Oggie505 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Anyone check out the New MacBook Air, looks sweet, might have to pick one up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garykainz Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 if it weren't $1700, and had an optical drive, i might consider it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oolatec Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Sweet for those that don't need wired internet, or a CD-ROM (although u can get an external portable optical drive). Looks gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkFloyd0789 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I would but I want a better processer and bigger than 80 GB hard drive. Looks like I'll still be getting a macbook pro for college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrousconsumed Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 i already pre-ordered mine. it's tailored for people that are in my boat. i promote a night club here in vegas and am constantly on foot on the strip and im out for 8-12 hours a day so the thinness and lightness of this laptop is exactly what i need. i have a 15" MBP right now, while not that heavy at first it sure gets heavier the more i walk. what pep dont get is that apple sees it this way: There are over six billion people in the world. Of these, a certain percentage want a slim subnotebook. Of those, a certain percentage don't need an optical drive. And of those, a certain percentage can afford it. Multiply that by $1800 and we have a recipe for success, and whoever starts comparing it to the asus needs to walk away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicayotte Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 pfft for that much you could get something better IMO...macs are way overpriced just like BMW's you are buying the name not the product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybersist Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I have both a Macbook pro and a BMW....so what does that make me cause as far as im concerned, Ive got a great media computer and a car that can take corners like a cat. OT: the MBA is cool, but was expecting something a bit better....say.....something I could use... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbean422 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 its insane though it can see any opitical drive in any mac and pc and connect to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAnt06 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 The new MacBook Air is amazing.It can read ANY optical drive from any PC or Mac that it's near. It doesn't need to be connected to a network or anything. Any optical drive in range will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoalition Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 overpriced as are most macs. they are nice really because of the name/design. however, i can throw leopard on my windows machines and dual boot if i really want to have the yuppie life....but i dont. plus id rather use reason, cakewalk or fruity loops instead of garage band. i hate those mac commercials because they put down windows left and right. yet in my computer repair expertise....1. macs break easily and are expensive as balls to fix.2. they dont normally get viruses but there are mac specific viruses.3. the os doesnt kill the machine however there are plenty of other os's like that (ie. linux, unix etc.)4. when a mac has a software issue, if you cant fix it in about 20 mins or less its fubar and you need to restore the os anyway.5. easiest way to fix any os is to restore.so why buy a mac? ooh because it can read an optical drive within range? woo fucking hoo. what if one isnt in range that i can use? id rather have my own in my laptop. i spent more money on my laptop than any of the macs on the market and it crushes the regular and pros that ive seen. i loaded the mac os on it and i saw no big differences that made me HAVE TO HAVE ONE!to each their own. i will say when i tell people to buy a mac its because 1. they are a very new computer user and macs os is easy to use2. they are into video/photo editingthats about it. for everyone else windows. and guess what. windows doesnt fuck itself. the user fucks windows.i dont have anti virus or anti spyware on my desktop or laptop and they both host their own DMZs. havent had a virus or any problems in 4 years.suck my asshole mac you are better than no one. only stupid users who don't want to fool with windows superiority love you and wont touch windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAnt06 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 First off, how do macs break easily? They break no easier than any other laptop. The construction is really well done. I've had two apple laptops, a Powerbook and iBook. I've had no construction problems with either of them. There is no damage to them at all. As well, I used to use Windows. But I got sick of the huge registry, something UNIX based OSes don't use. OS X is based on UNIX. I've never experienced any software problems with my Mac. I'm personally not that interested in the MBA. However, I will be purchasing a new MacBook Pro this year. I do a lot of graphic design and audio recording. ProTools runs amazingly on a Mac. It's so simple and quick, especially because a Mac doesn't have all the processes a Windows based system has. My biggest selling point on the Mac is what I use it for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoalition Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 ok i shoulda have specified that all laptops break easilyi also configured my pc so that i only run about 20 processes in vista as opposed to the 40+ that it starts with.before i upgraded my desktop workhorse to vista i had xp at 15 processes.bottom line...pretty much all laptops break easily. one thing i personally hate about the mac design is that they are not repair friendly.everytime i have to take one apart to do some work internally its like a fucking anatomy class. 20-30 screws only about 2 of them are visible to the user. then when you pop the bezels off theres some lame tinfoil crap covering everything.im not saying i would never ever buy one but i dont think they are worth the price tag that is attached to them and i also dont agree with their sales strategy and commercials. one should not put down another business to sell their goods. windows corners the market and mac fights back with "heres why windows sucks commercials" not kosher with me. like i said i think macs are a good product overall but there are still problems that they have.for problems see SPINNING PINWHEEL OF DEATH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oggie505 Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 repair friendly is a minor flaw, about 80% of the world does not know how to repair any computer. Mac laptops are a pain in the ass, but I have seen some messed up thinkpads just as bad. why bash macs completely. To say nothing good about a mac would proally mean you have not used a mac a lot. I love macs and I love my windows, each have their own items that are better than the other. Macs are the best for a lot of graphical work. Windows are great in a work environment, but XP and Vista run slower in a work environment than 2000, which I hate because I love XP. Even Bill Gates has stated macs are wonderful computers, it is why all windows OS' are based on the mac GUI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Macbook Air is hot.I have been sick of PC...too many issues. And vista is complete garbage, Id rather just keep my XP. PC are great for people who can get really really technical with,,but most of us dont...besides internet, powerpoint, word, computer games, and photoshop..we dont do much more.I am gonna make the switch real soon. also the macbook air has got some really cool features off the itouch, and so much more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybersist Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 its not the itouch!!!! its the iPod touch!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamscott06 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Personally i think the mac customer support is awesome. I bought my Macbook Pro a little over two years ago and the hard drive got all messed up. Took it to the store on a saturday, they shipped it out and i recieved it in the mail on monday.. QUICK! So far no software problems, viruses, or os crashes. What do you people do to your computers to make them fuck up so much? I did the bootcamp thing once and i believe thats how i messed up my hard drive.. guess i dont know how to partition well enough..oh yea and the new macbook looks sick as hell.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoalition Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 oggie you obviously didnt read my entire second post if you think im bashing the mac products completely.i even own an ipod and i would kill to have an iphone but at&t is a company i will not give service to.ams-vista is not complete garbage. im pretty sure if you can remember xp had way more problems at the initial launch and that is why there was sp1 and then 2. vista will be getting a service pack (last i read it was coming in feb.). it should solve the problems like the slower boot time and performance. people don't realize that microsoft tried to take windows functionality and combine it with mac effectiveness and look. not a very easy task for programmers.i have not had any problems with vista at all. turned off the user account control, tweaked the visual crap, cut out unnecessary processes and bam. fast as shit boot time, no accept or cancel, and no problems.i run vista ultimate on my lappy - toshiba 15'' qosmio - core2 t7500 - 2 gigs ram - 1gb of intel turbo memory - nvidia 8600gtm - 120g hddi run vista premium on my desk - custom - quad core 6700 oc to 3.6ghz - 2g dominator 1066 - nvidia 8800gts 640mb - 500gb of hdd space totali believe that the problems that arise with vista are mainly because alot of people (at least the ones i have dealt with) have tried to upgrade their software without attempting to upgrade their hardware. i had some guy come in the other day and try to throw ultimate onto his pc that was running 256mb of ram and a celeron....i was like uhhhhh i would not waste the money just spend the extra 200 on a new tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oolatec Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 QUOTE (nicayotte @ Jan 15 2008, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>pfft for that much you could get something better IMO...macs are way overpriced just like BMW's you are buying the name not the productNope... price up a Dell or other significant brand with the same specs, and the prices are quite even... sometimes even more expensive than a comparable Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrousconsumed Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 QUOTE (oolatec @ Jan 16 2008, 01:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (nicayotte @ Jan 15 2008, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>pfft for that much you could get something better IMO...macs are way overpriced just like BMW's you are buying the name not the productNope... price up a Dell or other significant brand with the same specs, and the prices are quite even... sometimes even more expensive than a comparable Mac.you're absolutely right. other people dont realize that for what you pay you actually get a lot. mac has the corner market with the all-in-on PC market (iMac) if they look at the lowest configuration (that costs a little north of 1k) they find out that dells (which has proprietary hardware) or gateway's or sony's all-in-one are not only ugly but spec'd lower. on top of that if you buy a mac you dont have to worry about it being obsolete in two weeks your machine can give a machine thats a year newer a run for it's money. thats hardware wise, if you wanna talk about the OS then theres nothing to talk about vista is a complete rip off of tiger, except vista needs you to have 1.5gb of ram if you wanna turn the aqua on and needs to get it shit together with driver support./rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicayotte Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 i build computers so i can get stuff cheaper then most due to wholesale costs. Dell and such are useless because they use their own parts and load garbage on with the software. 1.5 gigs is a little much and honestly at the moment most stuff doesn't work for mac even though they state it does. If your a gamer then you go PC like me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopooshaboo Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 QUOTE (nicayotte @ Jan 16 2008, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i build computers so i can get stuff cheaper then most due to wholesale costs. Dell and such are useless because they use their own parts and load garbage on with the software. 1.5 gigs is a little much and honestly at the moment most stuff doesn't work for mac even though they state it does. If your a gamer then you go PC like meI play a game here and there, and I still bought the 24 inch imac. absolutely b-e-a-utiful. actually, I just got it yesterday. Its real nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafeSearchOff Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 yeah, so i just got a mac book pro... booted up CS.. WHY DOESNT IT WORK>!!!?!?!??! hmm lemme seei f GW works...lets see if 90% of all good games ever created work... NATESi dont actually have a macbook prowindows > mac.if mac had game support, i might change ym tune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garykainz Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 well, if games are important to you, but you still want a mac, now-a-days you can always grab a copy of windows, partition your HD which enough space for the games, and *shudder, vomit* run your goddamn windows on your mac for games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafeSearchOff Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 yes i know that. but who wants to buy a mac to run windows? no one. no one wants to spend that much money just so you can run windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopooshaboo Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 QUOTE (SafeSearchOff @ Jan 16 2008, 01:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>yes i know that. but who wants to buy a mac to run windows? no one. no one wants to spend that much money just so you can run windows.thats what im doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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