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Macbook Air Death Date
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Wow, you came up with that thought all by yourself right after Apple did? Good for you, here's a doggy treat.
I second the go away.
this may surprise you but ultra-portability is a useful purpose to some people.
i doubt the mba will die, but i do see them doing big things (well hoping they will do big things) with version 2. Either that or maybe a little bit of a price drop to appel to more ppl. Altho apple has never been known to be "cheap" so the price cut might be minimal.
It's getting a lot of attention from the press. Because of the iPod and iPhone, people are starting to get more and more into Apple, and hopefully the MacBook Air's aesthetics will help to attract more people to Macs. People are going to want to see the MBA and play with it, and when they do, they'll get a taste of OS X, which may help drive them to switch.
It might not sell great, but it will benefit Apple in other ways.
It might not sell great, but it will benefit Apple in other ways.
Sorry to say but.... you are not getting the big picture with the Macbook Air. It is in a niche market, yes! But, within that niche market are other products much more expensive, much larger, and much worse off then Apple's Macbook Air. How is this unlike the Apple iPod in any way? It has a revolutionary hard drive (just like the Macbook air), it has rediculously thin (like the Macbook Air), and it incorporates new technology like Remote Disk and Touch gestures.
I agree. I think people are underestimating the MBA's appeal. Practically all other thin and lights ask the user to make compromises on the most important parts -- screen and keyboard. I think the reality of MBA ownership will be much more pleasant than the specifications suggest.
I can't describe it any better than I already did. Comparing the Macbook Air to the iPod is laughable; even Steve Jobs wouldn't go that far.
If anyproduct should die it's http://www.apple.com/ipodhifi/, and it's still around almost 2 years later. I don't think apple will give up on MBA any time soon, though an MBA "Take 2" might see the light of day at MWSF 09.
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It has been dead for nearly a year now. I want one, but you can't find one anywhere. It is not even on the Apple Store site. The page still may exist, but just like Futurama's home page on the FOX-TV site, someone hasn't noticed and removed it.
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Can´t see the air ever going away.
They already dropped the money on R&D, so once they get that back from sells, every purchase after is icing on the cake. They aren't going to lose any money from having it available to consumers-it just might not sell as fast as they hoped it would.
They already dropped the money on R&D, so once they get that back from sells, every purchase after is icing on the cake. They aren't going to lose any money from having it available to consumers-it just might not sell as fast as they hoped it would.
My argument is that the MB Air is not an ultraportable. Its lack of connectivity, the fact that it is the same form factor as the MB, and that it is severely limited requiring a lot of extra stuff to do basic things that other ultraportables have built in does not make it ultraportable.
It is the Ultrathin computer. I guarantee that when someone actually tries to travel with it, use it like an ultraportable they will be carrying around so much more crap (ethernet, super drive, external hard drive) that they will wish they spent a lot less money and bought a much more capable machine like the MB.
Mark my words ....
December 21 2012.
Oh and BTW, the Aztecs and Nostrodamus had both predicted it, although neither new of the other's prediction (or existence, for that matter)
Oh and BTW, the Aztecs and Nostrodamus had both predicted it, although neither new of the other's prediction (or existence, for that matter)
December 21 2012.
Oh and BTW, the Aztecs and Nostrodamus had both predicted it, although neither new of the other's prediction (or existence, for that matter)
I think you are referring to the Mayans...
And BTW, thank god I already have my tinfoil hat on.
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