MBA Wishlist

[GWestphal]

1. 8GB RAM
2. AH-IPS screen
3. USB 3.0
4. SDXC on USB3.0 bus
5. SATA III or PCIe SSD (400/400 R/W)
6. Black Bezel like Pro series

 

[Bateluer]

An IGP that doesn't completely suck.

 

[GWestphal]

what would you want and do you think it could actually fit the power envelope of an ultrabook like the MBA?

 

[Red Storm]

User upgradeable RAM would be nice.

Also the SD slot on the Pro and Air is really lame. I mean even my original Eee Netbook took the SD card all the way in. It's a minor gripe, but for a company like Apple who apparently loves the little details, this is an odd misstep.

A black bezel around the screen, similar to the Pro.

That's about all I can think of.

 

[GWestphal]

well I think the DIMM connector take too much space for the form factor which is why they solder the ram on.

 

[Bateluer]

what would you want and do you think it could actually fit the power envelope of an ultrabook like the MBA?

Some basic gaming would be nice. The HD3000 is a joke.

 

[gevorg]

HD3000 is MBA's weakest link and Ivy Bridge won't make it much better. MBA is graphics handicapped at least until it gets Haswell CPUs.

Good enough for Farmville though, so should keep the itards happy.

Oi! There's no need to be calling other people names.
-ViRGE

 

[GWestphal]

The Air isn't really designed as a gaming laptop. Macs in general are not gaming machines. That's never really been the market since Windows dominated that pretty heavily. Now if Microsoft opened up Direct X or if more developers used OpenGL....