Apple store [was] down!

[kyochin]

waiting....

Ah come on, when is it happening? I secured money and got an approval from my wife as well, can't sleep well thinking about it, had a dream early this week that imac and MBA were flying in my head.

KYO

 

[Scottsdale]

Ah come on, when is it happening? I secured money and got an approval from my wife as well, can't sleep well thinking about it, had a dream early this week that imac and MBA were flying in my head.

KYO

I will now act as advisor to my fellow forum member: Be careful how freely you throw your thoughts of obsession around or you will be accused of being addicted to the MBA... might even end up in a counseling session or two with others of us. Admitting this is half the battle.

 

[kyochin]

...

I will now act as advisor to my fellow forum member: Be careful how freely you throw your thoughts of obsession around or you will be accused of being addicted to the MBA... might even end up in a counseling session or two with others of us. Admitting this is half the battle.

Thanks

Last time I bought a new mac was like 6 years ago. I saw MBA in keynote and thought "Come on who is going to buy it"(just like those people scoffing at MBA and buying ipads)
but I saw and touched an actual one at Apple store in Giza or somewhere then changed my mind set.

 

[Scottsdale]

Thanks

Last time I bought a new mac was like 6 years ago. I saw MBA in keynote and thought "Come on who is going to buy it"(just like those people scoffing at MBA and buying ipads)
but I saw and touched an actual one at Apple store in Giza or somewhere then changed my mind set.

It's as simple as this. While the MBA might look like fun, until one uses it and gives it a try in a real world situation, they're not going to select it over the competition. The biggest problem is the MBA has been exactly the same for 19 months! People want NEW when they're paying $1799 for a Mac notebook. People want current and relevant along with what's capable to do their daily computing workload.

Apple has been treating its Macs more and more like consumer electronics than computers. This is a problem for those of us who expect our technology to be new and forward thinking. It's difficult to see the value in buying an MBA that hasn't been updated in 19 months, when one can buy an MB that was updated seven months ago or a 13" MBP that was updated a few weeks ago for less money than they can buy the ancient MBA.

More than anything, people are not willing to buy luxury technology devices that are outdated. Why would one even consider an MBA right now? I seriously don't understand the thought of buying a 19-month-old MBA for $1799. Now, if Apple updated the MBA, even if the update wasn't large, it would give buyers a reason to at least consider the MBA again. In a world of hi-tech, paying more money for not less performance, but a completely outdated computer, is never going to fly. Apple needs to upgrade the MBA if it wants to sell the MBA. And there lies the biggest problem... with $40B in the bank, Apple can shift all of its resources to the iPad/iPhone and not worry about the MBA. So until the MBA is updated, I wouldn't recommend the MBA to anyone. The MBA might be fun right now but it's a terrible value proposition!

 

[jk1002]

>>Why would one even consider an MBA right now?<<

I don't think anybody does. You can see on amazon the standing within the sales rank. Under product details

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC233LL-13-3-Inch-Laptop/dp/B002C746FE/ref=pd_cp_pc_1

The HDD version is around 800 among computers, the SDD version is 172 among computers and 65 among laptops but that fluctuates a lot.

In comparison, the Macbook Pro 13" is No 1 among laptops and also No 1 among all computers.

That may explain why they did take the Core Duo again even though it has a production stop end of the year, they get the volume.

I also believe that the Air is at this point not that bad of a machine when chosen with SDD. It feels snappy, in fact I tried it out in the Apple Store it launches apps quicker then the new 15" pro.

If they could use internal graphics together with a video accelerating chip, that could make it a killer product for the traveling professional.

 

[gwsat]

The form factor and light weight of the MBA make my mouth water. That's the reason I want one if it gets a significant update, although I recently bought an iPad. Even in its present iteration, the MBA is a real computer, capable of doing real work. The iPad, alas, fails to deliver, particularly in the document creation area.

Unfortunately, the current MBA, although a real computer, lacks the horsepower to handle resource intensive apps, such as VMware Fusion running Windows in a virtual machine. All of us who require a lot of resources to be available on our laptops, are just going to have to wait and see if the upgraded MBA will work for us -- if there even is an upgraded MBA. Sorry, that was cynical of me but it's hard to dismiss the possibility that Apple could quietly let the MBA quietly die on the vine. For the moment though, I an going to get obsessed and stay obsessed about a new, more powerful, MBA.