Linked by Smith Johnson on Wed 16th Jan 2008 01:24 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
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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My gf has one of the 11-inch Sonys. It has a built-in optical drive, fits in a lot smaller spaces than the Air can (partially because the screen's bevel doesn't extend much beyond the screen, and partially because it's 11 inches), has 2 USB ports, microphone and Firewire ports, and both the RAM and HD are upgradeable. If Sony could fit everything into such a small package and still have it be upgradeable (did I mention it has a built-in optical drive?), there's no reason Apple shouldn't be able to (aside from the fact that they want to make you buy a new machine when you realize how tiny and slow the 4200rpm 80GB hard drive is).
P.S. The Sony cost exactly the same as the entry-level Air--it was the slightly older model with Core2Duo 1.6GHz instead of 1.8, and was completely brand-new, including a 2-year warranty.
Edited 2008-01-16 17:58 UTC