Apple Announces MacBook Air 1218
Apple made four announcements at MacWorld Expo: the new MacBook Air, new features for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and movie rentals via iTunes from a TV without a computer involved. The new portable gets most of the attention. It is 0.76" thick at the thickest part, tapering to 0.16". It weighs 3 pounds and has a 13.3" screen and full-size, backlit keyboard. Its Intel chip is the diameter of a dime and the thickness of a nickel. The MacBook Air will cost $1799 and up. Its storage is either 80 GB disk or 64 GB solid-state drive. 2 GB of memory. It has no optical drive (an external one is available for $99) and features a way to wirelessly use the optical drive of any nearby Mac or PC with the proper software installed.
But.... (Score:5, Funny)
Wot no optical drive? (Score:5, Funny)
What's that? I can rent them from Apple, you say? What a coincidence!
Remember, kids, it's not lock-in, it's Steve Jobs holding you nice and safe in his loving arms...
Hot Air (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Wot no optical drive? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:But.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A grand for a 64G SSD drive? (Score:5, Funny)
You think that's bad? Wait till you see the price difference when they offer it in black.
Apple releases MacBook Air (Score:2, Funny)
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Sweet. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm underwhelmed (Score:5, Funny)
For That Price (Score:5, Funny)
Re:But.... (Score:5, Funny)
apple why the lack of updates for you other hardwa (Score:3, Funny)
like the lack of a macbook pro update, macbook, imca, adc, and mini updates?
The mini is 161 days old and that was just a core 2 cpu drop in update it still has the real old gma 950 video and only 1gb of ram at the same price point.
The imacs are 161 days old as well and they have a weaker video card then the older a bigger imac before them.
The macbook pro is 224 days old.
also where is the xmac?
the mac pro starts at $2700 now but you can cut $500 by going down to 1 cpu.
$2200 for 1 quad core with 2gb of ram and ati 2600xt is better then the older mac pro but what about people who need a good desktop at $600+ and $1000 - $2000?
The Imac screen is not good for pro work and the mini is over priced and underpowered for it as well.
are you waiting for 10.5.2 with amd chipset drivers?
http://www.mac4ever.com/news/34085/amd_dans_leopard_10_5_2/ [mac4ever.com]
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Re:"Integrated Battery" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"Integrated Battery" (Score:5, Funny)
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As opposed to those videos you saw where someone walked up and pulled out their exploding battery after it caught fire?
Re:But.... (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:"Integrated Battery" (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Expensive (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:"Integrated Battery" (Score:5, Funny)
Look, you heard it from the guy from Fox: "we always wanted rental movies online and consumers did too." You aren't a user any more, you're a "consumer" so start consuming!
Replacable battery jeez. Get with the modern world! Next you'll want to install your own apps!
-g
(I love that it's called an "MBA" -- that's the target market!)
Re:Expensive (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe Apple should have named it the Macbook HotAir?
Re:WTF? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Expensive (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, but the £48 one probably had one of the following in addition to the part:
All in all, no matter which, well worth the extra £36 IMO
Re:WTF? (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder when the MacBook Vapor is coming out... (Score:5, Funny)
To enhance morale, at Apple there are gigantic posters of Steve Jobs fixing employees with what can only be described as a "level stare".
Re:A grand for a 64G SSD drive? (Score:5, Funny)
Nice, you can even duct tape the second one to the macbook air and pretend you have a 64GB SSD inside... pure genius!
Re:WTF? (Score:3, Funny)