Hey everyone!

Sorry for not posting for awhile but this going to be a Re-pinion on Apple’s new MacBook Air sub-notebook.  First off, I would just like to say that I loved every section of the Keynote except for the MacBook Air part.  I love the design for the MacBook Air, I think it’s gorgeous and very unique, even for Apple. But the hardware is what I was disappointed about in the MacBook Air.Here are the basic specs of both models of the MacBook Air:

$1,799
-Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6Ghz
80GB 4200 rpm PATA Hard Drive
2GB Memory
Built-In 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

or

 
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$3,098
-Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz
64GB Solid-State Drive 
2GB Memory
Built-In 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

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In my opinion I think that Apple shouldn’t have released this product this early. I think that for $1,799 anyone in their right minds would purchase the 15.4 inch MacBook Pro or a nearly maxed out MacBook. The MacBook Air isn’t all that much thinner than the MacBook Pro.

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MacBook Air 0.76 inches thin

MacBook Pro is 1 inch thin

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So thats like 0.24 inches thinner than the MacBook Pro which isn’t much considering how much better hardware that the MacBook Pro has in it.. And if you purchase the $3,098 MacBook Air you might as well just a buy a Mac Pro or a full maxed out MacBook Pro.

I do admire that Apple and Intel went to completely revolutionary levels to create this notebook but I just don’t think there will very many people out there that will really need a notebook that is only 0.24 inches thinner than the MacBook Pro which is twice as good for only $200 more ($1,799 model).

Apple re-invented the Track Pad on the MacBook Air by introducing some new finger gestures, such as pinching to zoom, using three fingers to flip through pictures or documents, and other commands used on the iPhone/iPod Touch.

I also admire that Apple has introduced all new wireless capabilities with the new Application “Remote Disc” which allows you to access optical drives from other Macs or PC’s in your wireless range and you can install applications from a DVD in those optical drives all through Wireless Remote Disc. I personally can’t live without an optical drive, and it’s not even that I use it ALL THE TIME or anything like that but just that in case I needed to use a disc I could have the option. But Apple gave the option to add a $99 external super drive for the MacBook Air that connects via USB.

Apple also didn’t include an Ethernet Port for the option to go wired if you prefer.I mean, I LOVE APPLE and all of it’s glory but come on Apple, this isn’t you!I think Apple would’ve have benefitted themselves and helped out the average consumer more by simply refreshing the MacBook’s and MacBook Pro’s; giving them a newer shinier design, some new and faster hardware, include the new  wireless and track pad capabilities, and lower the price on both by $50-$100 and then they would be selling there new notebooks like crazy!

But all-in-all I personally don’t think that the Apple MacBook Air will sell tremendously as the new iMac did. This is exactly how Apple killed the G4 cube; it was great new technology that was fit in a very small package for it’s time and it was revolutionary but the price is what killed it off.Well, thanks for reading!

 
Good day people!!!