01-16-2008, 10:00 PM
I think the thing will sell like the proverbial hot cakes but as a fashion item. I don't think the soldered memory or the battey really matter at all to a huge number of users. I have never bought a new battery for a laptop and 2gb of ram is enough for pretty much anything except video processing and serious number crunching. I don't think road warriors will buy it - its too big (bigger than the 12"pb and way bigger than the smallest pcs) and it has a glossy screen. Yes its lighter that a mbp but it is not in the ultralight category. Large businesses won't authorize it (or any other macbook for that matter) because of the built-in camera. But its will still sell as fast as they can ship it just because it's sexy. If there was a matt version, I might very well spring for it too. But glossy is the deal breaker here.