Apple issues survey to MacBook Air owners, mentions 3G

15" macbook air please. Had a 13 and had to send it back as I need a bigger screen!

Here in Morocco where MBA landed a few weeks ago in the stores, I found people -as you'd expect- compare and hesitate between MB white and MBA. For those who opt for MBA, they tend to see whether they should get an Ipad (no camera yet) and then decide for the MBA 11" 64GB, Regarding the 3G internet it is only 200MAD (25$) for a month with unlimited data plan at 1.5Mbps until you reach the cap of 6GB then it slows down to 512Mbps.
A huaweii usb modem is provided for free and it uses the generic 3G driver from the system. Knowing that some pc netbooks have sometimes this option of chip in the battery compartiment (Samsung netbook) i really like the idea of having a 3G slot that will look like iPad 3G, i bet the antenna will be hidden around the glass and not behind.

I would think waiting until 4G is ready would be the correct thing to do. With 4G speeds, the "cloud" approach would be more feasible and would work smoother. 3G is great, but with a laptop, the 3G experience might be annoying for people who are use to getting wifi speeds on their current laptop. The iPad and iPhone work decent on 3G but we are use to those speeds.

"find my laptop" would be a great feature to add. Security for it would be nice.

More ram would be appreciated with the new model.

As for the comments that adding 3G would hurt the iPad, I do not agree.

The iPad is a totally different experience. You listen to music, read books, play games and do minor functions on it. Its a bigger iPod that had more functionality. The laptop still can do more and that is fine. Being able to use in on the go would just be a plus. I would still want my iPad too.

I want to buy a MacBook air but I keep hearing about this sandy bridge....is it worth the wait...is it that big of a deal from the current model?

Backlit keyboard is the only reason I don't already own an Air.

As soon as the Air does have the 3G then I'd expect one of my customers to move over to the Air right-away (now using about 30 expensive windows i5 laptops).

My wishlist: dual SIM slot, backlit keyboard, larger flashdrive, no-glare screen, 1 Gbps ethernet port, firewire-800, support for more internal memory and better batterylife / powermanagement.

I suggest a peripheral to add might be a very low cost wireless HDD (a Time Capsule for 100-150$?)

This could also incorporate a 3G modem...

I would buy it if they eliminate the whole key board and provided an on screen keyboard. It would need to run OSX and iOS.

It would be an 11 to 13 inch iPad that ran both OSes. :)

They should add a backlit keyboard and get rid of the dedicated eject key. Why is it even there?

backlit keyboard, swivel touch screen, ANTIGLARE SCREEN