Wow it's thin....... but 1799?

What do you guys think? it looks nice. Where's a refresh of the MB and MBP? hehe they are calling this the MBA... LOL I'm sure alot of MBA's will be using the MBA.

i dont even need to sit on it to snap it, just a mere fart will break that thing

oooo it's gorgeous...but I'll stick to my sturdy, thin enough to carry around macbook
i don't need air XD not literally rofl

maybe if i had the money.. XD

nice, but i'll stay with macbook. i'd hate to carry this around also having to be delicate not to snap it.

it's think but there is no way that my dad or me is going
to fish out $1800 for a laptop not including anything but
if its like $1200, I'll get it but I already have a new laptop

It looks dangerously thin and would probably snap with you type too hard.
I wouldn't get. Doesn't seem to be worth it and doesn't look all that appealing to me.
Pretty happy with mine ^^"

lol peeps, metal don't snap. It's aluminum and not plastic.

I'm pretty sure this will be the future design of the Macbook pros.

despite looking fragile, it's gorgeous and sleek. i'd buy one if i have the money and i need a new one. i love my first and new laptop so im stickin' with it.

That looks really nice but it seems so fragile.

any specs on the machine?

specs are bad. not worth the money. mac targets those 30 years olds that donno anything about computer...

The laptop is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo chip running at 1.6GHz, with 1.8GHz available as an option. Jobs noted that Intel was willing to engineer a new version of the Core 2 Duo specifically to Apple's specifications -- it's 60 percent smaller than others. The chip operates with 4MB of on-chip shared L2 cache running at full processor speed, and uses an 800MHz frontside bus. 2GB of 667MH DDR2 SDRAM is also included.

I'm not sure I like the design, honestly. I like my iBook (ooh, how dated am I?) well enough. It's a little heavy, and I should upgrade in the next year to something a little smaller, but that just seems like it's over doing it. : \

How about a hybrid of the sony(?) tough-book and the air-book. That I would probably buy.

its really thin. but when they do add another usb port and add a bigger hard drive i'll give a chance. but for now i'd stick to the MB.

basically paying for thinness.. I don't think it's worth the money.

exactly, not a standard CPU chip. a 1.8" HD (BOOOOO) typically you have 2.5" HD in your laptops. If it didn't have a 1.8 I "might" have gotten it, but bleh.

I was hoping the MacBook's would get a dedicated Graphics card cauz i wanted a mac laptop under 1K to play wow

You probably mean Panasonic, not Sony.

And I would actually consider getting this if the specs are decent but it's not -__-

if it's touch screen and can swivel in the future, it can have lots of applications on a very wide scale. i bet companies would pay a lot of money for electronic clipboards. (yes there are tablets, but they're not as convenient)

really? i thought it was a core 2 duo mobile version or something. didnt know they custom-made it for this thing.

and yeah, the specs are alright. but crappy for what you pay for this thing , but hey, its a mac

So uhh... wheres the usb ports lol

it flips down






exactly, being that thin, they should have made it a tablet, but touch screen too like the iphone.

found one!!!

HAHAHA

btw this thing has an integrated battery. much like the ipod.

bunch of apple BS $$ making marketing scam........

it's form over functionality.

i'm disappointed. no optical drive, no ethernet port, 1 USB port only with integrated(non-removable) battery?! =sigh=

but i agree it's really sexy.

-yawn-

if thinness is all you're excited about, I've been using the Sony X505 ever since 2004.


10.2in x 8.2in x .8in
less than two pounds with a carbon fiber top
oh yeah

Agree with the guy above...Sony X505 style and thinness kicks Apple's arse, only downside to the Sony laptop was the cd rom drive was external not internal as it was that thin!

Normally Apple products amke me go "WOW" but this particular product, Macbook Air just doesnt have that wow factor.

I'll stick to my Sony laptop

I'll only get it if it floats like that. I won't have to worry about accidentally knocking it off my desk or lap. It will safely descend like a feather.

Bah only 1? thats a joke lol danggg. Gunna make people to buy those 5-in-1 usb adapters cuz a lot of things these days require a usb port being a external hard drive , mouse , usb cables for transfering music to mp3/video players etc... ... and intergrated battery? MARKETING SCAM I TELL YAAAA! lol... Also anyone care to show me where the CD Drive is? Or is there not one?

Ill just stick with my Dell laptop. It maybe heavy , but id rather have functionality then convenience

I don't like thin stuff o_o They look like they're as easy to break as crackers.

well, if you goto the site, they have an external USB cd/dvd drive that you attach to that single usb port. ahaha....i guess thats one of the ways they cut down on the weight and size. apple really plays on form instead of function.

was this at the expo? i didn't see it today, or maybe i missed it.

but for me, i wouldn't buy it. i'd stick with dell.

lol man.. i just saw this jawn on hypebeast, extra thin! it fits into a manila mailer.

Wow.. it looks way too delicate/fragile for me to handle :/ I'd be too scared to take it with me somewhere..
Looks impractical to me >_< even if it is really thin.

looks very nice and sleek, but i don't think i can handle something as fragile looking as that ><

Ooooo it's pretty, but I don't like using Apple computers Prefer PCs by far. Plus I just got a new notebook a little while ago...

also if u want the ssd (solid state hdd) be prepared to shell out another 1k
if u want a full loaded one with all the options ur gonna be paying roughly 3k total

I want sth sturdy.

Seems like I can break this $1799 into halves by bare hands.

i think anyone can snap that thing

the downside of the MBA is that its not user upgradeable. you cant just open it up to upgrade the ram or hd as you like since the ram is soldered onto the mobo and 1.8in HDs aren't readily available. also, no user replaceable battery....it could die on you just like ipods can. i think apple sacrificed too much to achieve a thin notebook. no express card slot, not upgradable, nonreplacable battery, 1 usb port, slow hard drive, etc.

i think apple is looking too far ahead with the MBA. wireless isn't reliable enough yet to abandon ethernet ports. wired USB is still the standard for portable devices and notebook peripheral accessories and one usb port just does not work until wireless usb is developed and released, which will not be for a while.

so true, which is why their stocks tanked today. Great product and idea, but they failed to really deliver it.

it'd be cool if the laptop really could float like that lol

It looks pretty, but much too fragile. Even if I had the money, I don't think I'd get it. I'm pretty happy with my laptop.

lol i suppose its not really for the people who hella need a full on desktop, its more for people who need it on the go and who want to look sexy


otherwise im chill with my normal macbook,
but i wouldnt mind having an air just to say i have one lol

cool, look fragile itself but bet it's good
1,800 lolzzz

I find it f'ugly. Will not spend money on that.

That is just ridiculously thin. I really don't get the appeal of having anything THAT thin. It's like the RazR phones when they came out. I hated how thin it was. But I guess this is where we are heading with everything these days, thin and touch screen.

i saw it on the news today. it looks ok.
but, i'm not into macs, and i'm happy with the laptop i have now.

Presenting the world's most breakable laptop.

4200 RPM 80 GB Hard Drive? Not really sure about the processor. 2GB RAM built in... Non changeable battery... No Firewire.

I mean, it's OK, but not for 1800. Besides, if a laptop is lighter than like 3 pounds, then you have to make the footprint smaller, not the thickness.

it's pretty. but not worth the money. :x