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List of Members Waiting for their Macbook Air to Ship and Arrive and Photos!

desenso

desenso

macrumors 6502a
May 25, 2005
797
1
barefeats said:
I don't quite understand the appeal or the justification for paying $3098 for a MacBook Air with the 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo and a 64GB SSD when the 15" MacBook Pro with the optional 2.6GHz processor, 4GB of RAM, the 7200rpm 200GB drive, built-in slot load SuperDrive, GeForce 8600M GT (256MB) sells for $51 less (or $3048). NOTE: That's with the $99 four gig memory kit from OWC.

If I get the MacBook Pro, I have a 44% faster CPU, 100% more memory, 6x faster GPU, 78% more VRAM, 27% more screen area, 213% more storage, and 20% longer battery life. it may weigh 2 lbs heavier and be 1/4 inch thicker, but I'll have a laptop that can do the heavy lifting of Photoshop, Excel, Word, Mail, Safari, GoLive, Preview -- all of which I'm running as I write this. Activity Monitor shows 3GB of my 4GB actively in use. And the 200GB drive has only 50GB free.

My point is that, as sexy as the MacBook Air might be, it would be a downgrade that would limit me severely in doing my work. I suppose I could eliminate some things from the hard drive. But System, Applications, Library, and User Library take up 48GB. That doesn't leave much for user files. Maybe 1.8GHz may be fast enough for most functions but 2GB of memory limit is nuts.

I don't get it. Help me understand.
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Dude. We're 1050 posts into this thread. Look back in the 1-300 post range and enjoy the lively debate on this issue. For the people that have made it past the millennia mark, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS KIND OF LOGIC. :rolleyes:
 
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illian

macrumors regular
Jan 13, 2008
228
0
Porsche-City, Germany
desenso said:
Dude. We're 1050 posts into this thread. Look back in the 1-300 post range and enjoy the lively debate on this issue. For the people that have made it past the century mark, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS KIND OF LOGIC. :rolleyes:
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Forget it...you can't help people like him. He needs to go beyond his small horizon...well that's too much to ask for!
 
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LosJackal

macrumors member
Feb 13, 2003
80
0
Chicago, IL
barefeats said:
My point is that, as sexy as the MacBook Air might be, it would be a downgrade that would limit me severely in doing my work. I suppose I could eliminate some things from the hard drive. But System, Applications, Library, and User Library take up 48GB. That doesn't leave much for user files. Maybe 1.8GHz may be fast enough for most functions but 2GB of memory limit is nuts.

I don't get it. Help me understand.
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Hi Rob! I understand it may be difficult for you to understand what is appealing about the Macbook Air. You've been running the Barefeats Web site so long, your focus is on incremental performance improvements.

For me, "some" power is "enough". I'm typing this on the original 17" Macbook Pro, Intel Core Duo and 2 GB of RAM. I'm pretty sure the Macbook Air with 1.6 Intel Core 2 Duo will at the very least be just as fast. I'm approaching my third year of having this computer. If I don't do anything, I'll keep computing at this speed for the next 12 months. Or, I can sell this computer and put the proceeds towards the Macbook Air, and try computing on that for a year.

Why am I willing to spend say $1000 out of pocket to get the Air? Because it is much lighter, and it will be a change in computing for me. Downgrading from my current 120gb to 80gb will be the biggest challenge, but I also have 1.5 TB of external drives that I can't take with me either. I just need to figure out how to organize my stuff so that I have the essentials with me. And by essentials, I mean the program and documents I use 95% of the time in my day-to-day work. Those have got to be able to fit on an 80gb drive. I have a Cinema Display at home as well, so when I need to do more serious computing, I'll plug in to the external drives and monitor.

I do love the 17" laptops. I had the original for 3 years before this one. I've had the screen resolution set to 1280x800 to see what it's like to live at this lower resolution, and so far I'm fine, especially with the advances in the OS like Spaces. Bottom line, at some point a computer has "enough" power to do what you need it to do.
 
netdog

netdog

macrumors 603
Feb 6, 2006
5,760
38
London
Doesn't make sense that they would only ship to the USA first. There will be massive shipments any moment now to the USA, UK and other parts of the world. FedEx will handle the details.
 
thehuhman

thehuhman

macrumors member
Jan 28, 2008
78
0
NC
:rolleyes:I guess I appreciate Apple notifying me about the shipping status of part of my order, but... the "part" is the superdrive, which is useless to me without the laptop. Also, the notice (see below) is kinda out of sync with the original reality, which was Ships by Feb. 12 and Delivers by Feb. 18. It isn't a delay, so why the apology? :(I'm beginning to get that queezy sensation... I mean, it's that uneasy feeling that one gets while attempting to purchase something from Dell (which I have vowed I will NEVER do again)

The notice:

Due to an unexpected delay, we now anticipate shipping the following item(s) as follows:
MB397G/A, MACBOOK AIR SUPERDRIVE-GEN
Ships by Jan 30 - Feb 1
Delivers by Feb 1 - Feb 7
We regret any inconvenience this delay may cause.
 
Neutral Gamer

Neutral Gamer

macrumors 6502a
Aug 8, 2007
504
1
The fitting blend of Socialism and Capitalism that
Where's the MacBook Air?!

Last week I went to the Apple store in Regents Street in London and the guy there told me they should be released on Tuesday, i.e. today. So what's going on? Has anyone been to the store or phoned up yet? Or do we have to wait for it to be released in California first?

Hmmm, maybe they'll release the new MBP's today and the MBA next week ... :D
 
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Magguss

macrumors regular
Jan 29, 2008
128
0
New Member

Well, hello everybody!

Just joined the forum as I'm also one of these 'waiting-for-the-magic-moment'-people.

I ordered my MBA (standard config, german layout) last Tuesday, one week after the keynote speech. Since then, no changes in shipment/delivery dates (Feb 12/21).

I'm just wondering about the fact that neither of the international stores has an update on the shipment estimate, 2 to 3 weeks everywhere ...

I hope some of you guys will let us know if the US-stores have 'something in the air' today ;) Crossing fingers for you, here in 'old Europe' :p

Cheers
 
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mich73

macrumors member
Jul 18, 2004
34
0
Nashville, TN
Sorry, I forgot the screen shot.
 

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applestew

macrumors member
Jan 12, 2008
46
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shipped and received!

Went home nice brown Manila envelope waiting!

Opened it and there's only the Ethernet dongle!!!

Yes! Apple appears to be shipping my orders in pieces... My MBA and super drive are still not shipped...:(
 
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