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The Samsung Series 5 3g is $500, the cheapest Macbook Air is $835. So, a little more than a couple hundred dollars more, but a lot less than $650 more (even the

The Samsung Series 5 3g is $500, the cheapest Macbook Air is $835. So, a little more than a couple hundred dollars more, but a lot less than $650 more (even the cheapest Chromebook at $350 would be tops $485 less).

jonknee 15y ago
The cheapest MacBook Air is indeed $999: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air/select?mco=MjMzOTQxMjE http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macboo... Perhaps you saw an older model that's on clearance.
- eggbrain 15y ago
  The model I saw was here: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC505LL-11-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0047DVRQW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1311619643&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC505LL-11-6-Inch-Laptop... Which could very well be the 2010 model. That being said, the OP never mentioned getting "the latest and greatest" Macbook Air, only a Macbook Air.
  - jonknee 15y ago
    Yes, that model is no longer being manufactured. If you weren't wanting to compare what a new computer costs, this already silly argument becomes even sillier.
    - eggbrain 15y ago
      To be fair, they are both "new" computers -- IE not refurbished or used. My point was the intent of the OP could have been what he found on Amazon from the respective retailers -- in which case the price point was much closer to what he mentioned than to the price point shoota mentioned. I never meant to imply that we should compare a new Chromebook to a 2008 Model (or a used one, a refurbished one, or one being sold from a illegitimate retailer), which it does seem like it comes across as I reread my comment. Its a stupid argument to begin with on my part, but I felt it was worth a meager defense.
shoota 15y ago
The Macbook Air starts at $999 according to http://www.apple.com/macbookair/ http://www.apple.com/macbookair/. Looking at the cheapest Chromebook vs. cheapest Macbook Air it is $650. I'm not considering educational pricing here.
- eggbrain 15y ago
  This was the model I was referring to: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC505LL-11-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0047DVRQW/ http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC505LL-11-6-Inch-Laptop... Which is being sold from Apple on Amazon. I do not know if it is the latest one, but given the OP's original statement, was it ever implied that it was the latest one he was referring to?
nextparadigms 15y ago
Macbook Air also doesn't have 3G, does it?

jonknee 15y ago

The cheapest MacBook Air is indeed $999: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air/select?mco=MjMzOTQxMjE http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macboo... Perhaps you saw an older model that's on clearance.

eggbrain 15y ago
The model I saw was here: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC505LL-11-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0047DVRQW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1311619643&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC505LL-11-6-Inch-Laptop... Which could very well be the 2010 model. That being said, the OP never mentioned getting "the latest and greatest" Macbook Air, only a Macbook Air.
- jonknee 15y ago
  Yes, that model is no longer being manufactured. If you weren't wanting to compare what a new computer costs, this already silly argument becomes even sillier.
  - eggbrain 15y ago
    To be fair, they are both "new" computers -- IE not refurbished or used. My point was the intent of the OP could have been what he found on Amazon from the respective retailers -- in which case the price point was much closer to what he mentioned than to the price point shoota mentioned. I never meant to imply that we should compare a new Chromebook to a 2008 Model (or a used one, a refurbished one, or one being sold from a illegitimate retailer), which it does seem like it comes across as I reread my comment. Its a stupid argument to begin with on my part, but I felt it was worth a meager defense.

shoota 15y ago

The Macbook Air starts at $999 according to http://www.apple.com/macbookair/ http://www.apple.com/macbookair/. Looking at the cheapest Chromebook vs. cheapest Macbook Air it is $650. I'm not considering educational pricing here.

eggbrain 15y ago
This was the model I was referring to: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC505LL-11-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0047DVRQW/ http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC505LL-11-6-Inch-Laptop... Which is being sold from Apple on Amazon. I do not know if it is the latest one, but given the OP's original statement, was it ever implied that it was the latest one he was referring to?

nextparadigms 15y ago

Macbook Air also doesn't have 3G, does it?