Comments on: MacBook Air Hype, and other MacWorld Thoughts http://blog.kischuk.com/2008/01/16/macbook-air-hype-and-other-macworld-thoughts/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:20:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: indroo http://blog.kischuk.com/2008/01/16/macbook-air-hype-and-other-macworld-thoughts/#comment-789 indroo Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:17:03 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/macbook-air-hype-and-other-macworld-thoughts/#comment-789 MBA is another MacMini to me… the forms great but they shrink all the power to be the lightest. MBA is another MacMini to me… the forms great but they shrink all the power to be the lightest.

]]> By: Robert Dyson http://blog.kischuk.com/2008/01/16/macbook-air-hype-and-other-macworld-thoughts/#comment-736 Robert Dyson Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:00:44 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/macbook-air-hype-and-other-macworld-thoughts/#comment-736 (maybe I should learn to use a computer before commenting on others' blogs...accidentally hit "back" somehow.) Because of this, I see the Air being appealing only to those who want the latest (not necessarily the greatest) and have the money to drop, and younger folks (15-25) who would have otherwise got a regular Macbook for school. I guess that's enough market. (maybe I should learn to use a computer before commenting on others’ blogs…accidentally hit “back” somehow.)

Because of this, I see the Air being appealing only to those who want the latest (not necessarily the greatest) and have the money to drop, and younger folks (15-25) who would have otherwise got a regular Macbook for school. I guess that’s enough market.

]]> By: Robert Dyson http://blog.kischuk.com/2008/01/16/macbook-air-hype-and-other-macworld-thoughts/#comment-735 Robert Dyson Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:56:55 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/macbook-air-hype-and-other-macworld-thoughts/#comment-735 For being a non-fanboy you sure have spent a good amount of time thinking about Apple products in the last 48 hours :) I'm with you on the Macbook Air being a niche product. I'm just not sure which niche. I'd go as far as to say that Apple laptops are niche products already, and the AIr doesn't do much to expand their market. I'm a sucker for design, which the Air is oozing with, but even the base model (without a SSD) isn't cheap, especially considering the other Apple products you'll want to buy to make it truly usable. You'll need an Airport Extreme with 802.11n if you ever want to read from a CD or DVD (can you imagine trying to install software from a DVD over wireless?), and you'll probably need the ethernet adapter, too. Because of this, I see the Air being appealing to the For being a non-fanboy you sure have spent a good amount of time thinking about Apple products in the last 48 hours :)

I’m with you on the Macbook Air being a niche product. I’m just not sure which niche. I’d go as far as to say that Apple laptops are niche products already, and the AIr doesn’t do much to expand their market. I’m a sucker for design, which the Air is oozing with, but even the base model (without a SSD) isn’t cheap, especially considering the other Apple products you’ll want to buy to make it truly usable. You’ll need an Airport Extreme with 802.11n if you ever want to read from a CD or DVD (can you imagine trying to install software from a DVD over wireless?), and you’ll probably need the ethernet adapter, too. Because of this, I see the Air being appealing to the

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