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3G Iphone makes MBA obsolete?
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This is like saying the following:
Why buy a car when you can buy a motorcycle. Both accomplish the same thing. They get you from point A to point B. The motorcycle is a lot smaller and a lot cheaper!
Well, try commuting on a motorcycle everyday of your life or taking long trips on them. Yes some people do, but for the majority of us, we prefer our more expensive cars.
The MBA and iPhone cannot be compared! There is only so much you can do on a tiny 3" screen of the iPhone along with it's virtual keyboard. Yes it's ok for on the go to check an email or check a website.....anything more than that I would be all over the MBA! If you really need a portable device for business on the road, the iphone won't cut it.
Kan-O-Z
Why buy a car when you can buy a motorcycle. Both accomplish the same thing. They get you from point A to point B. The motorcycle is a lot smaller and a lot cheaper!
Well, try commuting on a motorcycle everyday of your life or taking long trips on them. Yes some people do, but for the majority of us, we prefer our more expensive cars.
The MBA and iPhone cannot be compared! There is only so much you can do on a tiny 3" screen of the iPhone along with it's virtual keyboard. Yes it's ok for on the go to check an email or check a website.....anything more than that I would be all over the MBA! If you really need a portable device for business on the road, the iphone won't cut it.
Kan-O-Z
I don't think so. Unless of course, if the MBA starts having the ability to make phone calls on a wireless cellular provider, be shrunk down to the size of the iPhone, and have a built in camera. Or, if the iPhone features a full size 13.3 inch screen, full size keyboard, and complete computer version OSX.
One is a phone, and one is a computer. Neither of them will be going away or be replaced by another, unless we can make size morphing technology
I still don't get it. Its only a 2.4lb difference. Its not like its 4 or 5 pounds lighter. 2.4 pounds is well worth having a superdrive, bigger screen and a properly clocked CPU where more than "here look at this picture and word document i made" can be completed. Last weekend I finally got my hands on one of these, and frankly I was not at all impressed. Flimsy feeling for 1700.00, especially considering that the Macbook is 3x the machine for 700.00 less and only 2 pound heavier. Personally, in my kind of a$$hole opinion is save yourself the 700.00, buy the Vanilla Macbook for 1000.00 and get yourself a gym membership.
For those who travel a lot, this can make a difference.
I remember when I used to travel extensively overseas. If I could lessen the weight of 10 items like this, I would be very happy as the overall decrease was significant. Each little bit adds up and makes a difference.
I've known a few folks who have international traveling down to a science since they are on the go just about every week. Anything to save space or weight was worth it to them so they didn't need to check their luggage.
So while a 2.4 pound difference might not be much, when you consider the whole travel package it can end up contributing to much larger weight difference.
Trust that I am aware of this. Between Hong Kong for plush/toys and Germany for the games I do my fair share of nights in the air. Adding to that, I was a backpacker in my younger days, I know all about the importance of shaving weight. I still don't see the point in shaving the 2 pounds to go from a MBA to a regular Macbook, at least a significant difference that makes the 700.00 additional fees worth it. To reference my backpacking days its like spending 700.00 on a super light tent that removes the weight by putting a big hole in it. Sure, its lighter to carry, but come time to sleep its not the best choice.
Now on the flip side, I know people buy this stuff for the "chic" of it. And if that is the case, and you can afford it, then by all means buy away. This is all my opinion.
Now on the flip side, I know people buy this stuff for the "chic" of it. And if that is the case, and you can afford it, then by all means buy away. This is all my opinion.
It's not all things to all users...
but, depending on your actual work style and responsibilities, the iPhone can certainly replace a laptop for much business travel now.
Support for a Bluetooth keyboard would make it a 90% replacement for me while travelling. It wouldn't however discourage me from buying a laptop, and I won't be buying a Dell.
Between airport security, the extra weight, adapters, hotels with no safes, I'd even *plug in* a keyboard if it would support it.
Maybe a hack is already out there, anyone?
but, depending on your actual work style and responsibilities, the iPhone can certainly replace a laptop for much business travel now.
Support for a Bluetooth keyboard would make it a 90% replacement for me while travelling. It wouldn't however discourage me from buying a laptop, and I won't be buying a Dell.
Between airport security, the extra weight, adapters, hotels with no safes, I'd even *plug in* a keyboard if it would support it.
Maybe a hack is already out there, anyone?
the version of software. not the version of hardware. iPhone is perfectly capable of supporting keyboard, streaming music, etc. with a software revision.