Apple Unveils “World’s Thinnest” Macintosh Notebook

[iDENTITi]

Originally Posted by djgandy

You're hired



I agree, it's really not hard. Don't other companies realise the only reason people buy apple products is because they look nice.

Erm.. Hired for what exactly?

[Dean]

Originally Posted by iDENTITi

Or some fluffy dice.

Or some plastic testicles for some Redneck bling (you couldn't use the computer in Virginia, but everywhere else in the world it'd be fine).

Originally Posted by Ches111

Dean you know you want the rhinestone encrusted version...

Yup a bedazzled Mac Air

Now there is some BLING

Bedazzled Mac Air? Genius. Why hasn't somebody already created this???

[Ches111]

Here it is!!

Courtesy of engadget!!

The fugliest laptop you'll see all day - Engadget

[Dean]

Originally Posted by djgandy

I agree, it's really not hard. Don't other companies realise the only reason people buy apple products is because they look nice.

Well, I think people buy Mac stuff because it generally looks cool, AND because it generally works pretty well (not amazingly well in all cases, but across the board their products are just pretty well thought out).

[Dean]

Originally Posted by Ches111

Here it is!!

Amazing.

[Ches111]

Here is really bringing the BLING!!



Yup Swarovski Crystal, Bedazzeled bling bling at its finest.

Care of:

The Swarovski Covered Mercedes Benz: Class Defined

[djgandy]

Originally Posted by iDENTITi

Erm.. Hired for what exactly?

My new aftermarket modification laptop company.

[Dean]

BTW, here's a "hands-on" report on the MacBook Air if anybody cares:

IGN: MacWorld 2008: MacBook Air Hands-On Report

[iDENTITi]

Originally Posted by djgandy

My new aftermarket modification laptop company.

I'll go about getting massive amounts of glue and broken turbo/superchargers then...

[Ches111]

Ok this beats them all!!



You have to look at the rest of the pics here too:

Unveiled as SEMA!! Swarovski Covered Mercedes-Benz SL600 « CarZi

This deserves a whole row of these:

[iDENTITi]

If you got a stone-chip in that.. It would cost you a few $100

[BGA]

Originally Posted by Dean

But, to be fair, the R500 is like $4,000 vs $1700.

The Toshiba R500 is not as expensive as its older tablet sibling the R400 (which also is much heavier than the R500).

The R500 laptop can be found for the low, low price of $2399 at newegg..... Here in Denmark the R500 comes in cheaper than the annouced price for the Mac Air.

[baligavinod]

UPDATE:

AnandTech: The MacBook Air CPU Mystery: More Details Revealed

The hard drive is a definite weak point of the MacBook Air, but the SSD option is bound to fix slow disk performance in this ultra-portable devices. Unlike mechanical hard drives, you don't give up performance to get a physically smaller drive - it's simply a case change. The 1.8" SSD in the MacBook Air will offer the same performance as a 2.5" SSD, something that can't be said about 1.8" hard drives vs. 2.5" and 3.5" offerings.


Cost is going to be a problem, but it looks like Apple isn't really overcharging for the 64GB option. Apple's cost on the 64GB SSD is at least $800, making the markup to $999 justifiable. You can probably save yourself some coin by snagging a 32GB drive aftermarket but you won't save much buying your own 64GB drive, at least in the near future. Thankfully since SSDs are based on Flash, price will continue to drop over the coming months/years making it a more affordable option on the Air.