Thin Apple computer
- Thread starter danmand
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http://www.apple.com/ca/macbookair/
Design is fine although not high in WHOA value IMO and the only thing that annoys me is the battery thingy, as said.
http://www.apple.com/ca/macbookair/
Design is fine although not high in WHOA value IMO and the only thing that annoys me is the battery thingy, as said.
But it will sell like hotcakes.asn said:saw it. frankly it's stupid. my windows mobile phone could do more than that.
no optical drive
no LAN port
1 USB port
1280x800 resolution (lame)
Intel GMA 3100 (crap)
no RAM upgrade
premium price for middle of line processor
User can't replace the battery (sealed inside shell)
Optical drive is $99 dollars
If you use wired ethernet, etc, you have no USB, what the hell?
64GB SSD option is $999 dollars
Ethernet, modem, DVI, VGA, etc. adapters are $29 dollars each
1.8" 4200RPM standard HDD (very slow)
Only to those that don't know any better.danmand said:But it will sell like hotcakes.
The initial specs are not very impressive for what you pay.
They will have to beef them up some, which will surely happen in time.
Sure Apple/Mac look good, I just think they are way overpriced.
If engineers want to trim laptop weight they usually have to cut things that many consumers want. Cutting out an optical drive will turn off quite a few road warriors.
13 inch screen and 3 pounds is going to appeal to a lot of people though.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/BLOG01/80115067/0/BUSINESS03
http://www.itworld.com/Man/3917/apple-macbook-air-systems-integrator-nlssi-080116/
13 inch screen and 3 pounds is going to appeal to a lot of people though.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/BLOG01/80115067/0/BUSINESS03
http://www.itworld.com/Man/3917/apple-macbook-air-systems-integrator-nlssi-080116/
I would not buy it, but I am not the target market.
Apple is looking at a very definite target market with this product. But what the industry watchers find interesting is that Intel has created a chip at Apple's request. Other manufacturers did not know about this chip until Apple revealed the product at MacWorld.
Sure, HP and Sony etc will have a new, thinner laptop out as well, but not for another 6 months.
Would design professionals, graphic artists, road warriors want this product? Probably not.
But who needs something light, has great battery life, and needs wireless connectivity and the ability to take notes?
Apple is looking at a very definite target market with this product. But what the industry watchers find interesting is that Intel has created a chip at Apple's request. Other manufacturers did not know about this chip until Apple revealed the product at MacWorld.
Sure, HP and Sony etc will have a new, thinner laptop out as well, but not for another 6 months.
Would design professionals, graphic artists, road warriors want this product? Probably not.
But who needs something light, has great battery life, and needs wireless connectivity and the ability to take notes?
It's a pretty weak offering, but it's clearly an asthetics deal and on asthetics it's definitely successful. As far as I know, it doesn't fill any functional niche.
You've gotten some bad information. There's nothing custom about the chip. It appears to be a 65nm LV Merom. Intel and other semiconductory companies will happily make custom chips, but only in very high volume. At most, this would be a new branding of an old chip, something not unheard of.Compromised said:Apple is looking at a very definite target market with this product. But what the industry watchers find interesting is that Intel has created a chip at Apple's request. Other manufacturers did not know about this chip until Apple revealed the product at MacWorld.
EDIT: you may be talking about the processor package as opposed to the processor itself. Yes, that's an Apple exclusive at this point and probably central to the thin design.
