HDD Rev. B *Benchmarks and More Info**Review*

[mhnajjar]

Jessica, glad to hear that you finally got yours.

BTW, what are your temps? before/while/after surfing/youtube ?!

 

[GoCubsGo]

115º right now running software update (which is taking FOREVER). Fans are running at 2499.

 

[andreab35]

115º right now running software update (which is taking FOREVER). Fans are running at 2499.

I'm running updates too... and it is taking quite a while... I believe about 4 hours it's been about now!
Anyways, I see that my CPU is 60 degrees right now, running: Finder, 4 Safari tabs, software update, and downloading iLife.
Fans at 2499. I haven't heard them go on yet.

 

[mhnajjar]

Aren't those temps kind of high?

BTW, I think the updates are taking forever because you are using wireless. Try using the USB ethernet. It would be way faster.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Aren't those temps kind of high?

BTW, I think the updates are taking forever because you are using wireless. Try using the USB ethernet. It would be way faster.

If I had one I would.
I'm ok on Wifi.
117º F not C. No it's not that high the computer isn't even warm to the touch.

 

[GoCubsGo]

andreab35
My updates are done. Took about 2 hours in total I believe. 2.5 at best.

Snip completely OT crud

No offense, but considering we're discussing the HDD model of the Air here; which is not your machine, can you at least edit your post with a code tag?

 

[alphaxono]

Could someone with an HDD Air rev B. use Xbench.com and post their results?

Thank you!

 

[mhnajjar]

I opened my 1.6/120 MBA and I GOT THE LINES!

Screen model 00009C9A


I am sure that all those who do not have lines simply do not see it.

BTW, I have week 50 and I might try to take some photos with my DSLR even though I do not feel doing so since this Air is going back ASAP.

 

[andreab35]

I opened my 1.6/120 MBA and I GOT THE LINES!

Screen model 00009C9A


I am sure that all those who do not have lines simply do not see it.

BTW, I have week 50 and I might try to take some photos with my DSLR even though I do not feel doing so since this Air is going back ASAP.

Oh, I'm so sorry mhnajjar! I feel so bad!
I believe I have a week 50 also, but I do not know what screen model I have.
No lines here though... I made it to be a lucky one I guess.
I am practically blind though- so if there are lines, I can't see them. But I've asked some people around and they don't see anything.
Sorry for the lines.

 

[Ironic]

I opened my 1.6/120 MBA and I GOT THE LINES!

Screen model 00009C9A


I am sure that all those who do not have lines simply do not see it.

BTW, I have week 50 and I might try to take some photos with my DSLR even though I do not feel doing so since this Air is going back ASAP.

No those of us with no lines have, no lines, Not that we don't see them

 

[mhnajjar]

Attached are two photos I took for your pleasure

made me so with this low production value. Why would they break a wonderful screen

BTW, this screen suffers from a lot of light bleed on top and bottom but I was okay with that since I was so happy that I finally got a perfect MBA without any scratches or dents since I had many bad experiences with the rev A. However, these lines are even worse.

 

[Ironic]

Attached are two photos I took for your pleasure

made me so with this low production value. Why would they break a wonderful screen

BTW, this screen suffers from a lot of light bleed on top and bottom but I was okay with that since I was so happy that I finally got a perfect MBA without any scratches or dents since I had many bad experiences with the rev A. However, these lines are even worse.

Yep you look like you have them bad.

 

[andreab35]

Yep you look like you have them bad.

Agreed. I just don't get what's going on with some of these Air's.

 

[andreab35]

Well, I guess the big question is whether the differences b/w the SSD and HDD versions are negligible for Rev B., as they were for Rev A?

If not, are they enough to warrant the price difference?

Hi pgharavi!
I have nothing to compare from HDD to SSD... I'm sorry. But others around do have SSD versions. I have posted how many seconds it takes to open some applications for you.

 

[LeonX]

Screen: 00009C90
No lines.
Found Wifi networks that even my MacPro didn't pick up. So wifi is good.
If anyone wants to explain the differences between the OP's and mine, I'm all ears.

that got my attention. it's the first time I read that there are rev.Bs out there with another sort of screen. Who else has 9c90 - and what manufacturer is it made by?

 

[GoCubsGo]

^^ Not sure. Will look more once I get home from work today. I'll also do the xbench scores and I'm still reading up on MSR tools. I'm too stupid to figure it out without google.

 

[LeonX]

^^ Not sure. Will look more once I get home from work today. I'll also do the xbench scores and I'm still reading up on MSR tools. I'm too stupid to figure it out without google.

yeah, and could you tell us as well the week when your new darling was built?

 

[TSMOTW]

Hi pgharavi!
I have nothing to compare from HDD to SSD... I'm sorry. But others around do have SSD versions. I have posted how many seconds it takes to open some applications for you.

Well i've got an Macbook Air 1.6ghz with SSD (free upgrade). My scores are nearly the same

Geekbench Score	2233
Version	Geekbench 2.0.19
Platform	Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Operating System	Mac OS X 10.5.6 (Build 9G55)
Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU L9300 @ 1.60GHz
Model	MacBookAir2,1
Memory	2.00 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Integer Score	1827	
 
Blowfish
single-threaded scalar	1307
57.4 MB/sec	
 
Blowfish
multi-threaded scalar	2792
114.4 MB/sec	
 
Text Compress
single-threaded scalar	1237
3.96 MB/sec	
 
Text Compress
multi-threaded scalar	2209
7.25 MB/sec	
 
Text Decompress
single-threaded scalar	1105
4.54 MB/sec	
 
Text Decompress
multi-threaded scalar	2074
8.26 MB/sec	
 
Image Compress
single-threaded scalar	1130
9.34 Mpixels/sec	
 
Image Compress
multi-threaded scalar	2006
16.9 Mpixels/sec	
 
Image Decompress
single-threaded scalar	941
15.8 Mpixels/sec	
 
Image Decompress
multi-threaded scalar	1885
30.8 Mpixels/sec	
 
Crafty Chess
single-threaded scalar	1396
705.5 Knodes/sec	
 
Crafty Chess
multi-threaded scalar	2345
1.14 Mnodes/sec	
 
Lua
single-threaded scalar	1823
702.1 Knodes/sec	
 
Lua
multi-threaded scalar	3340
1.28 Mnodes/sec	
 
Floating Point Score	2893	
 
Mandelbrot
single-threaded scalar	1185
788.8 Mflops	
 
Mandelbrot
multi-threaded scalar	2284
1.49 Gflops	
 
Dot Product
single-threaded scalar	1569
758.2 Mflops	
 
Dot Product
multi-threaded scalar	3728
1.70 Gflops	
 
Dot Product
single-threaded vector	1042
1.25 Gflops	
 
Dot Product
multi-threaded vector	2677
2.78 Gflops	
 
LU Decomposition
single-threaded scalar	469
418.0 Mflops	
 
LU Decomposition
multi-threaded scalar	955
838.1 Mflops	
 
Primality Test
single-threaded scalar	2268
338.7 Mflops	
 
Primality Test
multi-threaded scalar	3249
603.0 Mflops	
 
Sharpen Image
single-threaded scalar	3188
7.44 Mpixels/sec	
 
Sharpen Image
multi-threaded scalar	6109
14.1 Mpixels/sec	
 
Blur Image
single-threaded scalar	4120
3.26 Mpixels/sec	
 
Blur Image
multi-threaded scalar	7659
6.02 Mpixels/sec	
 
Memory Score	2114	
 
Read Sequential
single-threaded scalar	2319
2.84 GB/sec	
 
Write Sequential
single-threaded scalar	2315
1.58 GB/sec	
 
Stdlib Allocate
single-threaded scalar	1310
4.89 Mallocs/sec	
 
Stdlib Write
single-threaded scalar	2490
5.15 GB/sec	
 
Stdlib Copy
single-threaded scalar	2139
2.21 GB/sec	
 
Stream Score	1586	
 
Stream Copy
single-threaded scalar	1660
2.27 GB/sec	
 
Stream Copy
single-threaded vector	1683
2.18 GB/sec	
 
Stream Scale
single-threaded scalar	1776
2.30 GB/sec	
 
Stream Scale
single-threaded vector	1810
2.44 GB/sec	
 
Stream Add
single-threaded scalar	1236
1.87 GB/sec	
 
Stream Add
single-threaded vector	1852
2.58 GB/sec	
 
Stream Triad
single-threaded scalar	1306
1.81 GB/sec	
 
Stream Triad
single-threaded vector	1367
2.56 GB/sec	
 
System Information	
Platform	Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Compiler	GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484)
Operating System	Mac OS X 10.5.6 (Build 9G55)
Model	MacBookAir2,1
Motherboard	Apple Inc. Mac-F42D88C8
Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU L9300 @ 1.60GHz
Processor ID	GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
Logical Processors	2
Physical Processors	1
Processor Frequency	1.60 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache	32.0 KB
L1 Data Cache	32.0 KB
L2 Cache	6.00 MB
L3 Cache	0.00 B
Bus Frequency	1.06 GHz
Memory	2.00 GB
Memory Type	1067 MHz DDR3
SIMD	1
BIOS	Apple Inc. MBA21.88Z.0075.B03.0811141325
Processor Model	Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU L9300 @ 1.60GHz

 

[ashowkati]

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mines coming thursday morning (1.6/120). I'll let ya guys know about lines and such.

 

[Ironic]

Happy?

 

[TSMOTW]

yours should be higher like mine did you close all other programs before runnung it?

I closed all programs. But I don't think geekbench tests the harddisk, only the processor and internal memory. So my results should be the same as the OP.

 

[LeonX]

^^ Not sure. Will look more once I get home from work today. I'll also do the xbench scores and I'm still reading up on MSR tools. I'm too stupid to figure it out without google.

Jessica, did you check the manufacturer. I am really curious now!

 

[GoCubsGo]

yeah, and could you tell us as well the week when your new darling was built?

Week 49, as previously posted.

Also, I am unsure how to find out the screen manufacturer. I'll do some googling in a bit. The bad boy is charging after being fully drained and off all night. I'm trying to stay away while I get some work done.



Folks, honestly if you're going to post your scores of either your SSD (irrelevant to the thread title) or the HDD, use the CODE wrap. It makes for better viewing.

 

[pgharavi]

Week 49, as previously posted.

Also, I am unsure how to find out the screen manufacturer. I'll do some googling in a bit. The bad boy is charging after being fully drained and off all night. I'm trying to stay away while I get some work done.



Folks, honestly if you're going to post your scores of either your SSD (irrelevant to the thread title) or the HDD, use the CODE wrap. It makes for better viewing.

So do we have a consensus on how this performs compared to Rev A HDD and Rev B SSD?

 

[andreab35]

Week 49, as previously posted.

Also, I am unsure how to find out the screen manufacturer. I'll do some googling in a bit. The bad boy is charging after being fully drained and off all night. I'm trying to stay away while I get some work done.



Folks, honestly if you're going to post your scores of either your SSD (irrelevant to the thread title) or the HDD, use the CODE wrap. It makes for better viewing.

Sorry about that. I was trying to figure out how you did that code wrapping thing for easier viewing and I finally figured it out.
I just code wrapped my Geekbench score and I will be code wrapping the XBench score now.
Sorry about the inconvenience of viewing guys.