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@something_unique_and_descripti...: Shut the fuck up about non removable batteries, we've already had this discussion with the 17" and no one cares about non removable batteries.
Why? Because no one actually walks around with two batteries fully juiced and ready to be switched out on the fly.
@SysRq_: No need to be so vitriolic. Having a non-user replaceable battery on a laptop is a valid reason to be disappointed. Laptops in general have kept us conditioned to the idea that we have access to at least three basic components: the RAM, the HDD, and the battery. I personally have never once replaced the battery on my laptops, but others most certainly have.
Also, your claim that no one walks around with a secondary battery to swap on the fly is dead wrong. You may not do so, but anyone who does work on the field very well might. Sure, it's extra heft, but if this is mission critical work that ends with a big paycheck, you're damn right people will weigh themselves down with more (necessary) equipment.
Smells like Shenanigans. Is the Air line in that much of a demand that it calls for a second product in the line?? And even if it is I would think a 10" or 10.5" sized Air is something that will sell like mad as opposed to going bigger with it...
To begin with, the Macbook Air didn't make much sense. If you want portability, you buy a Macbook. If you want performance, you buy a Macbook Pro. The only reasons to buy a Macbook Air are fashion and bragging rights; which for me, aren't enough to justify its existence.
Now a Macbook Air 15" is completely pointless. By doing this, Apple will just be diluting their product line and confusing consumers only to appeal to a very small market.
In my opinion, they should focus on improving their products and making them better, like what they did with the Macbook Pro 17". Also, I would love to see that battery come to the other Macbooks.
@Shak_0: The idea of the Macbook Air made a lot of sense, but the ultimate design decisions is what really killed the overall appeal. Had this thing been a 10-12" subnotebook, it would've had a far warmer welcome. Instead, it's more like a gimped anorexic Macbook (albeit, the case is superior to the plastic Macs that it accompanied).
With a pricetag that would likely come at about equal or greater than a Macbook Pro, what's the point, when it's footprint is probably going to be equal or greater? I'm sure SOMEONE will buy it....but why? The Macbook Pro is already 15", has a range of peripheral ports as well as optical audio output and input and has an optical drive.
How's about a 12" or smaller Macbook Air. I know people are not keen on this netbook craze stuff anymore, but at least it would be a fabled Mac netbook come to life.
If Apple wants something special..how's about bringing our good friend FW400 back to the Macbooks ($%@# early adopters), and bring a card reader to the Pro, both, or all.
Optical drives are notorious power drains. I doubt one would be put in a MacBook Air. Besides, Apple has a long history of not putting in simple things that people want.
You know, like an SD slot. First let's get Apple to put a card reader in a MacBook (of any stripe) and then we'll put an optical drive in the MacBook Air.
06/08/09
06/08/09
06/08/09
Why? Because no one actually walks around with two batteries fully juiced and ready to be switched out on the fly.
06/08/09
Also, your claim that no one walks around with a secondary battery to swap on the fly is dead wrong. You may not do so, but anyone who does work on the field very well might. Sure, it's extra heft, but if this is mission critical work that ends with a big paycheck, you're damn right people will weigh themselves down with more (necessary) equipment.
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01/19/09
01/19/09
Now a Macbook Air 15" is completely pointless. By doing this, Apple will just be diluting their product line and confusing consumers only to appeal to a very small market.
In my opinion, they should focus on improving their products and making them better, like what they did with the Macbook Pro 17". Also, I would love to see that battery come to the other Macbooks.
01/19/09
01/19/09
With a pricetag that would likely come at about equal or greater than a Macbook Pro, what's the point, when it's footprint is probably going to be equal or greater? I'm sure SOMEONE will buy it....but why? The Macbook Pro is already 15", has a range of peripheral ports as well as optical audio output and input and has an optical drive.
How's about a 12" or smaller Macbook Air. I know people are not keen on this netbook craze stuff anymore, but at least it would be a fabled Mac netbook come to life.
If Apple wants something special..how's about bringing our good friend FW400 back to the Macbooks ($%@# early adopters), and bring a card reader to the Pro, both, or all.
01/19/09
You know, like an SD slot. First let's get Apple to put a card reader in a MacBook (of any stripe) and then we'll put an optical drive in the MacBook Air.