No optical drive, and not enough HD space are the two deal breakers for me.
Plus the guy at my local Apple store said if the O S crashes I have to send
it in for repair, as with no optical drive there is no way to restore the O
S yourself. When I pointed out a U S B CD drive, he said in theory you'd
think that would work, but it won't boot frm a U S B CD drive. He said even
going into open firmware and configuring things wouldn't do it. Finally, he
said no microphone nor eyesite web cam, which for me is enough major
dealbreaker.
I dono if I trust the credibility of any of this, but if that all is true,
then, gag me with a spoon! Not only this, but $700 less than a MBP? this
guy told me that the two models of MBA's ran for $1200 each.
Again, I am not saying that I necessarily believe all of this, but if it's
true, then, ee, gacks!
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Miller" <miller...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:59 AM
Subject: RE: Apple may have done a number on themselves.
Hi Chris,
You're right about them not selling the white MacBook as of the release of
Lion. However, we don't know the reasons behind the decision, and they
could
possibly come out with something that meets your needs. I'm confused,
though, what makes the MacBook Air unimpressive in your eyes? It runs just
as fast, if not faster than the MacBook Pros, for $700 less. The only
thing
you don't get is a traditional hard drive, which will end up solving a lot
of drive failure problems anyway since there are no physical read heads to
be damaged. I admit, the amount of storage you get in the entry level
model
is lesser than I'd want ideally, keep in mind the cost to manufacture
solid
state storage is astronomical. You also don't get an optical drive, but
that's only $79.99 as an add-on.
As far as the Lion accessibility issues, give apple time to fix things. No
dot 0 release is always perfect.
-----Original Message-----
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark
Gilland
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:41 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Apple may have done a number on themselves.
OK, I have a friend who has just informed me that Apple as of the release
of
Lion is no longer making, nor selling refurbished or not, the white plain
macbooks. Now, all they're selling in the laptop style is either the two
sizes of Macbook Airs, or if you want a full laptop, then the Eluminum
Macbook Pro. Not that this really per sey is a major issue for newcomers,
except the price will obviously be more, which leads me to my question.
What about people like myself? I got my macbook back in April. It's not
a
Pro. It's just a stocked white 13 inch. So, God forbid that thing ever
stops working during my year warranty, but hypotheticly, let's just say
that
it did. I'm not in the least impressed with the Macbook airs. Not even
the
13 inch model. It's just not at all compreble for what I need. So, don't
tell me I'd be either forced to get an air, seeing that they're at equal
price, or pay more to get a Pro. Why should we pay more for something
under
warranty, and furthermore, more for a product replacing the one we already
have. It's not our falt that they decided to quit making a good product.
What is Apple's deal lately! First it's the accessibility bugs in Lion,
now
this? I hope my friend's assumption is incorrect, but he clamed he called
Apple and asked them.
Does anyone know?
Chris.
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