More importantly, he's comparing the MB to machines without optical drives. When he has to tack on his ultrabay, it's back up over what the MB weighs. A more applicable comparison would be with the Air.
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New MacBook too heavy to buy
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More importantly, he's comparing the MB to machines without optical drives. When he has to tack on his ultrabay, it's back up over what the MB weighs. A more applicable comparison would be with the Air.
4.5 pounds MacBookGood deal if 4..5 pounds is too heavy for you to carry then there is something wrong with you not the laptop.
2.5 pounds bag
0.5 pound adapter
4.0 pounds of other crap that people carry in their bags for school or work
X200 weight
True enough, but Toshiba's new Portege R600 and A600 include a built-in optical drive, Ethernet, Webcam, hard drive, and 12.1-inch LCD yet weigh just 2.3 and 3.2 pounds.
True enough, but Toshiba's new Portege R600 and A600 include a built-in optical drive, Ethernet, Webcam, hard drive, and 12.1-inch LCD yet weigh just 2.3 and 3.2 pounds.
In my experience, the bit that you'll really notice about carrying a backpack is the other cruft besides the laptop. I carry my polycarb MacBook to and around Uni basically every day, and with only it and a bit of stuff in the bag, no problems. It's when there's lots of books or notes to carry too that I start to notice it.
And my personal viewpoint on carrying 5lb notebooks - I've not been able to carry very heavy bags since I sustained a back injury a couple of years back. Which is where the 13" MacBook really shines as a full-featured, but utterly manageable, notebook. I wouldn't say that there is a serious problem with the weight unless the owner has back troubles, and that you also feel a lot less of the weight of something in a backpack than in your hand.
And yes, the Lenovos are even lighter than the MacBooks, but sadly they run Windows, which is a total dealbreaker.
And my personal viewpoint on carrying 5lb notebooks - I've not been able to carry very heavy bags since I sustained a back injury a couple of years back. Which is where the 13" MacBook really shines as a full-featured, but utterly manageable, notebook. I wouldn't say that there is a serious problem with the weight unless the owner has back troubles, and that you also feel a lot less of the weight of something in a backpack than in your hand.
And yes, the Lenovos are even lighter than the MacBooks, but sadly they run Windows, which is a total dealbreaker.
Umm, people carrying around ultraportables aren't going to carry around the external cd drives. I hardly ever use my cd drive nowadays. Probably once a month at most. Therefore, the "with the external cd drive" argument isn't really valid.
In my experience, the bit that you'll really notice about carrying a backpack is the other cruft besides the laptop. I carry my polycarb MacBook to and around Uni basically every day, and with only it and a bit of stuff in the bag, no problems. It's when there's lots of books or notes to carry too that I start to notice it.
And my personal viewpoint on carrying 5lb notebooks - I've not been able to carry very heavy bags since I sustained a back injury a couple of years back. Which is where the 13" MacBook really shines as a full-featured, but utterly manageable, notebook. I wouldn't say that there is a serious problem with the weight unless the owner has back troubles, and that you also feel a lot less of the weight of something in a backpack than in your hand.
And yes, the Lenovos are even lighter than the MacBooks, but sadly they run Windows, which is a total dealbreaker.
If the Lenovo had OS X I would buy that without hesitation.
I carried a 4.6 lb, 12" powerbook around for years with nary a complaint. How is this Macbook somehow worse?
Though it doesn't sound like a lot of weight, those things add up. I can notice a large difference when I run with one pair of shoes over a pair that weighs a couple ounces less. I've gone to classes and forgot to bring a book, and at the end of the day I feel a little more comfortable.
This doesn't make sense. There are often times ethernet is needed/ wanted.
Case in point, i'm sitting at University in my lab. The wifi isn't terrible here but i get a huge speed boost if i go for ethernet.
I wasn't aware the new macbooks lacked ethernet, that paired with the lack of firewire is really a dealbreaker
I think the bigger point here is that the Air is targeted to buyers that want ultimate mobility first, and not necessarily an expanded feature set. Most who are using the Air, will be using it in a wireless environment, and would not need to be hardwired.
The new Macbook does have an ethernet port.
At this point those computers are vaporware, but when they're available they will also be slower and more expensive than the MBA, not to mention the MacBook.
