MacBook Air? Are you KIDDING me?

[wgjones3]

Starting at around $1800, the new MacBook Air is thin enough to fit into an envelope and has no optical drive (though you can buy an external for $100), an 80 GB hard drive or 64 GB of solid state storage, and a 13" screen. It weighs 3 lbs, has 801.11n wireless, and bluetooth. It's 3/4 of an inch at its thickest point and .16 inches at its thinnest. It also has iSight built-in, and a Core Duo processor clocked at either 1.6 GHZ or 1.8 GHZ. Comes standard with 2 GB of RAM.

But $1800? For $200 more (or $200 less, if you go refurb), you can have a much better equipped MacBook Pro. And for $1200 (around $1000 if you go refurb), you can have a better equipped MacBook.

Is thin and light really worth THAT MUCH of a premium?

[Ransom v. Unman]

...to people who read Wired like it was porno, yes, it will be.

[wgjones3]

...to people who read Wired like it was porno


Hmmm, what does it say about me that I visit a site daily which captions all pictures of the new Corvette ZR1 as cAr pR0n?

[Ransom v. Unman]

That you probably read car magazines in a similar manner? :p

It used to be the pretty girls were used to sell the cars...

[kshsj777]

I just saw the MacBook Air a few hours ago on the Apple website.

I have to admit, I thought it was pretty cool... until I realized it didn't come with a optical drive. And it doesn't even have a dedicated graphics card. For a hundred more bucks (using the student discount) I could get a MacBook Pro with the dedicated graphics. But $1800 is still a lot of money, when I could get a Dell Vostro 1400 for about $700 - $800

Unless somebody is willing to hand me a $1,000, I'm probably not going to get a Mac... though I would like to...

You do have to admit, I couldn't believe my eyes, when I saw how thin the MacBook Air was! :eek:

[Ransom v. Unman]

...Amazon could've used a cue from them, it seems.

[Timber Wolf]

If you think that's bad, look at this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/04/blingedout-macbook-air-c_n_89837.html

[Ransom v. Unman]

If you think that's bad, look at this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/04/blingedout-macbook-air-c_n_89837.html

I just saw Lord of War recently, and this story makes me think of that gold-plated AK-47 that President André's son (the son of the Liberian dictator) had. Considering the power and influence a strong and ergonomic piece of silicon wields in modern American society, I can only help but think this is the closest U.S. equivalent to that weapon...

http://www.pianoladynancy.com/funnypics_toons/gold6_ak47.jpg

[Timber Wolf]

And if yoou think that was pricey - look at what we were making fun of when I worked in the cell industry:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/multimedia/2007/03/wiredphotos58
http://most-expensive.net/cell-phone-mobile
there are tons more here:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Amb31.MIcIjAo90mPvhTPvp82PAI?p=most+ex pensive+cell+phones&csz=Kirkland%2C+WA&fr=my-myy&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8


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