When will we see the new Macbook Air models?

[Sensamic]

Im thinking of buying a Macbook Air. Would it be stupid to buy it now considering that the next update will probable have the new Sandy Bridge, 4GB RAM, FaceTime HD webcam and Thunderbolt?

Waiting until October is a VERY LONG time... But I dont need the MBA right now, but I want it and I hate to wait to the end of this year... REALLY, its very long time!!!

Plus, today just got out a rumor that Apple will not introduce new hardware on WWDC, so no new MBAs in June...

 

[secksthoi]

Im thinking of buying a Macbook Air. Would it be stupid to buy it now considering that the next update will probable have the new Sandy Bridge, 4GB RAM, FaceTime HD webcam and Thunderbolt?

Waiting until October is a VERY LONG time... But I dont need the MBA right now, but I want it and I hate to wait to the end of this year... REALLY, its very long time!!!

Plus, today just got out a rumor that Apple will not introduce new hardware on WWDC, so no new MBAs in June...

Just order it.. If we really do see that big of an update this summer or fall then sell it to purchase that..

 

[tekksan]

Im thinking of buying a Macbook Air. Would it be stupid to buy it now considering that the next update will probable have the new Sandy Bridge, 4GB RAM, FaceTime HD webcam and Thunderbolt?

Waiting until October is a VERY LONG time... But I dont need the MBA right now, but I want it and I hate to wait to the end of this year... REALLY, its very long time!!!

Plus, today just got out a rumor that Apple will not introduce new hardware on WWDC, so no new MBAs in June...

^^^this. I'm in the same boat.

 

[jamesryanbell]

Just buy, sell later for a $200-$300 hit, and repurchase.

 

[Shawn Dover]

Just buy, sell later for a $200-$300 hit, and repurchase.

What's the best way to resell? Is there a website that offers good resale value?

 

[KPOM]

The 380UM isn't even a Sandy Bridge chip though, it's a Westmere (intel's previous generation).

Luckily all Sandy Bridge ultramobiles are either i5 or i7 and all have Turbo Boost (and all features that even the 2011 base MBP 13" and 15" lack, such as AES-NI, QuickSync, VT-d)

Is it a Westmere? I didn't realize Intel paired the Westmere with the HD3000 IGP. I thought that was part of Sandy Bridge. Anyway, the Engadget review suggests a 40-50% increase in CPU speed but a 50% drop in GPU speed. That's too much of a tradeoff for me.

 

[vader_slri]

Anyway, the Engadget review suggests a 40-50% increase in CPU speed but a 50% drop in GPU speed. That's too much of a tradeoff for me.

I don't think you're interpreting the benchmarks correctly. 3DMark measures graphics performance but PCMark Vantage measures *overall* system performance (including graphics). So, my interpretation of the Engadget results is that yes, the ULV Sandy Bridge HD3000 graphics perform half as well as the 320m, but overall system performace (not just CPU) is actually 40-50% higher.

 

[KPOM]

I don't think you're interpreting the benchmarks correctly. 3DMark measures graphics performance but PCMark Vantage measures *overall* system performance (including graphics). So, my interpretation of the Engadget results is that yes, the ULV Sandy Bridge HD3000 graphics perform half as well as the 320m, but overall system performace (not just CPU) is actually 40-50% higher.

That's the Sandy Bridge i5, though. The 11" Samsung uses a Westmere Core i3 paired with the Intel HD 3000. I suspect that one performs only marginally better than the Core 2 Duo-equipped MacBook Air, and much slower with graphics.

 

[xellliu]

That's the Sandy Bridge i5, though. The 11" Samsung uses a Westmere Core i3 paired with the Intel HD 3000. I suspect that one performs only marginally better than the Core 2 Duo-equipped MacBook Air, and much slower with graphics.

Emm... According to Engadget's review of Samsung Series 9(NP900X3A), the score of PCMarkVantage of it is 7582, while 2010 MBA 13" is 5170. It seems a little bit more than "marginally", right? Though in terms of 3DMark06, MBA (score 4643) is far better than NP900X3A (2240).

 

[57004]

By the way I said it was a Westmere but that was because KPOM mentioned the 380UM chip, which is a Westmere. I don't know if they really use that chip though.

According to Samsung's Press Release they only use the 2537M which is a Sandy Bridge cpu.

 

[KPOM]

Emm... According to Engadget's review of Samsung Series 9(NP900X3A), the score of PCMarkVantage of it is 7582, while 2010 MBA 13" is 5170. It seems a little bit more than "marginally", right? Though in terms of 3DMark06, MBA (score 4643) is far better than NP900X3A (2240).

That was the review of the 13" Samsung, not the 11" Samsung. The 11" uses a Core i3-380UM.

http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/laptops/NP900X1A-A01US

By the way I said it was a Westmere but that was because KPOM mentioned the 380UM chip, which is a Westmere. I don't know if they really use that chip though.

Again, I'm speaking of the 11" Samsung 9. Samsung's web site clearly says the Core i3-380UM.