The combination of this statement and your username is intriguing.Most of the time she's playing around with her android.
The combination of this statement and your username is intriguing.Most of the time she's playing around with her android.
Acer i3 with crap Intel graphics. I prefer Apple's choice of sticking to the nVidia IGP. Look, the Air is not a computer for you, and that is fine. No one is holding a gun to your head.
And seriously, what Netbook ships with something better than an Atom or Athlon Neo ? Those are both slower than the C2D part in even the base 11.6" MBA.
I have a Quad Core i7 930, 8 gigs of DDR3 2100 ram, and Two Terabytes in Raid 5 on my power machine (running OSX... Hackintosh). If I need to use that processing power I just VNC into it and bam I can use all of that power from wherever I am. I can't however lug around my 15" Macbook Pro wherever I am.
Macbook Air 11.6.. due sometime next week. I wish Apple was faster![]()
I'll believe it when I see it. Personally I'm not all that blown away by the MBA.
Viao X is thinner than the MBA over all. Comes with an Extra extended batter bringing the overall battery life better than that of the 11.6 MB AIR. It is also lighter 1.6lb vs 2.3
Viao Z i5 alone is worth the 400 dollar premium over MBA 13 in. ALso Viao Z has a 1600x900 LED screen.
Where do YOU get your facts from?
also, what cant you do with the HM55 graphics that you can with the onboard nvidia 330? are you really going to play games? the SU9400 aint going to cut it
the new intel graphics cards are about the same speed as an nvidia 9400, its what was used in alot of macbooks last gen, lots of people seem to be fine with that.
If you don't like it, don't buy it. And seriously, me worship Apple ? I've been called a hater more times than I can count. Tell that to someone else.
Mobility is the theme and what sells these days: low power/long batteries, light weight and instant-on, sells over power/performance/capacity.
Though moving from a MBP to an 11" MBA is kind of like moving down from an S-Class to an entry-level C-Class, all I do is use the internet, use Microsoft Office, iTunes, and maybe iPhoto occasionally. And I travel and move about frequently.
The 11.6 Air will be a huge hit for Apple as opposed to the old Air or even the new 13". The 11" is a true successor to the 12" Powerbook.![]()
I predict the analysts will be wrong.
I WIN. They always lose.
Viao X is thinner than the MBA over all. Comes with an Extra extended batter bringing the overall battery life better than that of the 11.6 MB AIR. It is also lighter 1.6lb vs 2.3
Viao Z i5 alone is worth the 400 dollar premium over MBA 13 in. ALso Viao Z has a 1600x900 LED screen.
Where do YOU get your facts from?
The 11" will be the big seller id imagine for 2 big reasons.
1. The size of it. It really is small and if you don't have any heavy usage i can imagine lots of people wandering into an Apple store and preferring the small size and great build quality over the standard MacBook
2. Price. Don't underestimate the price. It is cheap. Obviously the processor isn't top of the range but for web usage, iTunes etc it should be fine. A lot of people thought that a smaller machine would be more costly, because its more of an ultra portable. However Apple have managed to position it at the bottom end of their price structure for laptops.
For a second macine, someone new to a mac or a road user who has to have OS X it will be should hit the right note.
It really is not cheap. I'm aware it does not use hard drives so it can't really be that cheap, but its no where near cheap!![]()
It really is not cheap. I'm aware it does not use hard drives so it can't really be that cheap, but its no where near cheap!![]()
Apple's risk-taking tends to pay off. Big time.
Who the f wants a Vaio?? It doesn't run OS X. Plus it can't hold a candle to Apple's design.
This rings true for me. I bought my iPad sight unseen for $600. A small laptop running OSX for $1000 was a no-brainer for me.Depends on your salary I guess. I view the 11.6" at 999$ as cheap.
Who the f wants a Vaio?? It doesn't run OS X. Plus it can't hold a candle to Apple's design.
I wonder why such a "cloud oriented device" does not offer built-in 3G access, at least as an option?
No, for me WiFI is not an alternative. Germany does not have many open WiFI hotspots but good 3G coverage and paid hotspots tend to be more expensive than 3G.
A USB 3G modem is a deal braker on such a device IMHO. Too bad, I will have to stick with my hackintoshed Leonovo netbook w/ 3G instead....
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Who the f wants a Vaio?? It doesn't run OS X. Plus it can't hold a candle to Apple's design.
the people that dont want to be locked into apple BS crippled propriatary designs (non removable battery, soldered ram, soldered cpu, etc)
and that would be probably 95% of the people in this world judging by market share
And when you consider PC models that cost more than $1000 (which is where the real profits are made), at times Apple has been the one with 95% market share.
Sorry for letting the facts get in the way, but Mac overall market share is closer to 10% than 5%. And when you consider PC models that cost more than $1000 (which is where the real profits are made), at times Apple has been the one with 95% market share. Mac sales for 2010 are also up double digits and for the last quarter, they rose 27% over the previous year.
Sorry for letting the facts get in the way, but Mac overall market share is closer to 10% than 5%. And when you consider PC models that cost more than $1000 (which is where the real profits are made), at times Apple has been the one with 95% market share. Mac sales for 2010 are also up double digits and for the last quarter, they rose 27% over the previous year.
i ment globally.... becuase both sony and apple sell their products globally not just in the US, that 10% is US market share only
if nobody wanted sony products, they would not exist, same with apple.