Apple MacBook Air Thinnest Laptop in the World But Not Enough Value for Price
Apple has recently released the world’s thinnest laptop, the Apple MacBook Air. It’s literary the sexiest laptop I have ever seen in my life. It’s so thin, it can literary fit in an envelope. Simple, elegant and breathe taking! You simply want to get one yourself until you see the price!
Technical Specifications:
- 0.16 to 0.75-inch thickness on top
- 12.8 x 8.94 inches
- 3 lbs weight
- 5 hours of battery life with everything running
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor at 1.6 or 1.8GHz
- 800MHz frontside bus.
- 2GB RAM 667MHz DDR2 standard.
- 13.3-inch screen, LED backlit.
- 1,280 x 800 pixels
- Micro-DVI adapter (for DVI, VGA, composite and S-Video output)
- Intel GMA X3100 Graphics processor with 144MB RAM shared
- 1.8-inch 80GB HD or 64GB Solid State Drive
- Multitouch trackpad with gestures. Pans, zooms, rotates, etc.
- 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1.
- Optional external HD for $99, USB-bus powered.
- Full backlit keyboard.
- One USB 2.0, one audio port, one Micro-DVI
Price: $1,799 for 1.6GHz/80GB HDD or $3,098 for 1.8GHz/64GB SSD
Too Expensive?
I think MacBook Air is a really cool laptop. But that’s it. No real value to pay for it’s ridiculous price. And even more ridiculous is when you go for the Solid-State Drive (SSD), you basically pay more to get a faster drive but has smaller memory. WTF? It doesn’t stop there. Having only 1 USB Drive, good luck with using your external drives.
Apple MacBook Air in the Philippines
This may click big in the United States, but I highly doubt it here in the Philippines. It’s just too impractical to pay that much for a cool but useless laptop. But who knows. A lot of apple products have already clicked here in the Philippines, especially in Manila and Cebu.
Final Thoughts:
This is indeed another first from Apple and another big innovation for Steve Jobs. But It could have been better. I don’t want to be bring a laptop that needs a separate bag for all it’s addons. I guess we’ll just have to see how the market responds.
How about you? Do you find this innovation a must buy? 
Popularity: 9% [?]
No matter how pricey Macs are, people still buy them. It’s a fashion statement.. ^^
The new look is nice - some teenagers would love to have one.
[...] Mcbilly, Kuya Yuga and Kuya Marhgil takes points on the all new Apple Air Book. We all know it’s expensive. But is it worth it? [...]
[...] Mcbilly, Kuya Yuga and Kuya Marhgil takes points on the all new Apple Air Book. We all know it’s expensive. But is it worth it? [...]
It just depends on how you value its specs though. For someone constantly on the go and heavily into how their products look this would be worth it. I imagine it will be fairly popular around the googleplex. I would also like one for work with all those meetings. Unplugging my ThinkPad 4x a day is annoying.
People will buy this as a social statement (pa-cool effect). Personally, I won’t be buying it in the near future. Ultraslim gadgets make me nervous…
sakto birthday ko pa naman sa feb. sana may magregalo sakin niyan… ASA lol
Sexy, but I wouldn’t buy it. Too expensive.
If i just have the money now, I’ll definitely buy this one. I’m tired of windows-run pc. =)
This will become a status symbol gadget in the Philippines.
I was drooling whe I first saw in on TV but now that you’ve cleared my head with this review, I know better. I really didn’t bother checking the specs. Besides, I can’t afford it anyway!