Your Third Generation Macbook Air Wish List for 2009?

[riz78612]

Wish list for New Macbook Air 3rd Generation- Year 2009

Heres my wish list-

Core 2 Duo- Penryn 2.1GHz +
Matt option
Price: $1500
4Gb Ram
256 SSD
Faster Graphics Chip 9800 Nivdia
Geforce low-end GPU with Purevideo HD
Firewire
Wireless USB
Smaller footprint
Matte Screen
Higher Resolution Screen
3G network support
thin bezel
1440x900 OLED-backlit screen
Removable Baterry and hardrive
Choice between LV processor and standard processor
Bigger mouse button
Trackpoint
Battery life- 24 hrs (dell and Hp have it, its about time Apple get it)
Keyboard coated with nano-sized silver ion powder (like the Samsung X460)
30% lower density

 

[aleksandra.]

You're joking, right? Because if not...

I'd like them to keep current design (i.e. no new iMac-style ugliness), but that's rather unrealistic... I also think user replaceable parts would have been great, but I don't think it's coming.

 

[Lyrrad]

Well, I'm buying the current gen, so I hope it gets worse

But, I'd personally want better battery life, 4 GB Ram, and 256GB HD.

 

[Mactagonist]

The Air is just begging for built in 3g. Begging. Now that Apple has deals with 3g providers in 70 countries, why havnt we seen this yet?

Everything else is secondary to that. Design wise an ultra thin bezel and matching smaller casing around the keyboard would do a lot to differentiate the Air from the increasingly similar MB.

 

[riz78612]

No heat issues
No core shut downs

 

[andreab35]

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Speed bump.

A bit cheaper if possible.

You have some high expectations for 2009!

 

[riz78612]

I also have 1st Generation Iphone 8Gb,
And also want to be a future MBA owner.

We have similar taste.

Macbook air for over a grand. It makes you think a laptop for over a grand?

Wish i would get it for a present.

Best present ever, apart from a house or car.

 

[andreab35]

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I also have 1st Generation Iphone 8Gb,
And also want to be a future MBA owner.

We have similar taste.

Macbook air for over a grand. It makes you think a laptop for over a grand?

Wish i would get it for a present.

Best present ever, apart from a house or car.

Haha... that's pretty cool that we have similar tastes!

 

[mcdj]

get rid of the notch on the edge. make it look flush like the new MB. increase the screen hinge angle so we can open the screen further. smooth off some of the edges all around...too sharp.

 

[awvan]

I think with the new MacBooks coming in at 4.5lbs they should move the air to something around a 12" screen and cut the weight down as much as possible (2.5-2.75lbs maybe?). It's thin enough, but I'd like to see Apple make this a real ultra-portable. It doesn't need a speed boost really, but any new chips that could improve heat and battery management would be important (and sweet).

Couple this with an updated aluminum entry-level MacBook (1.86GHz, 2GB ram, 120GB HDD, Superdrive, $999?) and that would be a slick line-up for Apple.