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New Macbook Air in November?
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There's been quite a lull here about talking about an updated MBA, rumors, predictions etc...could it be the calm before the storm? My interest in a possible update hasn't quelled one iota. I can't wait!
Or maybe without any rumors emerging on it at all and the new line Macbooks supposedly coming soon, November seems a bit optimistic?
On another note, personally speaking the latest development of Intel saying no to Nvidia chipsets on their Arrandales is a grim one to say the least. The 9400m arrangement was a perfect compromise between size and power and it looks like we're going to be deprived of an update on any future MBA.
(See this thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/796637/ )
Or maybe without any rumors emerging on it at all and the new line Macbooks supposedly coming soon, November seems a bit optimistic?
On another note, personally speaking the latest development of Intel saying no to Nvidia chipsets on their Arrandales is a grim one to say the least. The 9400m arrangement was a perfect compromise between size and power and it looks like we're going to be deprived of an update on any future MBA.
(See this thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/796637/ )
I recently just bought a 13" mbp 2.53 simply cause I love the trackpad, sd card option and amazing battery, im thinking of celling my rev C, its nice I like it, but I would love to see more ram even though I am one who honestly doesnt need it, I just WANT it lol i dont do anything more than internet surfing, emails, social networking so the air is fine, I just like the SD card slot for pictures....
Does the L2 cache being double on the air vs the mbp make a huge difference? i do miss the ssd cause its faster lol, I dont know which one to keep lol I like the uniquness of the air A LOT.....they need to put 4gb ram, glass trackpad and sd card lol
Does the L2 cache being double on the air vs the mbp make a huge difference? i do miss the ssd cause its faster lol, I dont know which one to keep lol I like the uniquness of the air A LOT.....they need to put 4gb ram, glass trackpad and sd card lol
Curious, what did you decide?
Its November. Did you make a purchase. Or are you still holding out?
Its November. Did you make a purchase. Or are you still holding out?
Just checking back in here... 
I was convinced there would be an update this last quarter and that Apple were just waiting on the MBA-spec 256GB Samsung SSD to release it with 4GB and an SD card. It made sense in so many ways, not least the totally anaemic so-called 'rev.C update' back in June (aside from a welcome price drop of course). But an October/November refresh made sense in many ways, not least strategically.
So I guess I was wrong. Very wrong. And with each passing day, I grow ever more restless and frustrated. The only thing that is keeping me in check right now (aside from pig-headed stubbornness) is the lack of antiglare on the 13" MBP. I wonder how long that barrier will last. Not long I guess since it's now available on the 15".
There were many of us speculating last spring that the lack of MBA updates and instore treatment, perhaps pointed towards an early retirement for the product. At the very least it had clearly been deprioritised from "flagship pride of place" to "clearance corner" in a short space of time. I cited the Cube back then as a example of cutting edge design mothballed after a year. Well it's coming up to a year since the first 'proper' MBA was launched (rev. A doesn't really count since it was so underpowered), and the analogy is not so ridiculous now.
Sure the new generation of processors will be with us in the new year, but then possibly so might the dreaded spectre of Intel integrated chipsets. I still really think Apple are making a huge mistake underselling the MBA as evidenced by the demand out there, not least those of us following this thread, MBA owners, ex-owners and wannabe owners. No reason they couldn't update the MBA around now to bring it into line with the spec of the MBPs. Instead we have to hold out for another 3-6 months, hoping that the seemingly never-ending wait will bear fruit in the guise of 4-8GB RAM (4 standard, supporting 6 or 8 as BTO), 256GB SSD, SD card (a given I think), MBP-like battery tech, and perhaps an OLED screen (although I'd settle for a plain current line-free one).
What annoys me most is that as much as I'm p*ssed off at Apple for torturing me like this, I know the second they do release a new ultra-light/thin laptop in 2010, like a crack addict I'll be first in the queue. Grinding my teeth, naturally.
I was convinced there would be an update this last quarter and that Apple were just waiting on the MBA-spec 256GB Samsung SSD to release it with 4GB and an SD card. It made sense in so many ways, not least the totally anaemic so-called 'rev.C update' back in June (aside from a welcome price drop of course). But an October/November refresh made sense in many ways, not least strategically.
So I guess I was wrong. Very wrong. And with each passing day, I grow ever more restless and frustrated. The only thing that is keeping me in check right now (aside from pig-headed stubbornness) is the lack of antiglare on the 13" MBP. I wonder how long that barrier will last. Not long I guess since it's now available on the 15".
There were many of us speculating last spring that the lack of MBA updates and instore treatment, perhaps pointed towards an early retirement for the product. At the very least it had clearly been deprioritised from "flagship pride of place" to "clearance corner" in a short space of time. I cited the Cube back then as a example of cutting edge design mothballed after a year. Well it's coming up to a year since the first 'proper' MBA was launched (rev. A doesn't really count since it was so underpowered), and the analogy is not so ridiculous now.
Sure the new generation of processors will be with us in the new year, but then possibly so might the dreaded spectre of Intel integrated chipsets. I still really think Apple are making a huge mistake underselling the MBA as evidenced by the demand out there, not least those of us following this thread, MBA owners, ex-owners and wannabe owners. No reason they couldn't update the MBA around now to bring it into line with the spec of the MBPs. Instead we have to hold out for another 3-6 months, hoping that the seemingly never-ending wait will bear fruit in the guise of 4-8GB RAM (4 standard, supporting 6 or 8 as BTO), 256GB SSD, SD card (a given I think), MBP-like battery tech, and perhaps an OLED screen (although I'd settle for a plain current line-free one).
What annoys me most is that as much as I'm p*ssed off at Apple for torturing me like this, I know the second they do release a new ultra-light/thin laptop in 2010, like a crack addict I'll be first in the queue. Grinding my teeth, naturally.