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Ultrabook Manufacturers Limiting Initial Shipments in Face of MacBook Air Popularity
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You said it better than I could have! It blows my mind that the idea of a thin and light notebook like the Air being popular was such a shock to these PC guys, and yet still after a few years they can't touch the Air's build quality...
niche? windows is not going anywhere. w8 will run well on arm, and w8 will give a nice boost to slates.
I'm sure that Apple has OSX running on ARM in the lab as well. What no one knows in the world outside of the development labs is whether Windows 8 and OSX on ARM maintain the look and feel and performance of an Intel processor, ie, what do we give up.
If the answer is the performance is acceptable, then I see a continued future of a strong OSX and Windows 8 operating system duopoly. Google not invited.
Coincident that both companies are looking for an alternative to Intel? I think not. My question would be whether Apple will have a Boot Camp for Windows 8 on ARM.
Im not sure what you mean. Should we all get netbooks? I had a netbook and chucked it off a 7th floor balcony because it was a POS.
The Air is the cheapest Mac laptop.
Why pay less for an Air to get less?
Why pay more for functionality and performance that most users do not need?
As if Apple invented thin notebooks. It did not. Sony did it years before Apple and they do have a much better ultra portable laptop than Apple right now: VAIO Z is thinner, lighter and much more powerful than MBA.
Bluray? Why? Rip your blu rays to img files and watch them in you mac.
USB3 will be integrated as soon Intel starts to do that (Ivy bridge).
I personally wish that USB dies. We don't need it. Everything should be wireless or use modern standard like thunderbolt.
I doubt they would've announced it had it not been acceptable. Microsoft seems to have learned their lesson this time around. Would be surprised to see anything but success. BUILD is only a few days away, well know more then. With some luck these "fully grown" slates can help push the "consumer pads" down a few notches, making both products viable. Cant see myself ever buying an ipad with ios though, if i could buy the exact same device with W8*.
(this of course assuming that it will perform well, which as i stated i have no reason not to believe).
As far as google goes they can probably become dominant players in the lower-end "consumer pad" market. But thats about it, i guess. Assuming MSFT doesnt **** up worse than they have ever ****ed up before, that is.
Niche is probably a stretch. But relegated more to enterprise and small business, where in my experience IT departments see PCs as cheap commodity costs. Yeah maybe they buy in bulk. But that isn't the business most manufacturers want to be in and definitely not Apple.
The consumer market will upgrade at a more frequent pace; that is the desire of manufacturers- to get repeat business. The problem is the mass market is not impressed or interested in whether the next version of Office or Photoshop can run. They probably already have a three year old PC they can kick on when they need that.
BR-rips consumes quite alot of space though. Given the hefty price of SSDs, i wouldnt want to waste a whole lot on media if i could avoid doing so easily.
Yes interesting to see what happens when the rubber meets the road. If it runs fine and has competitive battery life, size/weight, without crashing.
I couldn't agree more. It's not "competition" at all because they don't offer ANYTHING unique. I have yet to find a SINGLE machine that can natively run OSX and Win7 (OSX Lite) and still be as well-built and have great service to back it up. From ANYONE, aside from Apple. Until it happens, Apple will continue to dominate, and honestly, if that's what happens, then fine. But these morons at HP, Lenovo, Acer, etc. can't pull out the "Oh man, how did we go out of business?" card later.
Why would my anything but tech-savvy mom not want to run office on her slate if she has been using the very same program on her pc for a decade or so? As long as people speak "pc", they will find microsofts offerings interesting. Rightfully so, i might add, when it comes to w8. Looks very nice.
B.S. Sony's build quality is atrocious, they run extremely hot, and back when I was reselling they got the most complaints of ANY OEM for various failures. If that's "better" then please pass me whatever you're smoking.
It seems a lot of the traditional PC manufactures are having issues keeping up with the changes in the market. They all seem to be cautious when it comes to something new or off the beaten path of a laptop or desktop machine. I think it's because they are to use to playing the "make it cheap" game and the premium market scares them.
Havent had any problems as far as crashes goes with my Windows box for the last ten years or so*, virtually zero when it comes to W7. As far as the rest goes, im sure it will - that is not really an issue. The issue will more likely be: at what cost.
Then again, the w7 slate just released by samsung is (iirc) w8 compatible, which should give us a hint. Not sure what that is going to sell for though.
* In fact, the only computer giving me tons of grief is my imac at work. Wouldnt want to blame that just on the OS though.
PCs = Family Sedan
Mac = Luxury Sedan
Tablet (with an ARM+Mobile OS) = Scooter
The "PC's are trucks" statement is marketing nonsense.
I did notice on the toshiba one it was thin and had ethernet still and USB 3.0 of course because
"Thunderbolt not taking off at this time. Limited support from manufacturers at this point."
Of course it may be 3cm thicker which absolutely ruins it. You are supposed to go over PC's with a magnifying glass and do that hand thing where it looks like you are making a movie screen. Not really knowing that its the logo and it wouldnt matter in the first place.
I thumbs downed myself to get the jump on the bunch
The question is, how often does the average person or your mom need to run Office? Often enough to justify picking a W8 slate over another for that rare benefit? Honest question. I don't know the stats, I'm just asking. Because unless the W8 slates match the same form factor and battery life of a TouchPad or iPad I bet most people won't make that tradeoff.
*edit* Also, since it has Windows under the hood don't you expect most people, for right or wrong, to still fret about running an antivirus program? Don't you think the general consumer is tired by that?
I'm by no means a mac fanboy. However, I'm typing this from my first mac (new macbook air) b/c I really don't think pc's will be able to compete in this price / performance category for some time. (it would have to cost at least 20% less to interest me)
The new toshiba $1000 ultra book looks nice @ 2.5lbs. However I'm curious to know what it will cost once you tack on the 128gig ssd, etc. to get it to match the $1300 mac air specs.
The new toshiba $1000 ultra book looks nice @ 2.5lbs. However I'm curious to know what it will cost once you tack on the 128gig ssd, etc. to get it to match the $1300 mac air specs.