If the MBA is using ipod sized hard drives would you be able to swap out the 80 gig hard drive for the 160 gig hard drive from the ipod classic ?
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I think the 160GB ipod drive is a dual platter drive with extra thickness. Look at the size of the respective iPods.
I wonder what the difference in thickness is. Also is 80 gig the biggest single platter ipod sized hard drive you can get ?
I have an EVDO card & data account with Verizon, so yes, I want EVDO.
I will entertain WiMax when it is ubiquitous, though.
I have an EVDO card & data account with Verizon, so yes, I want EVDO.
Fair enough, I wasn't really making comment on that. More that Apple are unlikely to go that route given the iPhone is GSM and they're heavily committed to Intel's wireless strategy.
I am pretty sure 80GB is the largest 1.8" platter you can get.
How is Apple commited to Intel's wireless strategy when Apple doesn't use Intel's wireless chipset?
I don't mean that. I mean the commitment to WiMax. It's clear Intel and Apple are close (the Broadcom, or Atheros Macbook/Pro chips sure are an anomaly though).
I could be way off, I guess we'll see.
Ah, I would think Apple would be more inclined to go with LTE before WiMAX. They would have to work with either Clearwire or Sprint to get WiMAX. If Apple didn't go to (at least) Sprint for the iPhone, why would it go to them for WWAN access?
Indeed. All this depends on what Google plan imo. It makes for interesting viewing all this
The company that makes them announced a 120GB to available later this year (and of course the 240 for the dual platter).
Interesting that they did this in Japan, as ultra-thin and sub-notes are extremely popular over there in the Pacific Rim.
The MBA will be very successful there.
Not so sure about that! Usually the Japanese embrace small things. The MBA is really big. It is the same physical size as an MBP only quarter inch thinner.
Agreed it is lighter. But I think the pacific rim is used to working with smaller devices like the popularity of text messaging on cell phones, PSP game and video device, etc.
OOps, forgot - yea. They like the sub-notes especially, the ones with the 5"-8" screens....
I do think it will end up selling better there than say here in the US. Apple had to compromise again, give us the larger screen and full keyboard, but try to appeal to the light-note/sub-note crowd...
