{"id":639,"date":"2008-01-16T09:04:42","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T01:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2008\/01\/2008_01_16_0904.php"},"modified":"2008-01-16T09:04:42","modified_gmt":"2008-01-16T01:04:42","slug":"macbook-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/01\/16\/macbook-air","title":{"rendered":"Macbook Air"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sweet Jesus,<\/em> this thing is fucking sexy! If it weren’t for the price, I’d definitely spring for one in a heartbeat (and probably get my GF one as well).<\/p>\n\n

All things being equal, it is<\/em> an engineering and design feat. But once you factor in the price, things get pretty hairy quickly.<\/p>\n

For one thing, it’s priced too close<\/em> to a MacBook Pro. And if you factor in the features that truly set it apart aside from the size (e.g. solid-state drive) you easily push past a MBP pricepoint for a computer that has much less features and performance to give.<\/p>\n

Now if that still doesn’t put some perspective, try this; for an extra $200 you get the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. A CPU that’s literally a couple of releases ahead (1.6-1.8GHz was the range of the MBPs when they were first launched in 2006<\/strong><\/em>) 1 <\/sup><\/a>Sure, it wasn’t a Core2Duo, but you get my point.<\/span><\/span>