get minimal with Macbook AIR

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:00 pm

designed for the businessman surely not the musician/video edior etc

nice looking but specs arent great at all, not a rival for macbook or macbook pro so dont see their prices dropping

Martian Telecom · Post by **Martian Telecom** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:57 am

Apple has two other portables lines that can handle the needs of folks around here. If you want a desktop replacement, buy a macbook pro.

The average mac user doesn't need the power of a desktop replacement portable. This unit fills in the hole that was missing in their product line.

Most people don't want computers, they want appliances. The first company that makes makes a box that does internet, plays media, and sends email without the hassle of owning a computer will make a fortune. Apple is doing everything they can to be this company and they are kicking ass at the moment because of that.

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:39 am

Martian Telecom wrote:Most people don't want computers, they want appliances. The first company that makes makes a box that does internet, plays media, and sends email without the hassle of owning a computer will make a fortune.

amen

hydrogen · Post by **hydrogen** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:55 pm

Robot Criminal wrote:
Martian Telecom wrote:Most people don't want computers, they want appliances. The first company that makes makes a box that does internet, plays media, and sends email without the hassle of owning a computer will make a fortune.
amen

"One day your computer will be a big ass table..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY

JackNine · Post by **JackNine** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:55 pm

The MacBook Air isn't meant to compete with the standard MacBooks or the MacBook Pros. Totally different market and concept. It's meant to compete with the sub-notebooks that Sony and other companies make. Pure business class market, for people who don't need graphics or CPU-heavy machines because 99% of their work is typing in Word/Excel and writing emails.

This is like comparing a full blown Mac Pro G5 to an iMac. Just because they're both tabletop computers doesn't mean they're meant to compete in the same market.