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- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -9/+311Finally! A topic about the MacBook Air!
- MonsterChaOS, on 01/17/2008, -30/+234...and for once I agree with Sony.
- ncraig, on 01/17/2008, -23/+100I think the MacBook Air is too thin, but thats just me.
Now I just want those MacBook Pro prices to drop - BinaryDelt, on 01/17/2008, -3/+69The average Joe is a complete retard, and Apple understands that. Why do you think AOL was successful for so many years?
- hs112186, on 01/17/2008, -25/+77screw Apple and Sony, ASUS is the only company to get it right so far. can't wait for gen 2 EEE
- scrappyvintage, on 01/17/2008, -5/+56More fanboy falice fun on digg! "Steve J. loves me as a consumer!!" , "Sony has the best sweatshops!", "ASUS is all over my face!" Oh, yesss, Oh, HARDER, HARDER STEVE!!!
- chris9902, on 01/17/2008, -28/+75the Air is an over-priced and over-engineered waste of time. Where was the mini MacBook Pro or the computer missing between the Mac mini and the iMac?
- spect3r, on 01/17/2008, -10/+50Sony doesn't do the caliber of marketing that Apple does. Ask a regular joe if he's heard of an X505 and you will undoubtedly get a blank stare. :|
My question then is, why doesn't Sony use... more appealing names for their products? The X505 really doesn't roll off the tongue like "MacBook" does... same with my Asus G2...
And even though people like you and I know what it is, the average Joe does not. - TheG2, on 01/17/2008, -3/+36What's the opposite of blind fanboyism? Because I think you have it.
- NoCt1, on 01/17/2008, -2/+28or like your humor.
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -8/+34You can't buy it because NOBODY bought it. As soon as the initial "wow" of the thinness of the Macbook Air wears off, people will realize how impractical it is stop buying it, too.
- ausfahrt, on 01/17/2008, -9/+35Well they did so i dont get what ur saying. Oh that is blind fanboy speak. I see i see.
- Butros, on 01/17/2008, -2/+27Apple didn't make its comeback catering to professional users...
- fhornplayer, on 01/17/2008, -4/+26But it has an apple logo on it, and Steve Jobs says its awesome, so it must be better than sony! right?
- drjekelmrhyde, on 01/17/2008, -7/+29Underpowered and cheaper umm yeah cause it was out in 2004
- guruboyguru, on 01/17/2008, -5/+27Seriously...a laptop that incredibly friggin thin is more of a fashion statement and a smug generator than something anyone actually needs. I'm not saying it's too thin, I'm saying that integrated graphics (among other mediocre stats) are not worth (starting) $1800.
- plncrzy, on 01/17/2008, -1/+22Apparently your reading comprehension is not strong.
The X505 came out in 2004. The newer models are in the TZ line. - NJPENSO, on 01/17/2008, -0/+19So we're now into the 'not really even news' phase of the MBA articles.
- DarkDx, on 01/17/2008, -1/+20No... WWDC is for DEVELOPERS.
- dsmx, on 01/17/2008, -5/+23In this case they are right, sony got there first. Only a blind apple fanboy would deny that sony got there first. You can dig me down all you want apple fanboys it doesn't change the fact that sony got there first.
- pine1045, on 01/17/2008, -5/+23Forget a price drop, Apple should have refreshed the entire line. They really hosed us on that one. There was absolutely nothing for the professional user during the MacWorld keynote.
- Sabin, on 01/17/2008, -2/+17YAY! I can't wait to see that ultra-portable that you managed to build using off the shelf components.
- fhornplayer, on 01/17/2008, -2/+16Do you realize how stupid that sounded?
- duffy89, on 01/17/2008, -12/+26I agree, not against Apple or anything but every one ***** themselves every time they bring something new out which is already on the market under another brand.
- drjekelmrhyde, on 01/17/2008, -8/+22Customer service ?! WTF do you need CS for a computer for "that just works"
- brstilson, on 01/17/2008, -7/+21The Macbook Air isn't a laptop as much as it is a device to sell Apple products.
- drakenlot, on 01/17/2008, -1/+14Not too hard, or he'd break his Air.
- jdc760, on 01/17/2008, -2/+15DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
- betterth, on 01/17/2008, -1/+14Sony was selling music players loooong before Apple was. Sony has been around for a lot loooooonger than Apple has.
Apple has done absolutely *nothing* first in any market. - Renton, on 01/17/2008, -12/+25Normally, I would agree with you. But this article is comparing it to Sony's laptop that's even more overpriced and weaker.
- darkphan, on 01/17/2008, -1/+14Atleast the MacWorld keynote was not an iPhone Keynote like it was last year.
- Nerfdude, on 01/17/2008, -3/+15TAKE ALL 0.16 INCHES OF MY RAZOR THIN INPUT DEVICE
- AGiantBear, on 01/17/2008, -1/+13Not anymore, now it's silver. White is so 2006.
- Eslamicolt3, on 01/17/2008, -18/+30Sweet where can I buy this? Oh right, I can't.
Clearly you don't think it's that bad of an idea, or you wouldn't be calling firsties now. - Firehed, on 01/17/2008, -1/+12It's a consumer event. What did you expect?
And they DID (finally) update the Xserve and Mac Pro the week before. There's nothing wrong with the MBP in its current form though it could stand a price drop for sure. - tubalcane, on 01/17/2008, -1/+11I would have designed the Air to have a docking station with DVD burner, more USB, Firewire, wired ethernet, normal DVI connector, (eSATA?)
I guess Apple would say to just use a USB hub. - sadilak, on 01/17/2008, -1/+11But the x505 has an upgradeable hard drive aand user replaceable parts. Its newer sibling, the TZ Series, has a whooping 250 GB hard drive and replaceable batteries. Oh and an ethernet port
- norman619, on 01/17/2008, -3/+12The gist of the article was that Sony did something similar to the Air back in 2004. Did you read ALL of the article?
- kanabiis, on 01/17/2008, -2/+11Sony knows its customer. Apparently their market research says that potential Sony customers don't care about flashy names. A company like Sony spends a considerable amount of time and money figuring out who their customer is, and caters to them. Just like Apple, whos customer apparently likes flashy names.
- MacGyver2210, on 01/17/2008, -0/+9apparently it's too thick...
- Haohmaru, on 01/17/2008, -5/+14Nothing Apple does is really original. They just try to do it better. And make it white.
- chedabob, on 01/17/2008, -1/+9My biggest worry is if you drop it. If it lands on a corner, it'll smash to pieces. If you have the HDD version, say goodbye to 80gbs of data because the case won't absorb any of the impact.
There's a distinct balance between style and practicality. Thin is good, but too thin is impractical. - saleem, on 01/17/2008, -2/+10Ignorance.
- drakenlot, on 01/17/2008, -5/+13Try comparing the specs to computers from 04 and I'm thinking it would be a lot closer considering how much we've jumped in microbuilding since then.
- norman619, on 01/17/2008, -2/+10Zip up your fanboy is showing.
- Mejogid, on 01/17/2008, -1/+9I'm actually with ncraig here - I have a first generation macbook pro and had to get the case replaced after it came apart just below the keyboard. Apple has anything but a perfect track record of build quality, and I'd be pretty wary of buying one of these before they work the kinks out.
- centerblack, on 01/17/2008, -1/+9Yea and an etch-a-sketch is the king of portable painting studios.
- cynicaljoy, on 01/17/2008, -0/+7for the price difference between the Air and the Pro why wouldn't you get the Pro? The only reason I can come up with is if you are a SERIOUS traveler, especially if you add the SSD option.
- dulcimer, on 01/17/2008, -4/+11The Air will be great those users (like myself) who want a powerful desktop at home for doing the heavy-lifting work (video, photo, etc.) and a slim, lightweight laptop for traveling to do email, web, word processing.
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