Star MWSF08: MacBook Anorexic: Where Apple Went Wrong
Linked by Smith Johnson on Wed 16th Jan 2008 01:24 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Apple Like an anorexic fashion model, Apple's new super-thin MacBook Air has made too many compromises for the sake of being skinny. With such emaciated specs, many are asking: who would buy it?
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RE[3]: Its not too bad but...
by jaylaa on Wed 16th Jan 2008 14:43 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Its not too bad but..."
jaylaa
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The price is still notably less than the competition (namely Sony). Sony's super-slim notebook is $2500 with 60% of the battery life and half the RAM. Also, Apple offers the SSD option at ~30% less ($999 versus $1300 on NewEgg, and the $1300 drive is physically more than twice the size).

I'm not saying that I'm likely to be satisfied with a MacBook Air (I wouldn't), but, as far as features and price go -- it's actually very competitive in its market segment.

People keep comparing this to Sony's very expensive 11.1" notebook. Why? The better comparison is their 13.3", 3.8 pound Vaio SZ. Whose base model has better features than this Air and is $1400.

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