01-16-2008, 02:40 AM
So far all the reasons listed only confirm that different niches work for different customers.
If those are your list of qualifiers/disqualifiers, Apple's MacBook Pro or Mac Book are likely better right choices for you.
The MacBook Air isn't "flawed" because it doesn't suit your needs, it just means you need a different computer.
Remember when everyone screamed about losing the floppy drive? Or the transition to USB? and complained about having to purchase an external add-on? How long did that last?
I'd rather see this one kept light, stripped down, and thin as air, that than for Apple to start adding on all these things just to please those who can't live without the ports and features that already exist on other, more suitable (competitively light, functional, attractive) models.
For myself, I'm happy with my MacBook Pro. I gotta have FW800, and an ethernet port, and etc. etc..so that model works just great for me.
If it were Dell, or Microsoft, you can bet nobody would have been left out. It would have been designed by committee, looked uglier than sin, and weighed two pounds more.
If this model leaves you and your wallet behind, it's not a bad thing, better that than weigh it down.
If those are your list of qualifiers/disqualifiers, Apple's MacBook Pro or Mac Book are likely better right choices for you.
The MacBook Air isn't "flawed" because it doesn't suit your needs, it just means you need a different computer.
Remember when everyone screamed about losing the floppy drive? Or the transition to USB? and complained about having to purchase an external add-on? How long did that last?
I'd rather see this one kept light, stripped down, and thin as air, that than for Apple to start adding on all these things just to please those who can't live without the ports and features that already exist on other, more suitable (competitively light, functional, attractive) models.
For myself, I'm happy with my MacBook Pro. I gotta have FW800, and an ethernet port, and etc. etc..so that model works just great for me.
If it were Dell, or Microsoft, you can bet nobody would have been left out. It would have been designed by committee, looked uglier than sin, and weighed two pounds more.
If this model leaves you and your wallet behind, it's not a bad thing, better that than weigh it down.