I was pretty excited. Now I'm not. My Macbook Pro might look a little clunkier than its new thin, sleek and sexy compatriot, but it has more memory, more usb ports, a replaceable battery, a firewire drive and really cool stickers I've placed on it to look more "personalized." Also, I'm not afraid it might fly away during a wind storm.
Don't get me wrong, the new Macbook Air looks gorgeous (except for the large bevel/gutter area around the screen), but starting at $1,799, it doesn't exactly make me jump for happy-happy, joy-joy. I think I'll wait it out. I hear that good things come to those who wait... or at least better things.
Also, will it blend?
ao flores said:
agree zadi. agree. I didn't want to say anything to bust anyone's bubble, but thin isn't in. macbook pro has more to love.
Justin Kistner said:
It does have some pretty strong limitations. I think the market is a laptop for those of us with a workstation too. Meaning, it doesn't work if it is your only machine. But, if you just want something to tote around town, I think it's a pretty sexy solution, which also happens to be my needs. Three devil's advocate positions: I've never replaced a battery on any Apple laptop I've owned, USB is faster than Firewire, and I'll take a faster SSD over a bigger, slower HDD. :)
Annie said:
I think it'd be great for taking notes in class.. but not at $1799 :(
I'm still waiting to see what comes from that docking station patent that was leaked a couple weeks ago...
Justin Kistner said:
Apple never works to be the "cheap" solution. I buy Apple because it's the best.
Clarence said:
Zadi, I agree. I need to buy a new Macbook of some sort for Planet Wifey within the next few weeks and I was hoping to get down with this thing -- but, the air is too rare, unfortunately. The Macbook itself is still pretty small and as you pointed out has more muscle.
Rick Rey said:
The problem is when you push $2000 people have serious performance expectations. But Apple couldn't price Air at the Macbook level or they would risk decapitating the Macbook line. It's lose-lose for them because they had to deliver this thing. It's just way too niche.
Michael Jahn said:
ah Zadi zadi Zadi -
color me disappointed (Pantone 150?) that you don't see the beauty yet !
People all over the blogs are trashin' this wonderful forward thinking gadget - here is what they say, and what I think of what they say;
"... it's inexcusable for a laptop not to have an SD/Memory Stick/XD card slot at the bare minimum."
I am sorry, but I have a PC and never ever use the one that is there. Nor does my wife, my twins, nor does my Mom - well all have Dells - so, it is not like I am some Mac fanatic, I just dispute that such a thing is inexcusable.
"It's like if they didn't invent it, or they don't sell it, it doesn't exist."
No, well, I suspect that since many people have no use for it, and as it adds cost (and weight) - well, their marketing research showed that many people do not need such a thing.
"One USB port?"
Oh, you have have many devices - oh, perhaps they are all on your desk ? Buy a frekin' hub. Again, this has nothing to do with a Mac, or perhaps you love plugging 5 devices in and out every time you move from work and then come back to the home "office" - sheesh !
"No Ethernet port?"
Again, well, color me forward thinking, but we have been wireless in our home for about, what, 2 years now ?
"No Firewire?"
We keep all our email, documents, speadsheets and images at Either Google Docs or Picassa. Who needs a big hard drive ?
" This laptop is obviously aimed at a very specific niche..."
Yes, apparently, everyone who is wireless and uses bluetooth.
Many people use a laptop primarily for email - eveything else, there is SAAS (we uses SalesForce.com for our customer relationship management and Basecamp for customer projects - heck, when I visit my mom, I don't even bring "my" laptop, i just log in on hers.
Apple has made a true mobile workstation, and Apple has figured out what i 'really' need, and no more.
Michael Jahn
PDF Evangelist
President - EPIC-FU Fan Club
Simi Valley Chapter
Luis Cifras said:
a real innovation for apple would be in they release a cheap alternative for macbooks
