My G4 powerbook pissed all over the MBA with speed, rendering and general tasks. While i was taken back and let down because i so wanted the MBA to be the real deal but unfortunately its not. Anyway, as the saying goes...you get what you pay for and even at this "blowout sale" price i still feel ripped off.
It's not like you didn't know of these "troubled times", so why spend so much on something like an Air? That makes no sense.. And why not play with on in an Apple Store or simply hold off on buying one?I ordered the MBA because of the price and after spending the entire morning and most of the afternoon on the phone with Apple Care trying to get it to transfer files and settings i realized why it's at the price that it is.....
They are not selling at all and for obvious reasons....they are expensive toys and not much more. My G4 powerbook pissed all over the MBA with speed, rendering and general tasks. While i was taken back and let down because i so wanted the MBA to be the real deal but unfortunately its not. Anyway, as the saying goes...you get what you pay for and even at this "blowout sale" price i still feel ripped off.
In conclusion, save your hard earned money folks and don't buy into the hype like I did. Yes this sharp looking toy is being shipped back in the morning but I will still have to eat the restocking fee. Not cool at all. Especially in troubled times like we have today.
Peace
It's not like you didn't know of these "troubled times", so why spend so much on something like an Air? That makes no sense.. And why not play with on in an Apple Store or simply hold off on buying one?
Bottom line, unless you travel often like me do not get the MBA. It blows in comparison to the new Macbooks (not much heavier) and the upgrade is not expensive.
Peace!
It's ultra portable, its not going to perform as well as bigger / heavier laptops. You sacrifice performance for portability, unfortunately thats how it goes...
I personally think that we as consumers need to stop thinking about yesterdays product as being obsolete. Most products from a few years ago are still great performers. Items from like 10 years ago sure they are probably out dated. We need to stop being told by companies that we need the latest and greatest all the time and what we have is no longer good for everyday use. Please people quit with this obsolete nonsense.
/rant over thanks for listening