Wait for a new mba?

[aipod22]

Hello i was looking at buyer's guide and it said mid production cycle and in late august i will be an exchangestudent in USA (im from sweden) i wont need a mac until wen i arrive in the states. Should i wait for an update or should i consider buying one now?

 

[miles01110]

If you don't need one now, why not wait? As usual it's up to you, and you probably could have given this some thought yourself instead of asking a question that boils down to personal preference.

 

[aipod22]

If you don't need one now, why not wait? As usual it's up to you, and you probably could have given this some thought yourself instead of asking a question that boils down to personal preference.

I dont need one now but if it wont update until september i could buy one now

 

[miles01110]

I dont need one now but if it wont update until september i could buy one now

That's nice. Nobody knows when the next update will be, so balance your desire for a new computer against the costs of buying one now.

 

[smugDrew]

In all honesty, wait!

The new i5, possibly i7 based MBA combined with intel HD3000 are going to be an awesome upgrade over the current C2D (3 year old CPU?) based MBA's.

I agree that the current MBA's are very fast and super capable but I believe the updated Sandybridge parts are going to be well worth the wait.

 

[Oli3000]

Buy it in America as I imagine that will be significantly cheaper.

 

[Ridley]

That's nice. Nobody knows when the next update will be, so balance your desire for a new computer against the costs of buying one now.

I don't understand when people say stuff like this. There are many people that know the release date. As as it nears and more suppliers get involved, more people know. These people are supposed to keep the information secret. But sometimes it leaks out, and sometimes it doesn't leak out but people claim it has. In either case it becomes a rumor and we discuss these rumors here on MacRumors.

And about the buyers guide, there are many posts about it. I have one linked below. Hope that helps. In my opinion its a no brainer to wait for a Sandy Bridge Air.

Hey, I wrote this on another post so please forgive the cut and paste. The Buyers guide is solely a function of avg days between upgrades. It does not in any way factor in speculation of rumors, external issues like the ending of relationships with Nvidea, or availability of Core 2 Duos, etc. That said an 8 month release for an Air has happened before, and June releases of laptops in time for back to school occur very often (as you'll see from the buyers guide). The buyers guide formula works well if Apple updates a product with regular frequency, but breaks if it is sporadic or if no historical data exists.

The most recent rumor i know of was the AppleInsider article from April 22nd. I think typically the closer you get to the rumored date, the more credible the rumors become. So far we haven't heard anything to the contrary. The rumors say they will start to be produced by the end of May. If true we can expect some more leaks and rumors in the next week or two.

 

[42streetsdown]

There are a few rumors saying it'll happen this summer.... i'm certainly waiting

 

[MBABuyer]

There is basically a consensus that the MBA will be updated in June with Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt.

Here is a quote from another thread (it contains links to the information about the MBA update)



There are two main MBA June refresh Predicitions -

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20031434-64.html

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...n_of_thunderbolt_macbook_airs_next_month.html


Correctly predicted the 11" MBA's release, over three months before it came out.

Brooke Crothers also has a decent track record, having correctly predicted that the 13" 2011 MBP would drop Nvidia and go Intel-only with graphics.

There's also the reports that the new MBPs have stolen the spotlight from the MBA, and sales are declining up to 40% from February-March 2011.

That, to me, means the refresh is gonna happen sooner, rather than later. If the sales had stayed strong, Apple would have no reason to update. But it seems the 13" Core-iX MBP is obviously stealing potential MBA (C2D) customers



Thanks,
Swayne