New MacBook Air
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- SteveJobs0
@iCanHasQBN
do you really wanna see gateway try to pull an apple? me neither. they do what they do and it works for them. they sell to the average houshold consumer: your mom, grandma or other flavor of non-tech savvy stereotype. they sell quantity, not quality.- basically walmart shoppers are their demographicSteveJobs
- no. i agree with all that. but the above is what makes apple better IMO. they give more of a shit about details.iCanHasQBN
- you can buy ipads at wallmartformed
- SteveJobs0
- yeah, pretty nice stuff. call me when they something as nice as OSX! :)iCanHasQBN
- asus isn't quite as big as apple. correct me if i'm wrong...SteveJobs
- meant to say 'when they RUN something as nice as OSX'. sorry. Windows is a deal-breaker.iCanHasQBN
- There you go... it goes to the same old OSX is better than Windows bullshit.. that's what the response is when all other hardware arguments are shattered to Apple fanboys.Boz
- hardware arguments are shattered to Apple fanboys. Here's a hint.. Windows 7 is a much better OS than OSX.Boz
- nothing was shattered. you just keep ignoring things that matter, Boz.kpl
- boz, its a combination of BOTH the OS AND the hardware.iCanHasQBN
- must_dash0
One of the best things about this macbook air is the speed it accesses the drive, and no fan, completely silent... brill.
I have a samsung netbook which is very small but the keyboard is shite and you know you're on a netbook... but the air, you don't really feel any different to being on a normal laptop
- no fan? that seems like a bad thing, esp considering how skinny it is.instrmntl
- LordOfAnimalshire0
Just ordered one to replace my current one.
- fanboy!!!!!!! you worship Steve Jobs!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh! I love Flash! Ahhhhhhhh! I just wet myself.iCanHasQBN
- randommail0
"Stupid Apple.
Stupid expensive useless piece of crap ugly MacBook Air.
Stupid Appleheads.
Stupid people showing off they can afford expensive computers.
Stupid Steve Jobs."Yeah, Apple has no idea what it's doing. Steve Jobs is an idiot. The Apple we know today is by total accident.
- akrokdesign0
its weight is so low, it take two of them to compare to others.
thin like a slice of american cheese, almost.not that this is meant to be a "designer" laptop, but i am sure you could run the creative suite on it. even with only 2gb ram.
- according to reviews OSX has a hard time with 2GB of RAM, nevermind CS5.zarkonite
- akrokdesign0
also, nothing wrong with having a range of products. most companies do. and if you don't get it. well, then you don't. :-) ...just be happy!
- akrokdesign0
9OSFA!
- Hombre_Lobo_20
it angers me that they use an incredible song by Elbow in the promo video.
- Boz0
LOL.. I found out today as I was looking at laptops and netbooks..
Who pays the price for new Mac Book Air is seriously nuts...
New Acer TimelineX series:
Acer TimelineX 1830T
It features HD-capable i7 or i5 cpu, 1,366 by 768-pixel displays, HDMI output, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, gigabit Ethernet, and an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam alongside 4gb of ram and 320gb hard drive, 6 hours battery life. Windows 7 Home Premium and offer multi-gesture trackpads.
I was looking at fully loaded 11.6" (i7, 1366x768, HDMI, WiFi-N, 4gb ram, 500gb hard drive 7200 rpm)
$899 with i7 processor and $599 with i5 processor.
Put shit seriously in perspective..and these look pretty neat too... sure not as thin as Mac Book Air.. but god damn
and the new Acer laptops hardly look clunky and whatever Apple fanboys are using to describe them.
This puts things in perspective.
- you could say - who pays the price for the [insert apple computer product] is seriously nuts.Hombre_Lobo_2
- If I could run OSX on that 2nd one, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.Andrew_D
- how much with a SSD?akrok
- how much does it weigh? what materials are it made from? how is it designed? how does it feel?inteliboy
- does it have a trackpad/multitouch? why is it made from plastic panels? etc etc.inteliboy
- ie - it's not all tech specs. leave that shit to hacker nerds.inteliboy
- looks fucking awfulPIZZA
- instrmntl0
i want one. i still have a pre black border macbook.
- kpl0
"However, in the quest for style and a small form factor Acer may have sacrificed too much in the way of usability. "
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/p…
Always a catch. Nice try Boz.
- Boz0
The only thing where that laptop could have been improved is dedicated GPU (though Intel HD does the job just fine for what you use these small ultraportables/netbooks) and Acer installs a bunch of software crap you want to wipe it clean. But even with those 2 minor things it blows Mac Book Air out of the water like nobody's business.
From SlashGear:
"till, a little work in the Uninstall Programs menu and much of the bloatware is gone, and you’re left with one of the best value, most appealing ultraportables around today. Priced at $899.99 it’s hard to argue with the Acer Aspire TimelineX AS1830T-68U118′s specifications, nor its battery life or build quality."Btw..
Mac Book Air doesn't have:
- expandable memory
- expandable hard drive
- 1 usb, no ethernet, no HDMI, no card reader
- only outputs to one screen (Acer one outputs to dual monitors)
- From SlashGear: "We ran Geekbench on our test unit, an entry-level 11.6-inch Air with the 1.4GHz processor and 2GB of memory, and it scored 2261" .. That's ridiculously slow.
- Pathetic hard drive space where you have to buy a new laptop to get more storageAh.. with Apple.. Always a few catches. Nice try kpl.
- HHAHA CRAPWARE? wow havent had to deal with that shit in forever. Windows users lolPIZZA
- VikingKingEleven0
your comparing a mac book air to an ipad?
Holy cow. Just give up.
- you're writing the contraction you are incorrectly? just give upappalled
- iCanHasQBN0
Why does someone buying a Macbook Air need to hook up to TWO monitors for? You are not understanding the target market for this device.
This product is not for you. Deal with it. It's for the casual internet surfer, the traveler that needs to make a PPnt presentation during his flight, and the chick with some extra money to spend who likes to hang out at starbucks and work on her college book report. Not someone who renders 3D, FFS.
And realize that there are a shitload of people out there who are not nerds and do not care for updating and playing around with the innards of their memory, hard drive, etc. And 64GB is plenty for a lot of people who do not deal with graphic-heavy files, as we do.
So why do you insist on hating it so much? Don't fucking buy it and move on with your life. Are you even able to sleep at night knowing that the MacBook Air exists? Oh the horror!
- because if you work with spreadsheets for example connecting to dual monitors is a HUGE addition.Boz
- target market = happy to pay for something they already have but with less functionalityappalled
- so are you telling me that nobody out there can work on a spreadsheet using one monitor?? you're ridiculous.iCanHasQBN
- yeah, no shit, appalled. some people have more money than you. so what...iCanHasQBN
- akrok0
#100 - thanks for the free macbook air, QBN. :-)