gizmodo.com — We benchmarked the MacBook Air against the MacBook and MacBook Pro to see how it held up comparatively. Predictably, the MacBook Pro outperformed its counterparts in the majority of our tests. But the MacBook Air (1.6 GHz Intel, 2 GB RAM) went toe-to-toe with the MacBook (2 GHz Intel, 1 GB RAM) in many of our tests, falling just short in most.
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Closed AccountJan 25, 2008
Wait, what is the "hole" point of the air?
flipmoeJan 25, 2008
wasn't the MBA supposed to compete with the micro laptop market or something? Wouldn't it make more sense to pit it against those systems?
cybieJan 27, 2008
You mean a Newton. It'll never happen, non-smartphone PDAs are a dieing breed.
dominatusJan 28, 2008
This is such a solid argument. You know, considering the price of cars can be 20k+, perhaps Apple should release a laptop for 18k. What a bargain. Oh! and the prices of houses is much higher than that. Infallible logic.
dymphnaJan 31, 2008
and the half price laptop you are buying is what size? Either you get cheaper-smaller laptops that don't have the performance, keyboard, and monitor, or you get a larger-size laptop with more performance. Or you buy something more around the MBA's level and pay MORE $
dymphnaJan 31, 2008
but that or high end video editing are the only things you are going to be needing that much power for.
dymphnaJan 31, 2008
Self-proclaimed PC gamer chooses Dell, that's cute. What is next? Self-proclaimed Architect picks legos?
masterkenobiFeb 5, 2008
Built this a couple of years ago and still running on it: * Intel Pentium® 4 660 Processor Prescott 3.6GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 775, 2MB Cache * Asus P5ND2-SLI nForce4 SLI Intel Edition P4/Pentium D/Celeron 1066FSB LGA775 DDR2 ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA * 2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM Upgrade for a ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe System Line * 2 x Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300S0 300GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB (set up with a raid mirror) * Coolermaster CAV-T01-WKC Cavalier 1 Aluminum Mid Tower Case w/Window (Black) * Sony DDU1615/B2S 16X IDE DVD-ROM (Black)And I recently upgraded my video card to an nVidia Geforce 8800 GTS 640mb, and my rig still runs Bioshock on full settings like a champ. I run on a dual head monitor, 24" and 20" widescreens.I also own a Dell laptop for remote gaming, which has a GeForce 7300 256mb, 15.4" widescreen and is more than enough for some gaming on the go.So you self-righteous pricks can all go f**k yourselves.kthanksbye
panicmodelApr 7, 2008
I'm not sure if the macbook Air is really worth it. i've read lots of benchmarks articles, and also the pros and cons here <a class="user" href="http://www.maconair.com/the_pros_and_cons">http://www.maconair.com/the_pros_and_cons</a>It's been 3-4 months since it arrived and I still can not decide, can you believe it?