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Offline eagl

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« on: January 15, 2008, 09:50:41 PM »
Anyone else see the coverage of the macbook air announcement?

Damn.  Sweet design.  The basic specs are pretty snazzy too.  1.6 or 1.8 ghz, 2 gig ram, decent size monitor, and best of all it has a full size keyboard.  Yea the keys don't press down more than a couple milimeters, but who cares when the entire thing is about as thick as a typical sports illustrated magazine?

They are taking pre-orders now and they start shipping in 2 weeks.

The main weakness of the design seems to be the hard drive.  The base model uses a 4200 rpm 80 gig 1.8" drive, which is probably going to be really slow.  They offer a 64 gig SSD drive which should help performance, battery life, and prevent heat buildup, but... it's a $999 option (coupled with a slightly faster cpu.

I priced one of the nice ones out, complete with all the options I'd want...  Just a tick under $4000.  I won't be buying one but still...  It's a very sweet looking machine.
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2008, 10:18:50 PM »
Sexy yes, but there are a few players out there with similar capabilities. Off the top of my head, the Toshiba Portege r500. It has a 64 Gig SSD, same processor, sunlight readable LCD, and is $3000 out the door, weighs 1.7 lbs, and is as thin if not thinner.

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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 01:56:55 AM »
Its a cool gadget that will be very useful for some, but completly useless for others. It will sell as hell, but i think ill stay away. If it had been abit more square in some places and had a user replacable battery, disk and ram I would prolly have ordered one already.

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« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2008, 04:14:27 AM »
I haven't even got a IPod let alone spend 4k on the latest accessory item from Apple. Must be good for the share price though.

4k I could quit work and travel around Australia for a few months.


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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2008, 08:09:24 AM »
drool :aok

been waiting for my G4 powerbook to die for years now so I could get an intel macbook. unfortunately the bastid is so reliable and still runs current software at decent speed I may have to chuck it out of a window just to get a replacement :D
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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2008, 08:16:41 AM »
if it's made by apple, it's over priced.

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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2008, 08:32:47 AM »
explain?
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« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2008, 08:48:03 AM »
Will it be PC based too..... that is the only thing that is going to keep apple solvent. Would hate to see them for M$ to pony up more money to help Mac.
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« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2008, 08:49:01 AM »
I bet it runs XP better than a PC

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« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2008, 08:50:42 AM »
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Will it be PC based too..... that is the only thing that is going to keep apple solvent. Would hate to see them for M$ to pony up more money to help Mac.


keep apple solvent?
pc based?
ms to poney up money?


that needs some explaining :lol

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« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2008, 09:26:33 AM »
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that needs some explaining :lol


Agreed...

Seeing any version of WinBlows is a cheap, non-functional knock-off of Apple's OS anyway....

I own 4, nothing better.

(And, yes, LePaul, they run XP MUCH better than any PC I've ever had/built)
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« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2008, 11:05:40 AM »
I'm typing this on a macbook pro and each day I use it another hair drops off my head.. permanently.
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« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2008, 11:10:53 AM »
so now old age can be blamed on apple too? :rofl

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« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2008, 11:48:26 AM »
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And, yes, LePaul, they run XP MUCH better than any PC I've ever had/built


Macs are - essentially - PCs these days.

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« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2008, 11:50:14 AM »
and have always been