So here's my dilemma...

[Yankee125xt]

My mother's PC is crap. It go bye bye.

She saw my MBA when I came home from college this summer and loved it immediately.
Now she wants MY MBA! (13" 1.86 4GB 128GB 320M)
So here is where I'm struggling.

I can't decide whether or not to buy the NEW MBA or buy another 2010 model.
I hated gaming on Mac OSX so I installed Windows 7 and enjoyed playing SC2, WoW and Assassins' Creed quite well on high settings.

I know the new MBA will have a better processor and whatnot, but here is my dilemma.

For casual gaming, do you think the new MBA will be able to handle those games on a Windows 7 platform?
I'm very much aware nobody knows what will come out on the new MBA but I'm pretty much sure everyone can agree that it'll run on a SB CPU with Intel 3000HD GPU.

Thanks!

 

[reclusive46]

I'd stick with the older model or at least wait for the new one to be released and see the Benchmarks.

 

[Davidkoh]

Welcome to the club, that's what im struggling with too.

 

[NutsNGum]

You had a look at this thread?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1178594/

 

[jackyyeow]

Ask your mom to wait for the new model.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I'd suggest that you wait for the new one to be released and see what you think of it; if you find it worth getting, go for it. If, however, you find you still prefer the 2010 model, get that as a refurb instead (I expect that there will be a reasonable price reduction).

Cheers

 

[Yankee125xt]

You had a look at this thread?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1178594/

I skimmed through it but didn't actually have the patience to read every single complaint comment... All I want to know is wether or not the 3000 HD work better on Windows 7 or Mac OSX for gaming.

 

[Flagg]

I skimmed through it but didn't actually have the patience to read every single complaint comment... All I want to know is wether or not the 3000 HD work better on Windows 7 or Mac OSX for gaming.

I've been trying to figure out the same thing. The general feel is that the HD 3000 can match the 320m on a few games, but lags behind for the most part even with the processor upgrade (consider also what the low-voltage will take away when compared to say 13" MBP).

Provided something miraculous doesn't happen like an option with a discrete card in it, I'm personally thinking about exploring getting a 2.13 MBA referb when the prices drop. I hate the thought of buying a C2D and max of 4 gigs and relying on it to be enough for the next few years, but I also don't want to buy an Envy, m11x, or Vaio Z and deal with bloatware, naggy Win 7 security features that bog down the system, etc.

 

[PaulDoFish]

You might be lucky and Apple might throw in a discrete ATI graphics chip somewhere in the new MBAs, like they did with the early 2011 MBPs.

Its really a longshot, but if they did it'd probably be only in the 13 inch ultimate version.

 

[Flagg]

but if they did it'd probably be only in the 13 inch ultimate version.

This was my thought. However, I believe that the MBP 13 is enough of a standard to justify not getting our hopes up