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Best Macbook Air Copy I've seen yet
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the 13 inch model has 1600 x 900 resolution 
that's insane!
And here I'm thinking, 1440 x 900 was crazy enough on my MBA 13
that's insane!
And here I'm thinking, 1440 x 900 was crazy enough on my MBA 13
the 13 inch model has 1600 x 900 resolution
that's insane!
You can get the Sony Vaio Z 13.1" in 1920x1080
What's the DPI on that? I can't tell if it would be wonderful or headache-inducing.
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That looks pretty damn good. Thin, tapered shape, not too much mess or crap on the case, full size keyboard... If I couldn't have Apple I'd get something like that for my laptop!
On my 2010 MBP, when I watched 720p movies in 1280 x 800 resolution, it was awesome.
On my 2011 MBA, I'm watching 720p movies in 1440 x 900 resolution and it's still awesome... a bit of extra space for me to chat on Adium or check my mail.
Imagine in the future... when 13 inch MBA's have 1920 x 1080... 720p will look tiny on there.
Looks like a beautiful machine, if it was out when I bought my MBA I probably would of gotten it instead. USB 3 would of been amazing to have.
no backlit keyboard , no go . sucks for me not to have the backlit keyboard
for the apple lappies you get so much more laptop specific accessories case and covers wise i think.
my first mac is the 11 inch i5 air 2011 that i have now and i love it.still getting used the os but it is working out great so far.
for the apple lappies you get so much more laptop specific accessories case and covers wise i think.
my first mac is the 11 inch i5 air 2011 that i have now and i love it.still getting used the os but it is working out great so far.
The first decent really competitive choice to the MBA.
price is about right, though i'd like to have seen them try and undercut apple in order to really push their product.
right now, there's a very marginal discount if you go with these products, but we're talking 'a lil less of that, a lil more of this'.
a good choice for sure, but not really breaking any new barriers.
IF another company can come out with an 11" with similar specs for 899 or less, they'd have a huge hit
price is about right, though i'd like to have seen them try and undercut apple in order to really push their product.
right now, there's a very marginal discount if you go with these products, but we're talking 'a lil less of that, a lil more of this'.
a good choice for sure, but not really breaking any new barriers.
IF another company can come out with an 11" with similar specs for 899 or less, they'd have a huge hit
Of the Ultrabooks I've seen so far, the ASUS UX21 and UX31 are the most impressive. They have 6Gbps SATA SSDs (vs 3Gbps in the Air), the same processor choices, and sport USB 3.0 ports (currently a bit more useful than Thunderbolt). The 13" 256GB i7 is $1449, vs $1699 for the 13" Air. Unfortunately, the 11" isn't available with a 256GB SSD, but the 128GB SSD version has a similar price advantage. Getting B&O to build the sound system is another coup, since that company is known for overpriced hardware (they tried to sell a $1200 basic GSM phone a few years back if I recall).
Undoubtedly ASUS (and Acer, who released a $899 13" Ultrabook with an SSD/HDD combo) are undercutting Apple in order to attract business. They can easily see from HP's TouchPad what happens to companies who attempt to match Apple's pricing.
That said, I don't see the Ultrabooks stealing Mac sales very much. They might stem the tide of high-end notebook buyers switching to Macs (i.e. the 5-10% of Air buyers who purchased Airs primarily to run Windows). However, it's a positive development as far as I'm concerned. I'd like an Ultrabook to be my next work PC (we're a Windows shop). It's about time ultraportables become mainstream.
Undoubtedly ASUS (and Acer, who released a $899 13" Ultrabook with an SSD/HDD combo) are undercutting Apple in order to attract business. They can easily see from HP's TouchPad what happens to companies who attempt to match Apple's pricing.
That said, I don't see the Ultrabooks stealing Mac sales very much. They might stem the tide of high-end notebook buyers switching to Macs (i.e. the 5-10% of Air buyers who purchased Airs primarily to run Windows). However, it's a positive development as far as I'm concerned. I'd like an Ultrabook to be my next work PC (we're a Windows shop). It's about time ultraportables become mainstream.
Looks really good this.
Best of luck to Asus and the other competitors, strong competition would only mean my next Macbook Air will be even more insanely great!
Best of luck to Asus and the other competitors, strong competition would only mean my next Macbook Air will be even more insanely great!
Windows handles higher resolutions much better due to resolution independence. Not an Apple hater comment, just the way it is. You can easily increase the fonts etc in order to work comfortably on high DPI screen.
Highly unlikely. Intel is behind this, and Apple is well aware of it. The success of the MacBook Air since last year's revision was a big reason, but another reason is that Apple is the one who told Intel they needed to step up their game on ULV processors in order to retain their business. Intel agreed, but naturally needs more customers than just Apple to make it commercially viable. The better the Ultrabooks sell, the more choices Apple will have when Ivy Bridge and Haswell chips ship in the coming years.
I think even Steve Jobs said that one day all notebooks would look like the MacBook Air. That day is fast approaching.
the 13 inch model has 1600 x 900 resolution
that's insane!
And here I'm thinking, 1440 x 900 was crazy enough on my MBA 13
It's just slightly wider due to a 16x9 ratio, I believe. Same vertical resolution.