Lion versus Snow Leopard, a new MAC Book Pro series coming?

My son is looking for a new laptop. He would opt for function over portability. Therefore larger MAC Book Pro makes sense but seems as if MAC Book Air has newer operating system so concern is life.

A MacBook Pro is more likely to support more games.
A MacBook Air is more portable.  An addon Apple Thunderbolt display gives almost all the same ports as a Pro, but then it loses its portability.
A MacBook Pro has more connections for digital cameras, and the 17" version also supports faster hard drives via its Express/34 port which can have external SATA added.  The 17" version though only fits on the tray tables of 737/700 and larger tray tables of airlines.  The Pro has a built-in optical drive, where the Air does not. The Air is 2 pounds lighter than the Pro.  On the other hand being more portable, it is easier to get stolen. I would consider Lapcop or Lojack for notebooks if one gets a notebook.  The new operating system as my FAQ* explains still has numerous applications which need upgrading:
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html#LION
You can through http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate get the new operating system later if you get a qualifying Mac.  That would give you a chance to upgrade when you desire, and still migrate any data to newer applications when you need to.  The real question is, what sort of compatibility is needed?
As for your subject line, Apple does not pre-announce hardware updates except on rare occasions, and we can't speculate as to when they might release a new one.  Watch http://www.apple.com/pr/
Once they do, it likely won't work with Snow Leopard.

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