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These don't sound like a words of someone who's owned a first gen Apple product before.
Apple has 3 different laptop models (in various configurations.)
None of them is meant to be the "ultimate" Mac laptop for every human being on earth.
So it's sort of a personal decision.
Is this your primary computer? If so, I would say MB or MBP is probably the better choice.
Is $500 a lot of money to you in your particular situation? Then I would say MB is the way to go.
Do you travel a lot? And will having a smaller notebook mean more time working and less time listening to your iPod while the notebook stays in the overhead bin? If so, then the Air might be the better investment for you.
None of them is meant to be the "ultimate" Mac laptop for every human being on earth.
So it's sort of a personal decision.
Is this your primary computer? If so, I would say MB or MBP is probably the better choice.
Is $500 a lot of money to you in your particular situation? Then I would say MB is the way to go.
Do you travel a lot? And will having a smaller notebook mean more time working and less time listening to your iPod while the notebook stays in the overhead bin? If so, then the Air might be the better investment for you.
I've had an iMac G5, eMac G4, iBook G3, iBook Indigo, and this one - not a single fault or issue.
If you're having problems - yes, there will have bad luck, but having gone through 5 products, I didn't experience a single issue.
How come I can got through that many products without issues?
When you have problems - ask yourself, what have I done?
Because those products are from the era where Apple still had good quality control. Ever since the transition to Intel, the quality of Apple's products have slipped. Can you remember any iPod before the 3rd gen nano, that came with tilted screens in mass numbers? I mean Apple is even slipping up on iPod quality control and thats just sac religious. The iPod is their flagship product for god sake.
iPod Classics suck, but then again, their hard disk based iPods have always sucked.
But this is my first Intel, MacBook Core 2 (revision before the move to SR) and not a single problem.
I agree!
IMHO 11.6 MBA is the best freikin' laptop EVER MADE... I LOVE mine! (and now have TWO!
Do you know the difference between the less than and greater than symbols? Sounds like you disagree.
Also, 2011 > 2008, by a lot.
And here I was suddenly wondering why they were talking so much about the MB.
No wonder, a topic from 2008
Huge mistake? Funny because they're still sold out at my local best buy and on bestbuy.com
That is because this is a an old topic, and he is talking about the 1st generation MBA.
I don´t think they were sold out at that time.
As jltj said I love this "mistake" Apple did. While I wouldn´t have bought a MBA at the time this topic was created, because of its specs and price. However, now they are just perfect, and I am loving my MBA
mate i was in the same situation. i have a custom desktop and wanted to know whether i need a laptop. the true answer is no, but i figured that out after i bought a mbp 15". i love the mbp but i use it literally once a month to update my iphone haha. i use the desktop all the time because its on the desk; that and i like a separate mouse/keyboard
I think that the first MacBook Air was way too expensive for most people. I wouldn't have bought it.
Now at $1240 for the 256gb model(Amazon 20% off), it was way too good to pass up!
Now at $1240 for the 256gb model(Amazon 20% off), it was way too good to pass up!
Me too. For business use the new MBA has handled everything I've thrown at it and then some. I never thought a laptop could be so thin yet so capable. Net books were a disaster. This is genius.
The MBA is the best computer for people because its the only laptop they have ever used and they simply don't know any better.
It's like you transport a bunch of cars back to 1700 and let people of that time use them. One of the cars is a ferrari and one of them is some crappy old car that breaks down every 5 miles. If you let the people only use the crappy car, they will all say man this is the best thing ever. That is until you let them use the ferrari.
The MBP15 is that ferrari. You'll know if you go from 11inch to 15inch and then back to 11inch again.
It's like you transport a bunch of cars back to 1700 and let people of that time use them. One of the cars is a ferrari and one of them is some crappy old car that breaks down every 5 miles. If you let the people only use the crappy car, they will all say man this is the best thing ever. That is until you let them use the ferrari.
The MBP15 is that ferrari. You'll know if you go from 11inch to 15inch and then back to 11inch again.
Wow, you generalize much?
No.
I've had $2,000 laptops from major manufacturers. Top of the line Dell, Sony, HP, Compaq, Toshiba. I'm a gadget freak.
One of the laptops MAIN reasons for existence is PORTABILITY.
In that respect, the MBA is the best. Period. There is no other laptop as capable yet as portable. Dell and Samsung are just now coming out with some competition. Netbooks are a joke. And the other high end laptops weigh more, are much bigger, and offer less battery.
So your car analogy is seriously flawed. Try again.
I'm on my 5th Mac laptop. My last was a 2010 15" MBP with a 2.4GHz i5 processor and high-res matte screen.
And I sold that to get my 11" MBA because, to me, it's a better computer. It even handles my Nikon D300 RAW files, and my Fuji X100 files quite well. It's also my only computer.
And I sold that to get my 11" MBA because, to me, it's a better computer. It even handles my Nikon D300 RAW files, and my Fuji X100 files quite well. It's also my only computer.
I have a feeling I'm not the only one who didn't realize this was a three year old thread till the last minute. I wish I could say the comments are still relevant now but the MBA of today is on a whole other level than the MBA of 2008.
What??
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I hope Apple keeps on making such "huge mistakes" in the future, the MBA is the best computer I've ever owned!!
Seems like Intel is encouraging PC makers to learn from this huge mistake!
HUGE MISTAKE?, They can't make them fast enough, EVERYONE I know who has one is amazed, FAST Machines
I guess this thread goes to show how silly the naysayers are in hindsight.
Let all the naysayers of today keep that in mind as they consider more naysaying when Apple announces its next hit products.
Let all the naysayers of today keep that in mind as they consider more naysaying when Apple announces its next hit products.
No, I think it puts Apple in a silly light. Apple realized that the MacBook Air wasn't worth $1799 for a sub-standard, yet more portable experience. Now they have a more affordable computer with unique benefits.