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MacWorld 08 Thread (pg. 4)
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| leph555 |
:nervous: at the price :eyespop:
Steve just threw up a new ad showing off the MacBook Air, using the same MANILLA (lmao not vanilla) envelope technique he used earlier.
So to recap, here are the features. 3.0 pounds, 0.16 -0.76 inches, 13.inch display, full-sized keyboard, multi-touch gestures, iSight, 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo standard, 2GB memory standard, 80GB hard drive standard (64GB SSD optional), 802.11n Wi-Fi standard, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR standard, and MagSafe.
And here are the details on the MacBook Air that eco-fanatics care about. It’s got an Aluminum case, and a mercury-free and arsenic-free glass display. The circuit boards are BFR free and PVC free. The packaging has 56% less volume than the regular MacBook. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!
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To recap on what he’s talked about today.
1) Time Capsule, the wireless backup utility.
2) iPhone update and iPod Touch update.
3) AppleTV + iTunes movie rentals.
4) MacBook Air.
“All this stuff in the first two weeks, and we’ve got 50 more weeks in the year to go.” |
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| Blake |
| nice! thanks for all these updates.. |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake
nice! thanks for all these updates.. |
WoW is down today, no work, no school, so i had nothing better to do
and once again its not my work, im just spreading Gizmodo's work |
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| Frenchie |
| inb4samandilovemymac<3 |
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| getfoul |
| I could have put it here but I updated the other thread instead. |
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| jdat |
no firewire no ethernet ( ethernet I can live without )
that's a deal breaker to me right there.
Would have been willing to spend the dough for the machine with these extra tid bits but there ... wtf were they thinking?
Damn little connectors! |
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| getfoul |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
no firewire no ethernet ( ethernet I can live without )
that's a deal breaker to me right there.
Would have been willing to spend the dough for the machine with these extra tid bits but there ... wtf were they thinking?
Damn little connectors! |
This was never meant as a replacement for the MacBook Pro, it's a great laptop to have while traveling. It's light, it's thin, it's fast... It's everything you really need on a business trip. |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
no firewire no ethernet ( ethernet I can live without )
that's a deal breaker to me right there.
Would have been willing to spend the dough for the machine with these extra tid bits but there ... wtf were they thinking?
Damn little connectors! |
dont forget, no optical drive either :eyespop: |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by getfoul
This was never meant as a replacement for the MacBook Pro, it's a great laptop to have while traveling. It's light, it's thin, it's fast... It's everything you really need on a business trip. |
I can live without an optical drive but having no firewire port is a no no for me.
I realize most business people don't care about firewire ... or most regular computer users for that matter
I guess I'll go the road of a macbook pro ( still feeling unsure between the macbook black or the macbook pro ) |
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| Project-K |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
... wtf were they thinking?
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It's apple. Remove features, give it a fancy new name and boost the price, you've got yourself a successful seller. At this point, they have such a huge army of fanboys willing to drool over whatever they produce that they could come up with a shiny white plastic box containing elephant poo, call it the iPoo, and it would still sell. |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
It's apple. Remove features, give it a fancy new name and boost the price, you've got yourself a successful seller. At this point, they have such a huge army of fanboys willing to drool over whatever they produce that they could come up with a shiny white plastic box containing elephant poo, call it the iPoo, and it would still sell. |
The sad part for me at least is that this was the first time I was truly hyped up about a product.
When I started looking into mac lappy options in december I saw the whole rumour mill and figured it would be worth the wait.
I figure they kept out these little features to push the customers needing them to get the higher model, yet I realize form factor and battery issues are all part of the compromise.
Oh well :( |
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