What Would You Like to See in Future MBAs?

[notjustjay]

Alright, here we go Apple: I *will* buy a 13" MacBook Air on the day of the next refresh if it can have:

- Core i5 processors
- SD card slot (oops)
- backlit keyboard
- integrated 3G/LTE
- 10-hour battery life to match the iPad

A tall order, of course, but one can hope.

Hey Apple: I'll still buy one even if you don't quite manage to fit in the last two (but please try to increase battery life anyway).

 

[torbjoern]

@notjustjay: the 13" already does have an SD-card slot. is there any chance that'll be taken away?

 

[mrsir2009]

Alright, here we go Apple: I *will* buy a 13" MacBook Air on the day of the next refresh if it can have:

- Core i5 processors (Won't happen)
- SD card slot (Already has one)
- backlit keyboard (Good chance it will have one)
- integrated 3G/LTE (Its a laptop, not a cellphone)
- 10-hour battery life to match the iPad (Don't see how the battery can get any bigger)

A tall order, of course, but one can hope.

Hey Apple: I'll still buy one even if you don't quite manage to fit in the last two (but please try to increase battery life anyway).

 

[Hellhammer]

- Core i5 processors (Won't happen)

What other options does Apple have? All ULV and LV CPUs are either i5 or i7.

 

[onthecouchagain]

I know this is more of a "wish" thread than a "likely to happen" thread, but I'm going to chime in and predict that the Air refresh will be fairly minor.

I predict we'll see Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt (like the Pro/iMac lines) and better GPU, but beyond that, I predict same body design, no addition of backlit keys, and the worst prediction: likely the same SSD configurations. I say this based on the refreshed iMac SSD options; the prices for SSD have not gone down even in the slightest. I predict the base SSD options and even the BTO options will remain the same as they are today. Of course, I hope I am way wrong.

The last thing, which in my opinion can swing one way or another, is the RAM. I predict it'll stay standard (again, based on the iMac refresh) at 2 GB, and will not come standard 4 GB. Again, I hope so too that this will swing in a more favorable way.

Pure speculation.

 

[notjustjay]

@notjustjay: the 13" already does have an SD-card slot. is there any chance that'll be taken away?

....

Crap, and you know what's the most embarrassing part? I did know that, I was looking at a picture of it just the other day.

OK, just pretend I didn't mention that part. The rest of it stands.