The price difference in germany is a jawdropping €600.There a few reasons I didn't get the rMB: I needed the beefier processor on the Air, I've used those new keyboards and detest them, and the price is outrageous for a machine with low power, less than optimal battery for the size, and one stupid port that requires $$$ to patch into my current setup? I love the portability of it, but there's so many irksome qualities about it I'd never buy one. I love the portability, but $1500 for a laptop with several detractions and not much to recommend it (for my use) is just nuts... to me.
...plus that non-glowing Apple logo really irks me. It's just a little light that glows and I never see it, but it irritates me they don't glow anymore. I really hope Apple doesn't plan on making them all like that.
The price difference is actually greater than you seem to have led yourself to believe...
Once you negate the huge performance boost due to the display, and once you negate the display anyway because OMG WOW CAN'T BELIEVE IT not everyone needs or wants Retina, you have a laptop that costs at least $200 more, has at least two hours less battery life, and doesn't offer a huge boost in speed.
You're trying to be pedantic, but because you haven't done your research, it just looks argumentative.
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I think the rMB is a beautiful and innovative little laptop, but as an allround machine the air is still miles ahead.