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Apple shows MacBook Air & improves Apple TV

article published on 15 January, 2008

At the MacWorld Expo, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs showed the thin and light MacBook Air to the attendees. Measuring just 0.8 inches thick and weighing 3 pounds as standard, the notebook packs impressive hardware under the hood for its size and weight. It is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB on-chip shared L2 cache, clocked at 1.6GHz (1.8GHz optional). A 4200RPM PATA hard disk ... [ read the full article ]

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905drager
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15. January 2008 @ 23:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wow. That's a sexy notebook. I think I'd still rather a Toshiba R500 if I wanted to go thin and light. It's half-a-pound lighter and the Tosh comes with the optical drive built-in. I heard they're coming out with a new version of the R500 in a couple of months that will have the 128GB-SSD drive. Still, the look and chassis of the MacBook is nice and sleek.
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16. January 2008 @ 06:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wow. that's thin like paper. It looks pretty nice, but I would stick with Sony TZ series as their just as light, thin and powerful, planning to get me a Sony Vaio TZ298 with the 64 ssd and 250gb hdd.
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16. January 2008 @ 11:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i hope its cheap, i would really like to get one for school :P
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16. January 2008 @ 11:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by jove:
i hope its cheap, i would really like to get one for school :P
I read that the base price wouldbe around $1,700. Not sure what the base specs would be and how much you could upgrade.
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Originally posted by jove:
i hope its cheap, i would really like to get one for school :P
I read that the base price wouldbe around $1,700. Not sure what the base specs would be and how much you could upgrade.
The price for the Air is $1799, other notebooks for macs are lot faster than this, I like the design but it doesn't come with a cd or dvd rom you will have to used another computer's ROM wireless to load software with it or you can buy a stand alone ROM that connects with a USB cable to the air. Cool idea but im sure lots of people will be bitter about spending $1800 on a notebook that doesn't come with a ROM and is slower than other mac books.
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16. January 2008 @ 16:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I would think it would be cheaper then a macbook... I guess that's adding value for ya...
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16. January 2008 @ 23:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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A 4200RPM PATA hard disk drive provides 80GB of storage space.
4200RPM's? PATA? 80GB's? As a Windows-only user, isn't that a step backwards for a notebook PC? I know that "generally" Apple charges a premium price for their hardware, but when I personally look at the specs of their past designs I can usually understand why.
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16. January 2008 @ 23:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm more interested in the HD stuff. I wonder if MS will respond and lower their rental prices on Video Marketplace. If MS would buy or partner with Netflix. Unlimited rentals of all HD content for $17.99 a month.
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17. January 2008 @ 06:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wow at that price and with no way to read cds and with such a small hdd, i guess il pass. i tought it was nice i kinda like this sexy looking comptuer but oh well, such is life...
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17. January 2008 @ 19:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
id be afarid of snapping it in half :) the price of a solid state drive for that thing is phenomenally pricey
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17. January 2008 @ 19:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Apple sucks! I'f I were to buy apple, I'd have to shove a pole up my ass! Apple U-r over rated! U are for only rich people who think that they are liberals but are fucking idiot wanna bees! Apple, yo are crapple! I have this to say! Linux open source = fuck apple and M$!
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17. January 2008 @ 21:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wtf have you ever enven sat and used an apple computer for at least and hour? yes Linux is the best over them all but still how could you say that about something that isn't M$.
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18. January 2008 @ 15:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by mfgnet:
Apple sucks! I'f I were to buy apple, I'd have to shove a pole up my ass! Apple U-r over rated! U are for only rich people who think that they are liberals but are fucking idiot wanna bees! Apple, yo are crapple! I have this to say! Linux open source = fuck apple and M$!
Some one has problems :S
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18. January 2008 @ 18:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
he might not have a problem he just might not know how to use the thing or evan ever used one before.
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18. January 2008 @ 18:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Apple used to rule, but Leopard is going to drive them down to the ground. I hope, they don't install it on the new iPhones.

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18. January 2008 @ 18:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well then why would a guy talk a whole bunch of crap about something he knows nothing about?
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18. January 2008 @ 20:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@vinny that is the point exactly.....


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yea leperade is not as good as we all thought id stay with tiger if i was any one..
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18. January 2008 @ 22:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i love apple but this computer is such a bad idea.
they say it's amazing because of it's wireless capabilities which are the same as every other apple. the lack of optical drive is bullshit, and it's far slower than their regular macbooks.
it may be slim, but that's all it's got.
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18. January 2008 @ 23:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Apple USB Ethernet Adapter

$29.00 to hook the Air up to an ethernet LAN?
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19. January 2008 @ 00:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@petestock
that is Very true.
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19. January 2008 @ 00:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by petestock:
i love apple but this computer is such a bad idea.
they say it's amazing because of it's wireless capabilities which are the same as every other apple. the lack of optical drive is bullshit, and it's far slower than their regular macbooks.
it may be slim, but that's all it's got.
It'll do very well just because it looks good. People will buy it just to say look at my crazy Mac! Those guys at Apple are smart at getting the dumb rich folks...

BTW, who uses ethernet with laptops these days anyways?
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19. January 2008 @ 01:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
right now i am .. :( cause i bricked my router.. dont know what i was thinking upgrading it over wifi .. how stupid.
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19. January 2008 @ 01:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why would you buy this AIR computer? Its $3100 for the good one and theres nothing special about. Yeah so its skinny, Thats cool. When i need to stash my computer in an envelope maybe ill consider buying one, but until then ill stick with my regular macbook.
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19. January 2008 @ 09:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i was reading the article about this and it said ? MagSafe Airline Adapter. dose this mean you can use it on a plane or is it just a pun because the macs name is air?
the screen is very small on this book as well 13.3 :(
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15. February 2008 @ 17:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The notebook I feel is overrated to me that is pretty standard and actually lacking some power in my book. The ram and speed is ok however the hard drive needs to be bigger and the onboard is standard stuff, I'll wait for the next model that will probably come with not so much onboard stuff. I'll stick with toshiba for the time being.
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