Here's a news flash for you, if not for the business world, which already knows this: the demand for Apple's stuff is not always directly related to how much it costs.
seeing how apple has not been tested with a major depression yet I hardly think you can make this statement
I think they got the price points right on the mba rollouts. I was thinking they lowballed the one with the hard drive in it, actually. It made me think harder about what I was really looking for in an ultraportable, versus my workhorse machines, and what I'd pay for what I wanted.
Yah, so I shocked myself and went for the high end one after I thought through how often I actually use the various ports on my Powerbooks when I'm not home and half a room away from a pile of drives and cables etc.
They got the ports right on the MBA, at least for me. The optional ethernet adapter was a dealmaker, the lack of firewire not a dealbreaker, the external Superdrive an appreciated (and purchased) option. And my opinion does count, because I'm among those who plunked down the bucks for the thing today.
I realize there are other people who, like me, waited past several revs of the Macbooks, hoping for some kind of ultralight version of the G4 in size and color. Unlike me, some of them will not pick up the MBA if their computing requirements make it seem to fall short. I just happen to have disliked the macbook / pro options enough and yet wanted an intel mac enough that the MBA fits the bill. Personally I'd guess this is a big hit for Apple and they'll sell a boatload of the things while we all complain about our new machine like the brats we are. Well like the brat I am.
haha keep on dreaming child, this is the most pointless machine that I have ever seen. It doesn't excel in portability the damn thing is still was long as the macbook, it doesn't xccel in processesing (I think that we've already covered this), doesn't accel in features (not by a long shot) nor does it excel in value (there is no debating this). Some one would have to be a ****ing idiot to buy this computer
There's still unsatisfied demand for an ultraportable out there, so Rev B (C, D... Apple's on a roll now with the technology of multitouch) may entice the rest of the Mac-but-not-this-Mac crowd on board. Either way I don't think the recession is steering the ultraportable market. When you see a Mac you really go for, it's over and you get on the bus, it just happens. You axe something else in the budget. Like food, and shoes. I'm so happy that my long wait for a new machine is finally almost over, and I'm thrilled by the Feb 6th ship date of my MBA!
