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What do you think of a 17" MacBook Air?

asphyxiafeeling

asphyxiafeeling

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a 17 inch MBA sounds like the DUMBEST notebook idea i've heard in a while.

I wouldn't take anything you hear from Apple's live chat to be real. the day unibody macbooks came out i asked them about the base model having a backlit keyboard and the rep straight up lied and said it did, as did the hipster kid at the apple store i bought it from did.

It's weird, a lot of MacRumors know the specs of every mac inside and out, yet the people being paid by apple can't be bothered.
 
appleguy123

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asphyxiafeeling said:
a 17 inch MBA sounds like the DUMBEST notebook idea i've heard in a while.

I wouldn't take anything you hear from Apple's live chat to be real. the day unibody macbooks came out i asked them about the base model having a backlit keyboard and the rep straight up lied and said it did, as did the hipster kid at the apple store i bought it from did.

It's weird, a lot of MacRumors know the specs of every mac inside and out, yet the people being paid by apple can't be bothered.
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I wish i could work for Apple... how old do you have to be?
 
GoCubsGo

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cwfrederick

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sounds like a good idea to me

i dont see why the 17" would be such a bad idea. even the 13" air is capable of performing perfectly for more than 90% of consumers. almost nobody uses an optical drive enough to make it worth carrying around. it probably wouldnt cannibalize sales of the 17"MBP, and if it did, who cares, apple would make more money off the air version anyway.

im planning on getting a 15" air as my next computer along with a 30" ACD whenever they release those.
 
thegoldenmackid

thegoldenmackid

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cwfrederick said:
i dont see why the 17" would be such a bad idea. even the 13" air is capable of performing perfectly for more than 90% of consumers. almost nobody uses an optical drive enough to make it worth carrying around. it probably wouldnt cannibalize sales of the 17"MBP, and if it did, who cares, apple would make more money off the air version anyway.

im planning on getting a 15" air as my next computer along with a 30" ACD whenever they release those.
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It defeats the purpose of the Air. It would not be light, because it is huge, it's not a significant space saver, because it is huge and it would be ridiculously underpowered, the low-end MacBook Pro's (13") would likely have the same specs. Plus, how much is said computer going to cost. When the original Air was released it was roughly 1.7 times that of the MacBook, so the 17" would be over $4200? Even at current ratios: $3100 for an underpowered 17" computer that has how many ports?
 
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cwfrederick

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my argument is still the same

thegoldenmackid said:
It defeats the purpose of the Air. It would not be light, because it is huge, it's not a significant space saver, because it is huge and it would be ridiculously underpowered, the low-end MacBook Pro's (13") would likely have the same specs. Plus, how much is said computer going to cost. When the original Air was released it was roughly 1.7 times that of the MacBook, so the 17" would be over $4200? Even at current ratios: $3100 for an underpowered 17" computer that has how many ports?
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all of your arguments are the same reasons why everyone said the 13" air would not be a success, yet it seems to be selling fine, apple makes a large profit on it, and people really love it.

the purpose of the air is not to be the most ultra-portable computer out there. there are lots of netbooks that are more portable. the purpose is to be as portable as possible with as little compromise as possible. just like the successful 13", a 17" would be relatively, and noticeably, more portable than its MBP counterpart, be sexier, and perform perfectly for >90% of consumers.
 
appleguy123

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cwfrederick said:
all of your arguments are the same reasons why everyone said the 13" air would not be a success, yet it seems to be selling fine, apple makes a large profit on it, and people really love it.

the purpose of the air is not to be the most ultra-portable computer out there. there are lots of netbooks that are more portable. the purpose is to be as portable as possible with as little compromise as possible. just like the successful 13", a 17" would be relatively, and noticeably, more portable than its MBP counterpart, be sexier, and perform perfectly for >90% of consumers.
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If they sold the 17" at a good price with slightly reduced specs from the 17" macbook pro i would have to say i would buy it if i didnt have the beast in my sig. its like lugging around two bibles and study material :(
 
mhnajjar

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What a useless thread. Mods, where are you?

It is time to change this thread from a 17" MBA to flaming me ;)
 
chaosbunny

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cwfrederick said:
hahaha

1) who cares?? its a discussion!

2) its common sense

3) go back to point one, add something constructive to the discussion

sorry for that last dig, i couldnt help myself :)
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1) I care because I was not aware that...

2) your opinion equals "common sense"

3) I already did, scroll up a little bit, pointing out the uselessness of a 17" mba in a satirical way ;)
 
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cwfrederick

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hmmm

chaosbunny said:
1) I care because I was not aware that...

2) your opinion equals "common sense"

3) I already did, scroll up a little bit, pointing out the uselessness of a 17" mba in a satirical way ;)
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um, yes, i am aware that you do not think the 17" MBA will work but im still waiting for my points to be confirmed or denied ;) if given the option, i think a lot of people who want a 17" screen would prefer a MBA version to a MBP version. people still say the 13" is "underpowered", yet it performs perfectly for 99% of consumers and that is a proven point.(*)


footnotes:
* Smith, Bob. et al. The MacBook Air Works Perfectly For More Than Ninty-Nine Percent of Consumers. MBA Monthly. March 22, 2009. pp 17-32.
 
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lixuelai

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I cant say that 90% but everyone that I know including myself only uses disks to install...and that is about it.

Anyway a 17" MBA seems like the most random thing ever. Is tomorrow even a special day?
 
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zedsdead

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Apple never releases new products the week of their earnings call.

Something like this would be announced at a media event. Should this conversation have even taken place, the Apple rep may have meant the Glossy/Matte models.
 
thegoldenmackid

thegoldenmackid

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cwfrederick said:
all of your arguments are the same reasons why everyone said the 13" air would not be a success, yet it seems to be selling fine, apple makes a large profit on it, and people really love it.

the purpose of the air is not to be the most ultra-portable computer out there. there are lots of netbooks that are more portable. the purpose is to be as portable as possible with as little compromise as possible. just like the successful 13", a 17" would be relatively, and noticeably, more portable than its MBP counterpart, be sexier, and perform perfectly for >90% of consumers.
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I'm sorry, but since you have no warrant to back up your greater then 90 claim, I'll try to counter with one. The reason why people have a 17" MacBook Pro is because they want a mobile computer that has the same power as a desktop. The MacBook Air would not be that. It is a wonderful computer in the 13" genre, but it's a niche. As a computer, it's not really worth much. It's overpriced, underpowered and under-featured and that is why most people that have a MacBook Air have an additional computer. The people that have an additional computer to their 17", have desktop powerhouses for the most part.

cwfrederick said:
um, yes, i am aware that you do not think the 17" MBA will work but im still waiting for my points to be confirmed or denied ;) if given the option, i think a lot of people who want a 17" screen would prefer a MBA version to a MBP version. people still say the 13" is "underpowered", yet it performs perfectly for 99% of consumers and that is a proven point.(*)


footnotes:
* Smith, Bob. et al. The MacBook Air Works Perfectly For More Than Ninty-Nine Percent of Consumers. MBA Monthly. March 22, 2009. pp 17-32.
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I'm not sure how this is credible. The MacBook Air did not work for me. I need an optical drive, I prefer extra screen space and I needed the extra ports. In addition the computer was slow as crap. Of course the people at MBA Monthly going to say something like that. What kind of study did they perform?
 
GoCubsGo

GoCubsGo

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thegoldenmackid said:
I'm not sure how this is credible. The MacBook Air did not work for me. I need an optical drive, I prefer extra screen space and I needed the extra ports. In addition the computer was slow as crap. Of course the people at MBA Monthly going to say something like that. What kind of study did they perform?
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The MB Air did not work for you, but it certainly works. While it's not my primary computer, nor can I make it my primary computer, it is powerful enough to handle my day to day tasks outside photography. I can do what I need to do photography wise, but it is so much easier on my MP.
 
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