MacBook Air has some competition

[diddlybo]

Fly eeng vee

[guidedbyechoes]

I once had a girl try to tell me that macs were made with superior build quality and parts. I told her they were all made with Chinese parts and I'm stilling running a computer from 03 without any issues. She became quiet. The computer I'm talking about is an acer I got used the same year my buddy got a brand new mac pro. He no longer has his. My mom is using that one. Specs were weak by todays standards.

[Gary Cohn]

I once had a girl try to tell me that macs were made with superior build quality and parts. I told her they were all made with Chinese parts and I'm stilling running a computer from 03 without any issues. She became quiet. The computer I'm talking about is an acer I got used the same year my buddy got a brand new mac pro. He no longer has his. My mom is using that one. Specs were weak by todays standards.

 

My grandma has a compaq from 1997 that she still rocks, even uses AOL.

 

 

So, this means that compaqs and aol are winnar>Mac. Right? Right?

[dicky sofa]

I like the linux

[newholland]

man, that thing would be so broken so fast..

[scuff]

Everything Asus has ever done has been more impressive than anything Apple has ever done The problem is that the hipster types that you see on Apple commercials are accepted in society... A majority of men in society dress like girls now, and that's accepted, thus Apple puts emo boys on their commercials and the products take off!

Wow i feel like i'm reading something out of the 60's. You are going to start bitching about women in the work place too?

[scuff]

 

Is it wrong that I want a Mac after buying a PC laptop a year ago?

 

 

More like normal.

[diocide]

My grandma has a compaq from 1997 that she still rocks, even uses AOL. So, this means that compaqs and aol are winnar>Mac. Right? Right?

My first computer was a compaq presario. 133 MHz, 16 Megs of ram, 1gb hd. Phishing on aol like a boss. Warcraft 2 and duke nukem 3d all day baby.

[Hotcakes]

 

i will never understand the nerd rage that goes along with people liking different hardware or software.

 

 

when you're a loser in every facet of your existence being able to brag about your choice of OS makes you feel great!

[eco1]

Mojo man

Thanks Bryan!

[The Anomaly]

Most of the peeps in my band have iphones (talk about upgrading constantly), and joke with me that my Android is just a "copy" of their better phones. Meanwhile, I've had it since March, have gotten a software update, can change the storage on it if I want, put another fully charged battery in it if I want, have used it as a hotspot for my tablet, and I haven't paid for an app yet.

 

I actually like Apple products, and have an ipod, I just haven't been shown why iOS is THAT much better than Android, and why an ipad is THAT much better than my Asus Transformer.

 

Back on topic, I like those designs (in the OP), and will probably look to something like that for my next notebook. I think the MB Air is VERY cool, but I don't have that kind of money to spend on a machine for surfing porn and checking email/facebook/HCAF.

[P. Wallace]

It looks nice but how do I hook up my firewire recording interface for it? That's why I use Apple.

[Mavesicles]

There's 4 different ultrabooks there.

[grunge782]

Is it wrong that I want a Mac after buying a PC laptop a year ago?

 

 

No. Although I don't think Mac desktops are worth it, Mac laptops are good, I don't care what other people say. Overpriced? Yes. But that doesn't change that they are quality pretty much all around, unlike some other laptops that are great in some areas, but have some issues somewhere else (keyboards, screen tension, etc...).

 

Also if some people hate OSX so much, you can run windows no problem on them.

[yourguitarhero]

Relative merits aside, you have to admit that Apple bring out a nice product first then the others are playing catchup. Might not be the very first of a particular kind, but will be the first good mainstream one.

[uppercasenoises]

Apple products never get viruses. I am a Macbook expert and know what I'm talking about.

[Wyatt]

 

Back on topic, I like those designs (in the OP), and will probably look to something like that for my next notebook. I think the MB Air is VERY cool, but I don't have that kind of money to spend on a machine for surfing porn and checking email/facebook/HCAF.

 

 

That's just it, almost all of the ultrabooks by the other companies are prices near identical to the Apple ($1000-1500)...now I haven't done a part comparison, you may get more for the $$$ from the others, but they aren't much cheaper (and some aren't at all)

 

Aside from that, I don't understand those who feel like Apple buyers are somehow naive or under-informed. Most of today's Mac owners have owned Wintel machines, and they've made their choice to change...some will stick with it some will not. The price difference to me is moot over the course of 3-4 years, whats an extra $100 year (or less) over that time? I spend $100 going out to dinner.

 

Macs have been solid with good customer service for me, as someone whose income depends on my machine, I value that, those stores really make support easy. I have a Dell right here beside me with four trouble-free years on it that runs like new, and in the past I get great service from them as well, but they have a slower turnaround...time=money.

 

I admire the wild-west, anything goes approach to Android products, and am considering an Android tablet for the better browser/flash support, plus the apps that will never be allowed by Apple. But for the phone, I need to take calls, I need to get work email, so I like the all inclusive side to the iPhone, even though it's more limited...I don't like that the Android OS leaves Google and then each manufacture and each phone carrier changes it the way they want for their product and add bloatware.

[Kev369]

 

Relative merits aside, you have to admit that Apple bring out a nice product first then the others are playing catchup. Might not be the very first of a particular kind, but will be the first good mainstream one.

 

 

I think that has more to do with having a legion of fans that will buy any product they spit out and make it mainstream.

 

I've just spent all afternoon dealing with apple/itunes crashing since I just acquired an iPad. Fun fun.

[Mavesicles]

I think that has more to do with having a legion of fans that will buy any product they spit out and make it mainstream. I've just spent all afternoon dealing with apple/itunes crashing since I just acquired an iPad. Fun fun.

But really, it IS nice though.

[gt_jumper]

Where did that frostbite troll go? i was enjoying watching him fail.

[Gary Cohn]

I told you, feverishly whackin' it to nappy gothic broads.

 

 

 

He is mad that I am manlier than him- while using a Mac. It's tough in the streets brah.

[The Anomaly]

If the machines in the OP are between $1000-$1500, then I would prolly just get an Air. I like that niche that they fill between light tablet and notebook.

The other thing I don't jive with, is having to take your Apple product to a store (sometimes not close) for service. Any knucklehead can deal with Windows and use an antivirus or malware detector/destroyer. I dunno, I'm just one of those guys who likes to tinker just a bit, add memory/storage, customize, and generally try to fix things if they need fixing, myself. That's not the makeup of an Apple user.

I'm a light user though. I'm on only my 3rd windows machine since 1999, and the one I'm on now is a refurb from like 3 years ago, running XP, no probs at all.

[Gary Cohn]

 

If the machines in the OP are between $1000-$1500, then I would prolly just get an Air. I like that niche that they fill between light tablet and notebook. The other thing I don't jive with, is having to take your Apple product to a store (sometimes not close) for service. Any knucklehead can deal with Windows and use an antivirus or malware detector/destroyer. I dunno, I'm just one of those guys who likes to tinker just a bit, add memory/storage, customize, and generally try to fix things if they need fixing, myself. That's not the makeup of an Apple user. I'm a light user though. I'm on only my 3rd windows machine since 1999, and the one I'm on now is a refurb from like 3 years ago, running XP, no probs at all.

 

 

I'm not trying to argue this Mac/pc thing because we can all come up with anecdotal examples as to why our product is the best.

 

But for me, calling apples support is a snap. It's an English speaking American and their help is great. I can't say that for pc. Also, my girlfriends MacBook has been upgraded out the ass, by me no less. Upgradic macs is nowhere near as intimidating to me as it is opening a pc based machine. I have upgraded hd's, added ram etc. All I do is take out the battery, slip out the hd, put in a new one, re load osx, time machine from the external and I'm done.

 

I dunno, I say use what you like and what you're comfortable with. For me, I'll never go back to pc- but that's just me. If you like pc's, then {censored}in' a brah.

 

 

My next set-up is an iMac and an iPad. I'll dump my MacBook when it bites the dust. But having had it for 4 years with no problems (other than a keyboard backlighting issue I had to call support for). In my experience, my windows laptop wasn't anything like that.

[NixerX]

I would consider myself an OS Expert (15 years in Win, Unix, Apple) For the record. I chose apple. The OS is superior and they are exceptionally well built machines. Better than ANY pc build ive used. and Ive used some high end {censored}.

If you dont agree...thats fine proceed with your illusion.

[Wyatt]

 

If the machines in the OP are between $1000-$1500, then I would prolly just get an Air. I like that niche that they fill between light tablet and notebook. The other thing I don't jive with, is having to take your Apple product to a store (sometimes not close) for service. Any knucklehead can deal with Windows and use an antivirus or malware detector/destroyer. I dunno, I'm just one of those guys who likes to tinker just a bit, add memory/storage, customize, and generally try to fix things if they need fixing, myself. That's not the makeup of an Apple user. I'm a light user though. I'm on only my 3rd windows machine since 1999, and the one I'm on now is a refurb from like 3 years ago, running XP, no probs at all.

 

 

We're kinda past the era where a computer is a hobby unto itself. These days they just need to do their job as unobtrusively as possible. If I didn't need to work, I wouldn't even own one, that's the honest truth. It's not anymore a hobby to me as my toaster oven anymore, I just want it to run in the background.

 

But it you want to tinker, it's just as easy with a Mac as a PC, you can change hardware as easily on a mac as any other laptop or tower. People add their own memory, change HDD's and SSD's and swap out optical drives, etc. all the time, My Mas pro Tower has videos cards, CPU's, memory, HHD's, Blur Ray, etc...all added by me. But as you move into more specialized hardware like ultrabooks and integrated desktops, don't expect much tinker-ability from any of the devices, that compact size doesn't allow many options. But the Apple Store is great when I have a warranty issue I need solved that day.

 

And anything I can do with a command prompt and DOS in Windows I can do with the terminal and UNIX in OSX. I just prefer not to, though I honest admit, one again, the OS integration really limits what is easily changeable.