Page 1 of New Apple MacBook "Air"

Firstly, a stupid name for a laptop, but anyway...I very much like the look of it!

I`m just hoping they don`t have a stupid UK price otherwise I`ll have to try and wangle another jolly (I mean work trip) to the US $1799 (~£900) .....isn`t too bad for an ultra thin laptop!

Its ultrathin, but i reckon it really need a ten inch version. i really would have bought a 10" version for work.

So...£1199 for us...and $1799 for the US !!! Bloody cheek.

he didnt really say whet the spec was?

F*cking remarkable achievement though!

There`s 2 on offer:
store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=7B72367C&node=home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air

Both have 2Gb of RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth etc..
Base model is Intel C2D @ 1.6Ghz with a 80Gh 1.8" hard drive
Next model up is Intel C2D @ 1.8Ghz with a 64Gb solid state (flash) drive.

I`d love the flash drive version, but not sure it`ll be worth that much!

Can you explain what the difference in hard drives are?

The 80GB one is a traditional (but very very dinky) one with moving parts. The 64GB one doesn`t have moving parts. The latter is more expensive to make, but is safer in a laptop/mp3 player/portable harddrive.

Edit: I`m amazed how thin it is, but simultaneously worried about snapping it! The keyboard is really ugly though.




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This item was edited on Tuesday, 15th January 2008, 20:22

To be honest, if there is no change in the size of the machine, I`d plump for the standard hard drive because the price increase on the next model is massive.

Yeah, that`s what I`m thinking.

Its a hell of a jump in price. Performance would be a lot better on the 64Gb flash drive...but not sure if its £650 better!

Its a hell of a jump in price. Performance would be a lot better on the 64Gb flash drive...but not sure if its £650 better!

i dunno how much faster, if at all a flash drive would be, the fastest usb flash key is still many times slower than a standard usb hard drive, & the principle seems the same, although differently implemented. but,,,,, the flash drive does have some pretty big advantages, the biggest probably being the massively lower power consumption.

at $2000 with current conversation, thats £1000 ish :) lol, only about 3 years ago i paid more than that for a chunky vaio running 30gig HD & 1.6 celeron Cpu...


& yes miles, i likeeee i wanteeee but,,, i not affordeeee :( :( :(

This item was edited on Tuesday, 15th January 2008, 21:26