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It feels like this also has something to do with the MacBook Air, which hasn't had an upgrade in quite some time now. It would be suicide to the Macbook Air li

by kentosi 17y ago

It feels like this also has something to do with the MacBook Air, which hasn't had an upgrade in quite some time now. It would be suicide to the Macbook Air line if they released another powerful 13" laptop that gave the Air no competitive advantage than simply it's weight.

jackowayed 17y ago
>It would be suicide to the Macbook Air line if they released another powerful 13" laptop that gave the Air no competitive advantage than simply it's weight. Isn't that basically the case already? To go from the base 13" MBP to the base Air, you're getting a Core 2 that's .54GHz slower, a worse graphics card, half the battery life, only 2 GB RAM, no optical drive, and only 1 USB port, all for $300 more. All you're getting in return for all of that is the fact that it's super-thin and super-light.
- derefr 17y ago
  I don't think anyone buys an Air instead of another computer. I see it more as competing with the iPad.
  - jsz0 17y ago
    That's probably true. I have a Mac Pro at home where I do most of my real work and an MBA simply for maximum portability. I've started carrying an iPad too (fits perfectly in the side pocket of my MBA case) Together they're a pretty great combo. Kind of like a wireless secondary display for web pages, e-mail, games, etc.
    - evandavid 17y ago
      This is the first time I've seen an abbreviation for Macbook Air given as MBA. Fantastic considering the target market.
laut 17y ago
The whole point of the Air is that it doesn't weigh very much. It weighs the same as a netbook but is much more powerful. Look at it this way: a 13" Macbook Pro weighs a whopping 50% more and all you get is a CPU that's a little faster, bigger harddrive and an optical drive, which many people don't need. I don't think I've used the optical drive in my MBP 13" for anything other than the OS X system disk once or twice. You can make the iMac or the heavy MacBooks more powerful, but they will still won't be as portable as the Air.
- jonknee 17y ago
  > Look at it this way: a 13" Macbook Pro weighs a whopping 50% more and all you get is a CPU that's a little faster, bigger harddrive and an optical drive, which many people don't need. And twice the battery life. That's huge.
  - laut 17y ago
    True. When the Air came out the 13" MBP with 10 hour battery life didn't exist though. With the recent update of the MBP line the battery life and performance gap between Air and MBPs has widened.

by kentosi 17y ago

jackowayed 17y ago

>It would be suicide to the Macbook Air line if they released another powerful 13" laptop that gave the Air no competitive advantage than simply it's weight. Isn't that basically the case already? To go from the base 13" MBP to the base Air, you're getting a Core 2 that's .54GHz slower, a worse graphics card, half the battery life, only 2 GB RAM, no optical drive, and only 1 USB port, all for $300 more. All you're getting in return for all of that is the fact that it's super-thin and super-light.

derefr 17y ago
I don't think anyone buys an Air instead of another computer. I see it more as competing with the iPad.
- jsz0 17y ago
  That's probably true. I have a Mac Pro at home where I do most of my real work and an MBA simply for maximum portability. I've started carrying an iPad too (fits perfectly in the side pocket of my MBA case) Together they're a pretty great combo. Kind of like a wireless secondary display for web pages, e-mail, games, etc.
  - evandavid 17y ago
    This is the first time I've seen an abbreviation for Macbook Air given as MBA. Fantastic considering the target market.

laut 17y ago

The whole point of the Air is that it doesn't weigh very much. It weighs the same as a netbook but is much more powerful. Look at it this way: a 13" Macbook Pro weighs a whopping 50% more and all you get is a CPU that's a little faster, bigger harddrive and an optical drive, which many people don't need. I don't think I've used the optical drive in my MBP 13" for anything other than the OS X system disk once or twice. You can make the iMac or the heavy MacBooks more powerful, but they will still won't be as portable as the Air.

jonknee 17y ago
> Look at it this way: a 13" Macbook Pro weighs a whopping 50% more and all you get is a CPU that's a little faster, bigger harddrive and an optical drive, which many people don't need. And twice the battery life. That's huge.
- laut 17y ago
  True. When the Air came out the 13" MBP with 10 hour battery life didn't exist though. With the recent update of the MBP line the battery life and performance gap between Air and MBPs has widened.