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Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

chang3740 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:41:48 EST

But using HDD with 37 watt batt is crap.

:-(

I think Macbook air is designed for a SSD, not a HDD.

But the price............

chang3740

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timerider42 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:19:09 EST

It actually $999 for the 1.6GHz model. The other one includes a 1.8Ghz processor. Please update the article.

Strangely the 1.8GHz processor is an option on the 1.6 model as well, which makes me wonder why there are two models in the first place. Is it cheaper?

timerider42

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Worf — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:18:38 EST

Those wanting the 160GB drive - remember, the drive for 160GB is thicker than 80GB. It probably wouldn't fit in the Air at all...

Worf

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bennydesign — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:57:39 EST

I don't know what's up with all the hate around here ... this IS the thinnest laptop on the planet and runs faster than any other laptop with a comparable formfactor. It has 5 hours battery lifetime and looks nuttily stylish. Business consultatants or marketing folks with buy this thing like there is no tomorrow. For students they got the macbook, for pro's / devs / freaks they got the macbook pro and for the people who need portability and style the got the macbook air. filled that gap! and yeah, a porsch does have a puny little trunk and a an mpg rate that crashes by bank account, but hey ... if you want something pratical, get a Prius (greetings to Jeff Dunham, you rock!)

ps : i know, my english is bad ..i am from old europe .. ;o)

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Metanaut — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:42:24 EST

That $300 discrepancy between this headline and the reality of SSD + Processor Speed Bump is an example of that awesome Gizmodo journalism that they were martyring themselves for, to demonstrate in Las Vegas. Let's give it up for the freedom fighters! ;)

Metanaut

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gary_slamson. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:30:33 EST

Solid state is a new technology in the CONSUMER computer market. Yes it's pricey as fuck, true. But once this starts to become widely accepted as the norm and becomes a mainstream product the price will drop and there will be more manufacturers developing 'solid state drives' that they may even make a super micro drive that can fit in my dickhole without ripping open my cock's vien.

ps. what this means is... if you can afford it buy it you rich useless dumbfuck. If not... chill the fuck out enjoy your Mackbook non-air or Dell or whaterver the fuck you've got and wait till shit is on like the break of dawn on that ass.

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JustASC — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:54:56 EST

Jesus H. Christ, Adam! Get your information right and update this post! Like many of the comments already state, the SSD upgrade is only $999. While expensive, yes, it is in line with the prices of other manufacturers.

What I want to know, though, is will it boot faster with the SSD?

JustASC

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TGaylord — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:35:51 EST

For those of us that have millions and love bleeding edge, lightweight, sleek laptop designs above some 6+ lbs full desktop replacement, price is never an issue. Since when has $1,700-$3,000 for an ultra-light with these one-of-a-kind features been considered pricey anyway? My iPhones cost $800 apiece... Ultra-light laptops by definition won't meet a large segment of the market's needs as a primary computer. Anyway, remember when Apple ditched the floppy drive first? How about canning the modem first as well? So who needs gigabit ethernet on a made-for-the-business-CEO road warrior ultra-light? I am happy Apple has finally thought of us at the other end of life's spectrum - been thinking they had forgotten us in favour of the k-12 thru college kids again. So Apple, I applaud you and urge you to, every now and then, make a super visionary, super expensive, super niched tech toy for us.

TGaylord

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Chatty — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:53:06 EST

Hey FROOCH...CREDIT YOUR SOURCES

Chatty

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:38:04 EST

A faster hard drive with a lower speed and less space for $1,300 along with a 1.8ghz, no thanks.

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Dakiall — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:04:38 EST

And in 5 years those will cost 10 bucks...

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gtfo — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:58:30 EST

@Rand: Or you could use your phone's data connection over bluetooth -- or if you have a pocketpc you can enable your phone to route its data connection over wifi. Ironically though I don't think you can do any of this with iPhone yet - at least officially.

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Jitty — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:41:46 EST

You know apple, they love lots of money (profit) I seriously doubt it cost anywhere near 1300 to actually upgrade to those specs..

Jitty

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chopstickhero — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:57:22 EST

@cygnusx8:

true. but this is for the masses at a somewhat reasonable price. the sony was hella expensive at the time... especially 5 years ago.

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cygnusx8 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:07:36 EST

They don't even have the thinnest notebook. Sony X505 was thinner at .75 inches and that was 5 years ago!!!

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oanda — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:57:29 EST

Well its also the 1.8ghz instead of the 1.6 ghz chip in the standard model. So i'm sure thats part of the 1300 bucks.

But yeah thats just way too high. Perhaps next year. (its always next year isn't it?)

oanda

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trustsatan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:40:59 EST

SSD rocks - my new Vaio notebook with only a little 256-meg SSD tacked onto the old-skool HD boots Vista twice as fast as my dual-core work (HP) laptop takes to start XP. Of course it's stupid expensive relative to what people are used to paying for flash memory, but christ... in a couple of years, SSDs will be the norm. Look at how much the price points of LCD TVs have fallen over the past 2 years.

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praevalesco — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:33:27 EST

They are just attempting to define the SSD market and price point. Next year all macbooks and macbook pro's will come with SSD standard. It probably won't cost a penny more either. Those who sink money into this are foolish.

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skittlesum — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:29:08 EST

Technically isn't it $999 + the value of the 80GB PATA drive that you are not getting?

My biggest dissapointment is the lack of CardBus slot if they are trying to go after the road-warrior type. Some wireless carriers don't offer a USB based solution.

Also bet they could have combined the video and audio outputs to HDMI and saved some real-estate, made it easier to connect to many TVs, and add digital audio out. Could have popped them out of the AppleTVs they haven't sold.

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Husher — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:28:44 EST

@EmptyRepublic:

hmm agreed. however goesnt graphics gpu help in the feilds of media like looken threw high deg pics to movies?

Husher

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redkamel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:27:56 EST

target audience: student (albeit wealthy) with computer at home who needs something for class/library, traveling person, coffee shop writer/studier...

its not a bog market, but its there. and it cost a pretty penny...but its seriosuly a cool toy. I want one, but I wouldn't buy one. Its basically all my documents and most music in a small notepad. Perfect for class/travel/library/emailing/storing photos on a trip...its nice.

Its obviously a halo piece, it wont sell big time (maybe)...but itll impress.

redkamel

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Gravity — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:23:17 EST

Look at the build page for the 1,799 macbook air. The addition of the NAND drive is 1,000, it's the bigger processor that adds 300.

Gravity

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oysterdock.com — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:22:35 EST

OK Folks-Quit wasting time on price only discussion. Most important is the read and write speeds of the drive. If it reaches 100mb/sec on read and write the price if appropriate and the machine will scream. If the drive is in the 60mb/sec range it is old technology and is way overpriced. Who has this spec? I have been looking everywhere but haven't found it.

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Reilaos~ — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:17:07 EST

@daftrok: They didn't want Asus eating everyone for breakfast in the realm of small, cheap laptops.

They just forgot about the cheap part.

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yazan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:14:22 EST

@sablesma: dell will charge you 960$ for a 64 GB SSD

yazan

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Zodiack — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:10:50 EST

@Husher: There are games for Macs?

Zodiack

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sablesma — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:10:30 EST

I agree, I'm having a hard time seeing what target audience they're going for here. I have the blackbook and it's plenty light and portable. This is obviously for extensive travelers. But how frustrating will it be the first time you need to put a CD in and can't?

Also, will someone please tell me the price break down between the two systems on the front page. Specifically, how much the SSD costs and how much the processor costs. No one's pointed that out yet. Nope. Not a single person.

sablesma

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EmptyRepublic — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:09:52 EST

@Husher: Realistically this is not a gaming machine (I probably don't need to tell you that). The shared memory to video and relatively low CPU speed effectively kills anything with serious graphics.

Though this is typically Apple with the SSD. They go out on these limbs to slowly push the industry forward. I remember when everyone made hay about Apple dropping floppy drives years ago. Now there isn't a laptop with a floppy and by default Dell doesn't give you one (I'm not sure how other manufactures work in regards to this). With Apple pushing it like this (despite the price) SSD will probably be quickly adopted and the prices will be halved before we know it.

EmptyRepublic

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yazan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:07:36 EST

It's like asking me to fork out an extra thousand bucks on a high class hooker, a skinny one that does less than what I would expect/need

yazan

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Brown_Noise — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:07:33 EST

Its funny how every time apple comes out with something new, people assume its marketed for everyone. The SSD is an option to those who don't want the drive, and like with all better and newer technology its going to cost more until its been out for a while. As others have stated the $1,300 is for both the processor and SSD. Don't complain about a luxury you aren't being forced to buy to begin with. This is why they have other options.

It's like complaining that a Porsche sucks because it costs too much. Its probably not going to do great on gas like your Honda will, but its a Porsche.

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Husher — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:58:42 EST

what do you do with a optical drive? oh i dont know. ill just throw this out there, play games?

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uberfu — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:54:54 EST

Actually - it's only $999 for the added SSD_

The other $300 comes from the 1.6Ghz vs the 1.8Ghz Processors_

At the Apple Store - go into the build options for the 1.6Ghz model and play with the configurations_ You'll see_

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CODIFEROUS — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:54:27 EST

Fail.

CODIFEROUS

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pek — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:52:37 EST

bah, who cares? a macinbot will buy it even if it is 10000$ :)

5 hours is impressive, but no replaceable battery :(

pek

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Elohim — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:49:11 EST

@dtreichler: 300 dollars for 200mhz????

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diabolusunknown — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:42:52 EST

@leMel: This is less of a Porsche and more of a Smart Car, except with sleek lines.

Porsche doesn't make a tiny car with a slow engine. Mercedes does.

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mattfro — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:39:51 EST

Why not just buy an 80GB iPod and use it as an external drive?

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turbineseaplane — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:38:46 EST

What most people need here is "patience".

Buy this in a few months when SSD prices start dropping off, and they do the first price cut on it.

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dagamer34 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:37:38 EST

Well, looks like I'll be getting a new MacBook Pro instead. If it were $1500, then I might bite, but no thanks.

dagamer34

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birdmanx35 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:36:00 EST

My mom looked at this, and she loved it. Wise decision on Apple's part.

birdmanx35

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splohocky — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:31:26 EST

what the world
needs now
is love
sweet love...

splohocky

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CruJones — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:30:19 EST

P.S. I'm not an Apple hater. I'm an Apple user, but I can call bullshit when I see it.

CruJones

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cxw175 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:29:36 EST

who is this for? it is for early adopters. they will subsidize a cheaper version that will be gobbled up by more people.

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CruJones — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:29:32 EST

FYI... $999 for 64GB SSD is not a deal. The "other" computer manufacturers offer a 64GB SSD option for $750.

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DW — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:28:19 EST

Holy sh*t! My jaw just dropped to the floor!

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Skemo — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:27:59 EST

@WorkingOnYourInvoice: Wow, you fanboys really are blind. 1800 bucks for a thin laptop that has no optical drive, no ethernet, and has the gall to charge 1300 bucks for a SSD and a modest speed bump? Your the delusional one.

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Lavallee017 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:26:09 EST

wow..that sucks

the macbook pro or even the sexy black macbook are a way better buy and just as portable. its the thinnest notebook in the world but still not the lightest!? and its been so stripped of features.

absolute trash. maybe if it was a tablet things would be different

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npa189 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:21:01 EST

this thing is so not worth the money, ill stick with my ibook G4 as my portable, and my al imac for the heavy lifting.

npa189

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jim82488 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:20:13 EST

I would rather spend a little more and go for a macbook pro. This simply isn't worth it at all to me.

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grafxguy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:19:48 EST

@tamoko: Preach on!

Seriously guys? Is ANYTHING Apple brings out marketed for everyone initially? Of course not. This computer is Apple's long overdue entry into the ultra portable market. Our company actually held out on updating their sales force laptops just to see if the Macbook Air rumors were true. Now that they are, we're puting in an order for 1,000 of them.

Will it sell? I'm reminded of the same stupid question when they released the iPhone...

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DeadWriter — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:19:17 EST

It's a little before it's time. I am all for no moving parts. The SSD model is pretty bullet proof, and likely it will be extremely reliable- perhaps the most reliable and durable Mac product since the 12" PowerBook (Or the eMate).

64Gb is enough. I don't need my entire iTunes library, a bunch of movies, etc..

I also think the removal of the optical drive makes sense. I wish they would offer a second HD in place of an optical drive. I have been happily running my MB with two HD and no optical drives. Then again, I am editing media and I love having a once piece editing deck when I am working off-site.

DeadWriter

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adITinMTL — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:17:23 EST

Where is the dock for this baby?

I also do not know who this is targeted to. I can tell you right now that the MacBook Air will not be used at work. I only permit ethernet connexions for security purposes.

adITinMTL

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leMel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:16:19 EST

I'm not in the market for this, for the same reason I don't look at Porsches when shopping for a car: I like them but can't afford to own one. How stupid it would be to spew hate at the company Porsche (or Porsche enthusiasts) for that...?

leMel

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x23 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:15:00 EST

i'm more upset about the lack of the 160GB 1.8" drive from the iPod Classic not being a BTO option.

i'd never bother with the small 64GB flash drive anyway regardless of what the price increase was. but an 80GB max size when Apple has a ton of 160GB drives readily available seems like a stupid thing to do.

my current 160GB drive is perfect in my MacBook. with 80GB i'd have to do some trimming on the Mac side. and probably shitcan my Boot Camp partition entirely.

x23

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new and troubling questions — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:14:18 EST

@image18301: Seriously...all I can think of is business people, except that they tend to favor PCs over Macs. Might this be an effort to do something about that?

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usaplanb — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:14:00 EST

oops... sorry. PEDANTICMOFO already covered that point.

usaplanb

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theCornerinvasion — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:13:13 EST

I paid less for the new Mac Pro. Granted I didn't change too much specs wise.

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PocketLint — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:12:47 EST

WOW only $999.00 for a 64g SSD upgrade? That is awesome.

Broken out it is...
$999.00 for the upgrade to 64g ssd and
$299.00 for the upgrade to 1.8ghz processor

$999.00 for 64gig SSD is now bad at all. On newegg, a 64gig SSD sata drive costs $1533.99

Way to go Apple!!
Makes me want to actually own my first Apple.

Bob

PocketLint

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afajem — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:12:46 EST

@EQC: Well said sir!

afajem

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usaplanb — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:12:26 EST

It's not $1,300 extra for SSD... it's $1K extra. That computer just also has the faster 1.8 GHz processor, which is $300 extra.

usaplanb

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beyondmp3 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:12:26 EST

It's going to sell just fine. Frequent travelers will pay $3000 for a ultra-light laptop without hesitating, at least from what I saw working at Best Buy.

beyondmp3

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tamoko — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:11:24 EST

@EQC: Your right. Regardless of the actual SSD, you can access everthing that won't fit from the Web. It really doesn't matter how much the OPTIONAL 64Gb of memory is, most of use would never need it anyway.

tamoko

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Monty — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:09:53 EST

Were they handing out K.Y. at this keynote?

Monty

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fusedinertia — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:09:30 EST

@image18301: +1, Confused and Dazed here on this one as well

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Chop69 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:09:25 EST

Please update the story. It is not $1300 for the SSD it is $999. The second model on the front page also upgrades the processor.

Chop69

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CGrant — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:09:23 EST

that's a total rip off. The only way this can possibly make sense is if Apple is making there own proprietary SSDs for the Macbook Air instead of having another company make the ssds.

CGrant

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tamoko — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:08:58 EST

@daftrok: Angry?

tamoko

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EQC — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:08:24 EST

People should stop whining about the SSD price. As several have pointed out, even $1000-$1300 is a good price for a 64GB 1.8" SSD right now. Apple doesn't set the price for this type of thing...they've got to buy it from somebody else. Apple isn't the Jebus.

Plus, IT'S AN OPTION. On a computer that YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY ANYWAY. The form-factor, battery life, etc. will be worth it to some, not to all.

Anyway, give it a few months and the price may just fall like a rock (like the iPhone did). Then half of you will be back whining because it's too cheap and not fair since you bought it right when it came out at full price.

EQC

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tamoko — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:08:20 EST

That is seriously screwed up.

@image18301: I agree...who is this targeting. It's very cool, but that only gets you so far.

tamoko

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Jetfire — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:06:25 EST

That 2GB of RAM? Looks to be non-upgradeable and is probably soldered on. It also shares it with the video card.

Jetfire

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image18301 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:05:56 EST

I'm trying to figure out who this product is actually marketed for. It's not for the college student nor the gadget freak (me). Business use perhaps? I dunno, they got me on THIS one!

image18301

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workingonyourinvoice — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:05:33 EST

@Singlespeed: I'm sure they'll miss you terribly. I bet Steve might even send you a love note, begging you to come back.
@madoublet: Incorrect, sir. Better luck next time.
@extraextra: This laptop will sell extremely well.

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UofITom — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:04:31 EST

PATA? Thanks...

UofITom

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daftrok — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:04:04 EST

Maybe....maybe they made this shitty thing so that people will buy the Macbook more! ITS THE PERFECT STRATEGY! IT MAKES THEIR RIDICULOUSLY OVERPRICED MACBOOK SEEM CHEAPER! BRILLIANT!

daftrok

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ripfire — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:03:17 EST

@utube2007: That should've been the title of this article.

But seriously, I'd rather put my money on a NAS.

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extraextra — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:02:27 EST

@daftrok: I agree. Will it sell, yes. Will it sell WELL? Probably not.

extraextra

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madoublet — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:02:21 EST

Wow, lame.

madoublet

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Drew Draws nothing of merit — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:00:32 EST

Good luck buying anything at the Apple Store, since it crashed a few minutes ago and hasn't come back up yet.

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utube2007 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:59:53 EST

fuck that

utube2007

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raleel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:58:19 EST

Go check out the price on froogle of a 64GB 1.8" SSD. $1300 is actually quite the steal.

[www.google.com]

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rb1971 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:57:42 EST

SSD Air is already on its way to me (well, in 2-3 weeks). But I travel a ton and the most relevant factors for me are size (small) and battery life. Clearly this computer is not for everyone...

rb1971

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yashichi8bit — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:56:48 EST

That is almost offensive.

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pedanticmofo — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:56:45 EST

A 64GB 2.5" SSD is 1500+ so even if the SSD upgrade cost 1300 (which it doesn't, it's only $1000) it's still a deal.

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kyledwards — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:56:36 EST

Do not want... That price is crazy. I'd love a SSD. I'll just get an eee pc now.

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djfred — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:56:30 EST

It's just Stevie J & Co's polite way of informing us why it wasn't standard and that it's still safe to buy a 8GB iPhone.

djfred

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

hortense — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:56:30 EST

Ouch. That's going to hurt them in the teen market. Mom and Dad aren't gonna shell out the money for an Air when they can get a regular MB with better specs for a lower price.

hortense

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

Rand — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:56:14 EST

And no slot for a Express/32 Cell card. Disappointing. WiFi isn't everywhere. CLose but no cigar on making a perfect travelers machine.

Rand

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

Earthslide — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:55:45 EST

Boo! No Blu-Ray or new Lcds! $1300 for ssd? Yeah!

Earthslide

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

disgruntleddutch — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:55:22 EST

Its not $1300. its $999.

The other difference is the 1.8 proc which is $300 (take a look at the customization of the base model if you don't believe me).

disgruntleddutch

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

LittleBigPlaneteer — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:55:02 EST

Worst.Keynote.Ever

LittleBigPlaneteer

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

daftrok — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:54:47 EST

Hmm the Macbook has a faster processor, more space, an optical drive, and 700 bucks cheaper...WOW...what the hell were they thinking? They should have made the Macbook LED backlit and green. Why would you make an entirely new Macbook? Its idiotic and this thing WILL NOT SELL WELL AT ALL.

daftrok

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

polishmac — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:54:23 EST

the ssd is the same price if you bought a pc with one so i don't feel apple is going to far.

polishmac

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

trannoc — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:52:58 EST

It's 999 for the SSD (300 for the 1.8ghz).
Anyway...much to much

trannoc

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

bradcg — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:52:51 EST

Just to keep up with Apple's products. The average American would have to take out bank loans. And their kids will never go to college :P

bradcg

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

Singlespeed — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:52:49 EST

For the first time in a very long time I'm going to say it.

"Apple, I'm disappointed in you!"

Apple is putting the faithful to the test on this one. Will we buy it? Only time will tell.

Singlespeed

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

dtreichler — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:52:17 EST

$300 for the processor bump, $999 for the SSD.

dtreichler

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

tyner100 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:50:53 EST

BULL SHARKS!

wow. apple, seriously, i'm diabetic i need my insulin!!

Quit forcing me into these kind of positions.

tyner100

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

bradcg — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:50:50 EST

Holy Cow...

That's nuts. I don't want the SSD that bad :P

bradcg

Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.

bradcg — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:50:06 EST

Holy cow...

That's nuts.

bradcg