MBA cannibalizing MBP

[Bob Coxner]

Hey, they both survived that plane crash in the Andes, and were told Steve Jobs wasn't coming to rescue them. Whitebook didn't make it, but I'm sure he would have wanted Air and Pro to live. Quit obsessing on the cannibalism, and just celebrate the fact that the Air lived through another product refresh.

Damn, I'm hungry now!

My guess is that the 13" MBP will join the MB in the grave, and probably fairly soon. 15" and 17" MBP live on.

 

[tim100]

i was in the apple store and they were selling more 13 mbp than mba. there was more traffic near the macbook pros too.

 

[clyde2801]

Will someone PLEASE photoshop a picture of a bunch of macbook airs sitting around a dismembered white macbook at the apple store, clutching pieces of it?

 

[Bob Coxner]

i was in the apple store and they were selling more 13 mbp than mba. there was more traffic near the macbook pros too.

13" MBAs are sold out pretty much everywhere online and have been since launch. 13" MBPs are available everywhere.

I have no idea what the initial supply was of the MBAs but it seems to me they're selling extremely well.

 

[KohPhiPhi]

A lot of people do not need MBP power, and they are powerful now. My 17" benches about like my i7 920 windows desktop from about 2 years ago. Amazing. So in that sense, it makes sense to offer 11, 13 and 15 inch Airs and 15 and 17 inch MBPs.

Need a video card, 8GB ram and a quad core chip? MBP.

I dont see why a MBA 15 or 17" couldnt have 8gb, quad core and a video card. At the end of the day, if you remove the DVD and the HD (both aging technology), you gain enough space to pack all that into a 15 or 17" MBA. So, in short, you would still have the same performance while improving on portability.

Let's remember that the 13" MBA has already made the 13" MBP virtually redundant (same performance, much better portability)... so why wouldnt a 17" MBA make the 17" MBP redundant too?