wes.coleman
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I'm not an Apple person by any stretch of the imagination, but this is just too cool for school.
Originally Posted by Computerpro3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looks amazing except it runs like crap. Look at your hard drive options - dog slow or $800 extra for a solid state. Great looking though. |
Originally Posted by Wodgy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Umm... no. It's one of the fastest clocked notebooks in the subnotebook category, even before SSD. Ars Technica did a great spec comparison against other subnotebooks: Macworld.Ars: MacBook Air spec shootout The Macbook Air wins on most measures. And that doesn't even include the intangibles like having the chassis cast out of two solid pieces of machined aluminum, rather than plastic like the two competitors. (For people who just scroll to the end, the last line in the comparison is meant to be sarcastic.) |
Originally Posted by sector001 /img/forum/go_quote.gif i'll pass on this one... |
Originally Posted by Wodgy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Umm... no. It's one of the fastest clocked notebooks in the subnotebook category, even before SSD. Ars Technica did a great spec comparison against other subnotebooks: Macworld.Ars: MacBook Air spec shootout The Macbook Air wins on most measures. And that doesn't even include the intangibles like having the chassis cast out of two solid pieces of machined aluminum, rather than plastic like the two competitors. (For people who just scroll to the end, the last line in the comparison is meant to be sarcastic.) |
Originally Posted by kugino /img/forum/go_quote.gif and don't forget one of the biggest advantages - OS X. |
Originally Posted by Wodgy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Umm... no. It's one of the fastest clocked notebooks in the subnotebook category, even before SSD. Ars Technica did a great spec comparison against other subnotebooks: Macworld.Ars: MacBook Air spec shootout The Macbook Air wins on most measures. And that doesn't even include the intangibles like having the chassis cast out of two solid pieces of machined aluminum, rather than plastic like the two competitors. (For people who just scroll to the end, the last line in the comparison is meant to be sarcastic.) |
Originally Posted by marvin /img/forum/go_quote.gif The benchmark in this category, the Lenovo X61, has the 2.0 Ghz C2D in the base version and weighs in at just over $1k. That makes it difficult to argue that the MBA is one of the fastest clocked notebooks in the subnotebook category given that it's competition is faster by as much as 600 MHz. |
The choice of a 13.3" screen is odd though. It brings real world portability for the vast majority of people down to the regular MacBook level, but I can see why. |
Originally Posted by Computerpro3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I can install OS X on my PC too, not that I'd ever want to |