Comments on: Apple intros new MacBook Air

By: JAMES Braselton

JAMES Braselton — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:50:49 +0000

HI THERE MACBOOK AIR WITH SSD DRIVES ARE SOO COOL WHEN WILL OTHER COMPANIES WITH SSD DRIVES START ARIVING AT THE COMPUTER STORE

By: pheer6224

pheer6224 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:39:13 +0000

I can’t wait to seethe list of Chinese companies they bought this one from.

By: jeremiah

jeremiah — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:40:30 +0000

WoW

By: tony montana

tony montana — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:07:18 +0000

Ahhh fuck this apple shit man you fucking morons! Fuck!!! Some people here are really dumb… 32gb touch.. Man fuck you just be happy with 16… You dumbfuck…and macbook air is cool… And stop complaining if it is missing something … Apple don’t give a fuck about you

By: Dingus

Dingus — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:29:12 +0000

Gotta love Steve Jobs… he’s the MAN when it comes to showing off outdated technology and presenting it as new.

Sony has had the SZ series for YEARS now that weighs about 3lbs and packs the same features.

Grats Steve.

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:17:14 +0000

At, i think you missed and imagined a large part of the keynote.
As usually posted, he did discuss sales numbers. They never talk about expectations because there is no need.

And Jobs never claimed this laptop as the “end all”, as I remember all he claimed was that it was the thinnest and he then aid to get it that thin they had to make some changes (ethernet port). Even the rumor sites I read before the keynote said that it would be without an optical drive and the ethernet port would be left out because it would not fit into the thin body. It is a ultra thin and light portable, its not a desktop replacement and its not an “endd all” as you say. And if you think they claimed that then please go watch again.

They are a for profit company that uses their designs to sell devices, nothing new here. If they are not for you then go buy something else.

Jeff B. I’m with you about the 32GB touch, I’ll be waiting in line as well.

By: Usually Named

Usually Named — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:00:33 +0000

Uh, AT, he did announce iPhone sales numbers — 4 million of them in 200 days.

Or did you miss that part?

By: AT

AT — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:50:32 +0000

Dtest54, You might have not used your ethernet in over a year, the question is if you would feel comfortable not having one at all; my guess is that you are going to say: “of course”; we will have to wait and see if the market agrees with you.

About using an adapter, the minute you do that……it means you can’t use any other usb device unless you are using a usb hub.

Again you might see no problem with all this, I personally do.

Again what I am trying to say is not that this is a “bad” machine, simply it’s not the BE ALL end ALL laptop that Apple says it is.

Same goes for the iPhone, and proof that Apple products sell mostly because of the hype machine behind them and not because of real “value”, is that the iPhone flopped quite hard here in europe and it didn’t even make it to the Asian markets. While in the USA where the Apple hype machine is insane…booom record sales.

Am I the only one that remembers that Jobs was suppose to announce iPhone sale numbers at this MacWorld and give an update on their world wide maket share goal?

iPhone sold in germany =10k; France=30k; UK=30k
Yea I guess these were not nice numbers to share at the MacWorld….

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:06:57 +0000

IF you guys thing they won’t sell, check back when they release this quarter’s numbers. no way these things dont sell.

AT, if you have to have the ethernet then they have an adapter. personally i haven’t used ethernet in my powerbook in over a year. Same goes for optical drive. Everything is online that’s needed. no problems there.

why do people keep up with the 3G iphone? every rumor site has been saying mid-summer, even legit news sources have had that time frame.

hate away.

By: bluehorseshoe

bluehorseshoe — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:51:20 +0000

Disappointed. This is what they came up with? Pretty looks but missing key pieces for me personally, such as a drive and replaceble battery. Forget any stylish corporate use without the port.

I was holding out for a tablet, and thought it was quite possible they’d have a 3G version of the iPhone. Perhaps even a new updated design on the MacBook Pros with solid state drives.

Disappointed.

By: AT

AT — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:29:24 +0000

About those saying that the average consumer will still go for this…

Let’s see how the average Joe reacts when he finds out this thing doesn’t have a Lan/ethernet Port.

LOL.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:30:49 +0000

@pheer6224 i agree glorified disposabl and fragile moto razr/ibone. non replatery bceable BS you need replaceable batteries for presentations or business trips

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:29:01 +0000

I’m just going to say this once and for all and I hope that apple fanbois alike will realize that this was a really bad move on Job’s part, I mean when you watch the keynote nobody but that one guy with the glasses and pants up to his chin who has a “gamertag” of f4n8014l1f3 (fanboi4life) stands up clapping because really this is like…a Palm Folio…I’m really sorry I said that but with all the shit Jobs said for you to buy to make this work is just insane and I didn’t include a monitor or a usb hub…or four…

but according to the keynote he wants you to buy a $1799 foli…notebook, a $149 ipod nano (but we all really want the Touch but I’m not including that), another computer to siphon the optical drive from $looooooooooots or the $99 superdrive anyways, a time capsule for like $299, and then to rent movies for what’s it like $9 each and watch on your appletv that’s now lowered to a “reasonable” $229?

The grand total comes to…:
(holy crap) $2,584+ on apple tech in one day.
without the worthless appletv it’s a meager:
oh boy, $2,355+.

(If you were wondering what it would be with the Touch:
w/ appletv:$2,834 for 16gb Touch
w/o appletv:$2,605 for 16gb Touch)

I don’t know if I’m just sane or what but that is a shitload of money to spend on an ok ipod, one of the coolest yet simplest gadgets to come out of the woodworks in a while, a Folio, an optical drive (well look at that), and movie rentals since nobody really wants an appletv.

Somebody tell me if I’m in the ballpark of what you’re thinking or what but that seems to be what he said when I watched the keynote.

(Truth, I would’ve loved to see maybe an update to the iPhone and a bigger iPod Touch. That would’ve been better than this Macbook Air.)

By: jdlnmia

jdlnmia — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:28:43 +0000

Ugh. That’s all. Prada prices on a gap tshirt is what it is….

Now where is my 8GB EEE PC in Galaxy Black (along with the Leopard OS X hack)?!?!??!?

By: thefencechild

thefencechild — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:14:28 +0000

i can’t believe anyone would buy this thing. just another example of the ridiculous power of that white already bitten apple.

By: Joeylang

Joeylang — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:14:22 +0000

Well i am absolutely happy, i was so worried that my gorgeous macbook was gonna be outdated a month after i bought it. Some would probably argue that it is, but it has a superior processor and 4 gigs of ram so this is like a toy next to my macbook. If i had the money to blow i would get one, but it is not worth the price tag. It is a beautiful notebook however……

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:11:46 +0000

They really should have interviewed on this one… if it was humanly possible to put a disk drive in there, it would be all worth it… I understand they needed the fatter part of it (am I going nuts using that word?), so they put two things on both sides, but the disk drive really IS important….unless you have a USB hub, your out of luck with the ONE port… once again I understand, and whats up with the projection jack? They could have used that for more useful things… I know I never used it once on my macbook, and it makes no sense for them to put that in there… but moving on, they charge that price, which I understand, 1800 (excuse me, 1799), because its so thin, require new processors to be made, has good memory, and plenty other reasons, but the fact of the matter is, you will end up paying more than that original price, if you want an external disk drive, thats gonna cost ya. And they dont include an apple remote by default, which is odd considering they elaborate on the business/keynote aspect of it. Thats another 20 dollars. Its amazing, dont get me wrong, its just a little weird how they assume that we all will convert to watching dvds their way and listening their way, they are really pushing it :p. But I’m an avid apple fan, and think this is a great work of art… cant wait to see it in the stores so I can believe the build.

By: pheer6224

pheer6224 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:42:22 +0000

To think that the only apple product I eagerly anticipated would turn out to be a glorified motorola RAZR (please excuse my english).

By: pheer6224

pheer6224 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:39:55 +0000

It’s a 2000 dollar machine with the same exact specs as the Inspiron I’m typing this on, nobody needs it and I could break it over my knee. Congrats to apple on building the next Newton. By the way, almost everything Mr. Jobs said at the keynote was a lie. I wanted to see the first stylish UMPC and all there was was a stupid ultraportable with nothing but a mediocre spec sheet that one could add to a VAIO UX themselves, and for some reason, it’s really thin. Yippie. That’ll come in handy the next time I need to air mail a laptop to china for a dollar. And they already have the thing beat there anyway, so could an apple fanboy please tell me if I missed something?

By: LiSa

LiSa — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:32:21 +0000

when i first saw the macbook air post…my immediate thought was…PALM FOLEO w/ wifi.

follow in palm’s footsteps CRAPPLE and scrap this project!!

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:15:04 +0000

AT, you wanna check the prices on that SZ6?
great notebook, but different customer than the one for SZ6.

i personally think it will do well, i cannot figure out the battery issue though. I can definitely live without optical drive and i have plenty of usb hubs. not bad overall, but a very good macworld.

By: RON

RON — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:57:12 +0000

as usual with apple……..way over priced

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:39:23 +0000

An $1800 computer that you can’t watch a DVD (much less (HD/BR) and has a non-swappable battery. So it’s basically a sophisticated internet/word processing tablet. No thanks.

By: Mr Hopkins

Mr Hopkins — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:55:47 +0000

Well it looks pretty… I’m not a serious “techie” like most of you guys so I’m pretty unbiased sooo speaking from the “average guy’s” standpoint… It looks pretty and will sell for that reason. With most brain dead consumers not considering that it only has one USB port, no optical drive, and a non replaceable battery. They will turn a blind eye to these options in order to have the latest. It is actually a fly little device. I will definitely be searcing the classifieds for this one in about three months when brain dead consumers are ready for something new.

By: AT

AT — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:27:41 +0000

The best thing is that, even though anyone with half a brain notices that this Laptop has nothing better then the competition…it’s still going to sell like crazy.

Again, a sony Vaio SZ6 tears a new one to this Macbook air….

Carbon chassis
Oled display
Dedicated video card that can be activated or deactivated at will for extra battery life
DVD Burner
Core 2 Duo T7700
240GB Hard Drive

But hey…it’s a Mac! GoGoGo Steve Jobs we be ballllinnnnn…

Just like the iPhone…

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:14:18 +0000

Yea, this is really cool and looks sweet but that’s it, this thing doesn’t even have any substance to it. It’s just standard parts but really thin.

Why couldn’t apple pull something cool out of their ass like a 3G iPhone with some more functionality and a 32gb iPod Touch.
Guess who would be at apple right now waiting for their 32gb iPod Touch?…if it was announced…

By: jon

jon — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:50:11 +0000

I agree with most that it is overpriced and apple again is using a lot of hype to sell a product that is about looks. Anyone disappointed in Macworld this year and willing to be pissy about it is an idiot! Just bec last year they had a break through product like the iphone doesnt mean every year now there going to come out and flip the technology market on its back. Quit being such whiney little techno brats jesus!

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:32:39 +0000

Who cares about a SSD drive. Its just not worth the price. Im actually all for macs just cant see paying that kind of money. Way better options out there for less money.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:24:16 +0000

Pass to thin will break easy an yoi can’t game on it replace the battery apple you fail yet again. An the price tagw with a wiff of recession in the wind helzz no!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:50:09 +0000

actually for the $1800 it doesn’t come with SSD that cost another $1000 more