Actually, if you're looking for good quality and much less expensive / lighter Asus is the way to go. Someting like the 1201PN or even the 1008HA if you want really small. You have to buy jfw or Window-Eyes though so you might as well buy the Apple unless you need windows natively. I wouldn't trade out my Asus for anything, it's a great netbook.
On Oct 21, 2010, at 5:21 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > You would not get the Mac OS or VoiceOver on a netbook. Also netbooks are > more under powered then the Macbook Air and tend to have smaller keyboards > and do not have track pad gestures. > > Other netbooks will not have the same build quality either. The Macbook is a > fantastic note taker and offers instant on which you will not find on other > netbooks / sub notebooks. > > I had hoped it would have been a fraction cheaper and come with a minimum of > 128GB, but am sure this will be the case in the not so distant future. > > I personally am very excited by the device and love the direction Apple are > going, but I think I will wait until the next release. > > Chris > On 21 Oct 2010, at 12:28, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> No one's going to have one of these since they were only released yesterday. >> >> I personally don't really see the point; it's a portable mac with very >> mid range specs with a good battery. 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