[X4U] MW Expo; I'm underwhelmed

[Christopher Collins]

It's the thickness of this thing (MacBook Air) that is probably a  
HUGE, and I mean HUGE part of the cost.

Going on the cost of some other items, you can almost bet that there  
is a tripling in price for the same item.

80GB HDD 3.5" - maybe $50
80GB HDD 2.5" - maybe $100.00
80GB HDD 1.8" - maybe $150.00

Granted those prices are not totally accurate for someone purchasing  
in quantity, but you get the idea.

Then factor in the case of the special CPU, special main board,  
special chipset, special memory, etc and you quickly account for the  
difference.

As to the optical drive that everyone seems worried about. A cd is  
700MB. A dvd is about 4500MB. What about copying the cd's or dvd's to  
a small 4GB or 8GB USB drive? Faster and probably safer.

Again, as I said. I'm still looking at 3 things.

The weight.
The size (thickness), and
Mac OS X.

cjc



On 21/01/2008, at 5:15 PM, Wendy S. Austin wrote:

> Zane
>
> The weight reduction is one good thing.    The thickness  is equally  
> as good for some situations.   For my husband - take a flight bag,  
> associated paperwork, one company supplied ibm thinkpad, try to cram  
> in a MacBook - adds up to a very full flight bag.    For me - after  
> travelling so much for the last twenty years, the smaller the bag I  
> can carry the better and if that allows me to get everything  
> including a laptop into a carry on bag, that is worth it.
>
> I will keep the MacBook Pro at home.
>
> Wendy
>
>
> On 21 Jan 2008, at 10:03, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> I am curious about one thing, everyone is interested in the weight  
> aspect, shoot that's what interests me about it, that and the size.  
> How many people care about the thickness (I don't)?  I think that  
> part of why it costs so much is the thickness, yet I would think  
> that if they'd gone a little thicker they could have saved money,  
> and still come in at about the same weight.  That special CPU can't  
> be cheap, and might be the reason for the $550-700 price difference.
>
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