Should I get a MacBook Air...

ilikedthecore said:
If you have the money and it does what you want then why the hell not?

I would :)
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Having the money is not the point. The opportunity cost is though. The money can only be spent once, so by buying this you can't buy something else. Is they the best way to spend the money?
 
It's pointless unless you want to pose.

Limited expansion therefore useless as a main PC. If you've got a proper Mac already then it's an £1800 mobile internet device.

I'd take a normal Macbook instead.
 
I cannot see the point of this over a "normal" MacBook (great machines by the way) - so I'd save some money and get a MacBook. It is not like they are heavy or large or anything. My wife takes ours to bed an falls asleep with it on her lap...
 
Why are you even asking for rational points of view when you've already decided you would (are) buying it on looks/wants alone?

I wouldn't buy a MacBook Air (I have a MacBook Pro), too much missing from it in specs, the Asus EEE is just better in every respect. Then again, I don't have a problem with Linux and find it peculiar that a Apple fan would (given OSX is BSD-based).
 
Durzel said:
Then again, I don't have a problem with Linux and find it peculiar that a Apple fan would (given OSX is BSD-based).
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I'd guess at that being neither here nor there for almost everyone who feels that way. Odds are that it's disliked because the UI is invariably bobbins!
 
jdickerson said:
To be fair, it is slightly more than that.
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K, I'll correct myself - for proper mobile internet you'll have to get a USB modem as there's no onboard HSDPA (like the ThinkPad X300) as outside Steveworld free WiFi isn't everywhere.

It's a stripped down laptop with no expansion, a non user replaceable battery that's overpriced and looks nice. I'd buy 3 MacBooks for the same money and give the other two away to relatives/friends.
 
MacBook is cheaper, faster, user upgradeable, and also comes in black.

That's enough win alone.
 
iPhone / iPod Touch is a rather good internet device in itself. I wouldn't be devastated if the iPhone, for some reason, became my only computer.
 
If you've got the money, prefer it in looks over the Macbook and feel the weight difference is worth the extra cost then I'd go for it :)

If you've got an iPhone just tether it to the Macbook :p
 
If it meets your requirements, you like it, you can afford it. Yes.

You wouldn't be considering it, if you didn't want it.

Just get it :).

But yes a MacBook would probably be a better idea, although not as slim ;D.

We can't decide for you at the end of the day!
 
the macbook air is great, it has a much better screen that the one on the macbook which is acutally rubbish.

If i were you i would wait for the next update then decide, alu macbook with LED screen sounds alright to me
 
Unless you're wanting to avoid windows altogether I'd look at the Lenovo X300, it's very small + light and it has a built in dvd writer.
 
yak.h'cir said:
Unless you're wanting to avoid windows altogether I'd look at the Lenovo X300, it's very small + light and it has a built in dvd writer.
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Had one of these in at work on evaluation from Lenovo. Lovely little machine and feels way faster than the spec would suggest. Not sure if it's worth the money however.
 
Robotica said:
screen that the one on the macbook which is acutally rubbish.
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*checks MacBook screen*
*checks eyesight*

Doesn't look rubbish to me and unless I am mistaken (or Apple switched LCD suppliers) the screen is made by Sony.

OK it isn't as good as the LED screen on the MBP but calling rubbish is a bit unfair to say the least.
 
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