The current Airs are by all measures crazy competent machines, but there’s no overlooking the fact that they were shipped with outdated Core 2 Duo guts. The reason? Intel’s Core i- line’s graphics just weren’t up to snuff. But Sandy Bridge? That’s a different story.
Sandy Bridge – despite being majorly delayed by a recently discovered design flaw – has graphics powers that far supersede anything Intel’s done before. It’s apparently good enough, in fact, that Apple may trust it to power its show ponies.
Also reportedly getting a Sandy Bridge update are Apple’s MacBook Pros, which should be hitting as early as March.
The bottom line, though? As pretty as that MacBook Air looks in the window, wait a few months for when it’s flying even higher. [CNET]
Andre S
Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 1:39 PMWell thats all well and good, but where is the Macbook Pro reboot?
Kade Miller
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 7:40 AMIs it just me our does anyone else think of sandy balls when they hear sandy bridge? Youtube it…
NotAFanBody
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 11:21 AMOne thing I know personally is, Apple = Quality, NOT!!! I’ve had problem after problems with MacBook Pro’s, and those geniuses are not geniuses at all… I don’t see any reason to pay extra for when I can get the same performance and build quality elsewhere. My money as better spent on a less expensive PC. My wife’s netbook’s still going strong after 2 years of daily use, total spent $299+tax. That’s a good $700+ savings from MBA. Just sayin.
SandyBalls
Monday, May 9, 2011 at 5:22 PMJust sayin’ something dumb is the truth, NotAFanBody!
You can’t get the same, you can get something with similar hardware but you can’t get the software. And I don’t believe you are a Mac user at all – we’re a literate bunch who know where to put apostrophes.
(No, not apostrophe’s.)