Thoughts about the MBP delay

[doug in albq]

Apple is trying to figure out how to bolt-on the the big, red, turbo video button/switch.

(that is how I would have said what the OP said, in less words though.)

 

[1984]

For those who wants thin laptop, Sony offers VAIO X machine which weighs 1.5 lb and is 0.55" thick

To put things in perspective the MacBook Air is an order of magnitude faster than the VAIO X. The VAIO X is way overpriced for what you get. Make no mistake it is a netbook. The MacBook Air is a bargain in comparison.

 

[lilo777]

To put things in perspective the MacBook Air is an order of magnitude faster than the VAIO X. The VAIO X is way overpriced for what you get. Make no mistake it is a netbook. The MacBook Air is a bargain in comparison.

When you buy a slim laptop, what you get is a netbook. If you wish MBA is the grandpa of netbooks (Apple just does not call it that). It's just a matter of how much you want to compromise and whether you prefer a manila envelope or something smaller.

 

[gwsat]

When you buy a slim laptop, what you get is a netbook. If you wish MBA is the grandpa of netbooks (Apple just does not call it that). It's just a matter of how much you want to compromise and whether you prefer a manila envelope or something smaller.

It seems to me that, despite its weaknesses, the MBA is a real computer. It will do everything a much larger laptop will do unless you need more that 2Gb of RAM or need to do heavy graphics. Also, the MBP includes a built in wifi adapter, which, as I understand it, most netbooks do not. That, said, I recognize that there is no definitive answer to whether or not a MBA is a netbook by any other name or a real computer. So the foregoing is just one man's opinion.

 

[Ping Guo]

It seems to me that, despite its weaknesses, the MBA is a real computer. It will do everything a much larger laptop will do unless you need more that 2Gb of RAM or need to do heavy graphics. Also, the MBP includes a built in wifi adapter, which, as I understand it, most netbooks do not. That, said, I recognize that there is no definitive answer to whether or not a MBA is a netbook by any other name or a real computer. So the foregoing is just one man's opinion.

Intel Core 2 Duo + 13.3" screen = not a netbook.

 

[mikeo007]

It seems to me that, despite its weaknesses, the MBA is a real computer. It will do everything a much larger laptop will do unless you need more that 2Gb of RAM or need to do heavy graphics. Also, the MBP includes a built in wifi adapter, which, as I understand it, most netbooks do not. That, said, I recognize that there is no definitive answer to whether or not a MBA is a netbook by any other name or a real computer. So the foregoing is just one man's opinion.

I agree with your summation, but I thought I should clear one thing up. I have not seen a portable computer without a built-in wi-fi adapter in several years. All netbooks that I have seen have built in wi-fi and they would be completely pointless without it.