“The Apple Blog’s Charles Jade thinks the MacBook Air is on the bubble, citing as precedent the demise of the erstwhile and much-loved 12” PowerBook G4 that Steve Jobs unveiled in 2003’s Macworld Expo Keynote, touting it as ‘the smallest full-featured notebook in the world,”‘ Charles W. Moore writes for PowerBook Central.
“The 13” MacBook/MacBook Pro is a much closer analog to the 12” PowerBook than the MacBook Air is — much more so than the heavier, bulkier black (original polycarbonate) MacBook that initially superseded the 12” PowerBook G4’s price slot in Apple’s laptop lineup,” Moore writes
“The 13” MacBook Pro has a faster Core 2 Duo processor, a faster 5400 ROM full-sized 2.5” hard drive with 40 GB greater standard capacity and upgrade potential to a whopping 8GB, longer battery life, a multitouch buttonless trackpad, and is $300 cheaper to boot. That few millimeters thinner dimension and pound-and-a-half less weight begin to look awfully expensive and crippling by comparison,” Moore writes.
Moore writes, “I would say that if the MacBook Air’s days are numbered (and remember the demise of the Mac mini has been rumored imminent for more than two years now, and it’s still with us and even had a recent refresh), it’s because it pales in raw value and performance to the not-much-bigger 13” MacBook Pro.”
Much more in the full article here.
The Tablet, if it runs OSX, or the Air, if not, would be my choice… if I were in the market for a portable. Too likely to get stolen in my current situation. Which is why I haven’t upgraded from old reliable – the Very Heavy, Very Humble eMac.
It’s been a big week for stupidity from tech writers on MDN. This guy says the Macbook Air’s days are numbered. Well, guess what genius – EVERY computer’s days are numbered. No model lasts forever. Sheesh. Next he’ll be complaining that his kitty cat got sick and died and how he thought it should have lived forever.
@R2
No, the Zune was always funny, it was grossly outdated the day it shipped. I will say the latest versions of the Zune software are very good and show promise, but the next revision of hardware already looks dated no matter how many tech specs they throw out.
“The answer is actually quite simple: women. The difference in weight, size and style between the new 13″ MBP and MBA is, for this particular (and quite large) consumer group, the night and day.”
Ya know Pre, most of the people i personally know with MBAs are women, and they go way past love and into areas that make their husbands/boyfriends/girlfriends feel jealous. All Apple has to do is keep a nice easy refresh schedule going on that machine and they have 53% of the population slowly coming their way.
The Mac mini is actually Apple’s third best selling computer. They justs won’t admit it.