Thanks Steve..

[theducks]

.. for a US$19.95 upgrade for my iPod Touch so I can have the same features I've already hacked into it from an iPhone
.. for a US$1999 thin Macbook with a non-replaceable battery and an 80Gb hard drive (seriously, you couldn't fit a 160Gb from an iPod? that would have actually made it a useful product, but no, the only other option is a AU*$1700* "upgrade" to a 64GB SSD drive)
.. for dropping the price of the Apple TV in the US but not in Australia
.. for the Time Capsule WLAN AP with a 1TB hard drive that costs AU$199 than buying an Airport Extreme base station and a USB 1TB hard drive to plug into it

So sure, last night was no iPod-hiFi and leather iPod cases, but it sure was crap.

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[(Anonymous)]

ill probably still get a macbook air in 6 months when they've upped the hdd (how could they not!?!? or else maybe we'll see a really, really, really big .mac)

[velvetbutter.livejournal.com]

The Air looks cool and great for the work traveller, but the price tag is a massive ouch. For less you get a higher specced Macbook, which has more features such as an optical drive and more HDD space. You are really just buying the weight difference, which it totally personal. I love my macbook, it's has more grunt than the current MacBookPro.

Making the Air come standard with 2gig RAM shows that it's going to really need it to run the OS X and apps at a 1.6gig processor.

The 64gig SSD is interesting indeed and I like where they are going with it.

The Air is cool, and you'll see lots of people have it that need it just for emails and word processing. Great for the traveling exec in many ways.

[velvetbutter.livejournal.com]

Also notice Itunes 7.6 is now released on the back of the Air, just in time to buy and download those DVDs from the Apple store rather than use the non-existent optical drive :P

[ataxi.livejournal.com]

They should've called it the Air MacBook. As usual, "revolutionary" in Apple parlance means only Marie Antoinette can afford it.

1.8" drives

[matt (from livejournal.com)]

http://www.apple.com/ipodclassic/specs.html suggests that 80 and 160 gig drives aren't the dimensions?

[conradin.livejournal.com]

yeahh, slightly tempted by the air..

Not sure that people _want_ a small keyboard and screen, but they want the small dimensions, and I'm not sure that the thickness is the dimension that most people want to minimise.

But for the people that work on a laptop all the time, and only have one work computer, then a large screen and keyboard might be good.

I'll see what has happened with the Air by July when my salary sacrifice expires, anyway ;)

[shifuimam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Stevie's a douche on this one, for sure.

I don't actually see anything about the MacBook Air that makes it worth $1800 or even $1000. Or $800. Or $500. I'd rather just get an eeePC or CloudBook...this thing is a royal ripoff.

And $1300USD for a 64GB SSD is a major ripoff. That's nearly all lining the pockets of Stevie and his buddies, and that's just wrong.

I think that this year's MacWorld solidifies what I've been saying for awhile: Apple's gotten too big for its panties. Stevie's ego has taken the place of any semblance of sanity Apple has displayed in the last few years.

As far as I'm concerned, Apple's glory days of the late 90s and early 2000s are over. The G4 iMac was the last truly innovative piece of hardware they produced...it's all been downhill since then.

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

The Air is a really pretty piece of work, but possibly that's all it's good for. I can see Business people going nuts for it, because it's so thin, it's like having a manilla folder to stick in your briefcase/satchel. But The 80GB HDD isn't really up to speck. I'm totally with you on the "Why couldn't you put the 160GB iPod HD in there?" I'd like to see them improve it straight away.

Also, far out, the price tag for Aussies is ridiculous.

It was exciting, until I read more about it.

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Oh I don't know - the drive's as big as the one I was travelling with not so long ago, and I really could have done with the weight savings when going hand-luggage only. I also don't think I used my optical drive once the entire time I was in Europe the year before last.

So yeah - aside from price, a nice beast for backpacking..

[hipikat.livejournal.com]

The MacBook Air isn't for you, Alex. I'm totally with Wil Shipley on this one, and hungry for Air.