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But the iPod was a $500 Mp3 player back then when Nomad and others were $100 or $250...
Actually, a Rio, maxed RAM and micro-drive was $465 that was still around 500MB or a little more.
While at dealmac many a forum expert said that this was a major mistake on Stevie's part, more here are saying why *they* won't be buying it, rather than it will tank and "Apple is DOOMED, I say!!"
I looked at the MBA today and I don't care for the look and feel of it. I was a little tempted as I like the Al finish, ala PowerBooks/MBPs, it just feels a little cheap. And I'm not ready to give up a replaceable battery in a computer.
And the number one reason I won't be buying an Air-- I just don't need to *carry* a 'Book around. Other things like the screen is too big play a part as well.
I am interested to see how well this does?
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It would be a hit if it came with a dock, in other words, if this was the Duo 2.0. I loved my Duo, being able to slide it into the dock and having a full desktop computer was neat, when it was out and about with me, I didn't miss not having any ports (at first). However later on I did get the port replicator from some third-party vendor.
The Duo was a very nice traveling machine, I took it along to Europe a few times, even after it was well-outdated.
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MBA is not for everyone. But I know lots of people who travel a lot and just need email, internet, and Microsoft office. Seems pretty perfect for that. They don't even know what a firewire port is. Even the $1800 price tag is not that expensive for a pretty spiffy laptop. Hell I bought a ibook for that much 8 years ago. Power users who use it will always have another computer to do the bigger things.
Give it a year or two and all this tech will be in all the mac laptops. Wonder what the Battery life on a SSD Macbook Air is too.
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I think the MacBook Air is a good device. It just isn't there yet.
I love the thinness. Thin is very nice. Thin is IN. But, I'm not a fan of a 13 inch display. I would much prefer a higher resolution smaller 11 inch screen or something.
I can see 1 USB Port. My Vaio has 1 USB port(more about that another day, another post though), but not Firewire.
Firewire, like for pRON, it breaks the deal. Even my 6 year old sony Vaio has a firewire port.
The build quality looks like it'd be superb, but ultimately, it is the price that would get me.
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LIke I said, Apple isn't selling these to you guys. If you got your hopes up, you weren't even reading the rumors right. While the Business-class WiFi-on-the-fly Jetsetters will be eating it up, the weighed-down cable-and-gear jockeys in the cheap seats are taking a pass.
For people who want to have disc-mastering capabilities built in, and carry CDs and DVDS around, this Bud's not for you.
(I've had my MacBook Pro for a year, and I went over six months without touching the optical drive, but I'm connected wirelessly almost 24 hours a day. WiFi I can't live without. The optical drive, who cares)
For people who need to plug a bunch of cables and wires into their laptop this Bud's not for you.
For people who want to manually replace their battery, this Bud's not for you.
(90 % of laptop owners never even THINK about changing a battery in their laptop, and 90% is a pretty good-sized "niche")
MacResource regulars are not the intended customer for this Apple product.
It's DOOMED! DOOOOMED!
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[quote Skoalbandit]MBA is not for everyone. But I know lots of people who travel a lot and just need email, internet, and Microsoft office. Seems pretty perfect for that. They don't even know what a firewire port is. Even the $1800 price tag is not that expensive for a pretty spiffy laptop. Hell I bought a ibook for that much 8 years ago. Power users who use it will always have another computer to do the bigger things.
Give it a year or two and all this tech will be in all the mac laptops. Wonder what the Battery life on a SSD Macbook Air is too.
Yeah, I see the use. The MB Air just got so close for me I could taste it. Just needed a FW port in the form of the non powered 4 pin link for a dvc cam.
On one shoulder I have a 3lb. dSLR with 17-35mm 2.8 lens for about 4lb.
On the other shoulder another 3lb. dSLR with a 3lb. 70-200 2.8 lens.
Now a Sony a1U camcorder that is about 2lb.
If I could shave off weight off the laptop in the backpack it would be great. I am not a young man anymore (the age of my spine) trying my guts out against fresh out of college photographers.
If they could shave 1 lb. off the MBP 15" I am sure I would feel it at the end of the day.
So close. New MBP in a few month so one can always hope.
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Expect to see photos on the web of easily dented MBAs soon after they are released.
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[quote guitarist]LIke I said, Apple isn't selling these to you guys. If you got your hopes up, you weren't even reading the rumors right. While the Business-class WiFi-on-the-fly Jetsetters will be eating it up, the weighed-down cable-and-gear jockeys in the cheap seats are taking a pass.
For people who want to have disc-mastering capabilities built in, and carry CDs and DVDS around, this Bud's not for you.
(I've had my MacBook Pro for a year, and I went over six months without touching the optical drive, but I'm connected wirelessly almost 24 hours a day. WiFi I can't live without. The optical drive, who cares)
For people who need to plug a bunch of cables and wires into their laptop this Bud's not for you.
For people who want to manually replace their battery, this Bud's not for you.
(90 % of laptop owners never even THINK about changing a battery in their laptop, and 90% is a pretty good-sized "niche")
MacResource regulars are not the intended customer for this Apple product.
It's DOOMED! DOOOOMED!
When I compare it to the iMac and the iPod, the above is exactly what I mean in a nutshell, broken down point by point, not as a product in itself but a concept to alter the way we think about computing like the iPod did and like the All in One concept of the iMac did.
We think it kinda sucks but to the "upscale joe", "college kid" with money, or the suburban soccer mom and her kids, i think it will be a hit and eventually become some what of a standard of change (wireless hard drives and the wireless/remote access to other devices thing).
It is also targeted at us except not in this revision. Steve wants us to buy a remote compact extension of our powerful upgradable Macs and other laptops - think a two computer home. When the price drops to about $999 or less and it becomes big USB Flash drive that is really a computer with a screen (think iPod Nano .vs iPod), I think it will pick up.
I spend a lot of time now on a digital DJ forum and over there it is a miss also. We needed 2 USB ports and/or Firewire for it to work with our software/hardware. (Hardware dongle & maybe an external drive). It also looks to fragile to be in a club environment. I'm telling those guys that the wireless hard drives may make it a non issue in the future if the connection can be secure and stable, but a second port was the answer.
Again, it has a very slim target market - the general public...
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When I had to fly a bit for work and was lugging my macbook around with some other gear I would have loved a macbook air. If you have to often with a laptop your going to want a MBA.
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For people who want to manually replace their battery, this Bud's not for you.
(90 % of laptop owners never even THINK about changing a battery in their laptop, and 90% is a pretty good-sized "niche")
Yes, but the 90% that don't change their battery use their laptop like a desktop replacement and don't use their machine "in the field" on battery power much. They are not the Road Warriors, and THAT is who this machine is targeted to. The lack of being able to swap batteries is going to be a huge consideration. Like I said, I wanted to buy this machine, but the battery issue is a deal killer. I could live with the other specs.
In my usual AM surfing I came across a blog entry by Jason O'Grady (the original Powerbook Guru). He basically has the same apprehensions. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1192
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