[X4U] MW Expo; I'm underwhelmed

[Eugene]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 05:02:08PM CST, Eddie Hargreaves <meged at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 1/22/08 2:00 PM, Eugene <list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 04:28:31PM CST, Ed Gould <edgould1948 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Its almost like having an Apple sales rep sitting here trying to sell you
> >> X when you really need Y. The question is are these people being paid by
> >> Apple to be basically shills for them.
> > 
> > MacBook Air is "X".  You need "Y".  Define "Y".
> 
> For me, "Y" is the 12" PowerBook G4. It was situated perfectly between the
> iBooks and the PowerBooks as something more powerful than the former, but
> not as large as the latter. Apple now has nothing in that space.

Well, that's a fair definition.  I can't say that I agree or disagree.
But I wonder if Apple thought there was too much product overlap between
the 14" iBook G4 and the 12" PowerBook G4.


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Eugene
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/