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I wanted an Air but...
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thirded, especially with the baby situation.
my favorite stat for curbing spending:
in 2001, if you'd spent $399 on Apple stock instead of buying an ipod, that stock would be worth $10,000 today.
I've got the same 24" imac an iphone which will be replaced with the 3G next week. I have a 12" pb that basically broke on me a month or so ago and my next purchase will be a MBA hopefully a few weeks after the iphone
Well, may I join this large boat in which we all seem to be?
Yes, I'm lusting after an Air.
This isn't "justifying" the purchase, as such, but I'm persuading myself the Air's good because I tested a 1.6 GHz, 80GB's capabilities in store today. I opened like a million apps (firefox x10 tabs, safari x5 tabs, 3 simultaneous youtube videos, itunes playing a movie, garage band, iphoto, finder) and then on top I opened Google Earth, which is about as graphically taxing as any app I'll ever use (yes, not very taxing). I set everything to high, and zoomed in on a mountain range. I looked around, scrolled a bit, and it was going at about 15-20 fps. With ALL that background stuff.
Oh, and it goes without saying that Google Earth runs as smooth as silk if run alone.
So it really is capable. And that was my main issue. Apart from the 80GB and no disk drive!
Yes, I'm lusting after an Air.
This isn't "justifying" the purchase, as such, but I'm persuading myself the Air's good because I tested a 1.6 GHz, 80GB's capabilities in store today. I opened like a million apps (firefox x10 tabs, safari x5 tabs, 3 simultaneous youtube videos, itunes playing a movie, garage band, iphoto, finder) and then on top I opened Google Earth, which is about as graphically taxing as any app I'll ever use (yes, not very taxing). I set everything to high, and zoomed in on a mountain range. I looked around, scrolled a bit, and it was going at about 15-20 fps. With ALL that background stuff.
Oh, and it goes without saying that Google Earth runs as smooth as silk if run alone.
So it really is capable. And that was my main issue. Apart from the 80GB and no disk drive!
It's a 2GB 1.6 dual core 2 computer with a slowish hard drive.
It a powerful machine when it's not accessing the hard drive.
Once apps are loaded it's a very powerful sub-notebook.
Apple could have put in a much more sensible lower voltage , less powerful chip, but they didn't, thankfully. : )
The reason I chose a MBA over a MB: when its dark the keys light up, cool. its light as hell. thats it.
In essence, I third the "if you don't really need it, don't buy it" notion. However saying that would make me a hypocrite, as I quite often buy things I don't truly "need". Example: more new clothes, or more expensive food. We do it all the time. If I was majorly drooling over it, I'd get it, end of story. That's the nice thing about being able to afford things. The justification for your buy will be the gorgeous computer in itsself, and maybe the envious looks you'll be getting from people when you take it out. =D
get the asus EEEpc for portability unless you only want a mac then go for the air if your not in financial debt then go for it if you can afford it and wount regret it. Its a nice laptop to be honest skinny portable light and SEXY i dont ownit but have used it numerous times
If you don't really need it, don't get it. You'll just waste money and end up not using an expensive laptop.