Exactly. In the end I had to use macrumous to get REALTIME coverage. What a flop.
As for this laptop, I ordered it immediately. Why do you people complain about the price? $1800 is already amongst the lowest I've seen for a full featured full size ultraportable. Surely you're not expecting to get a high end laptop for $1000? This isn't an Acer wallmart special, you know. Check the prices on Toughbooks or Lenovos or Toshibas before complaining.
Now the SSD price is WAY too much. I'd prefer a 32G option if it meant $500 price tag. I hope I will be able to purchase it separately later on.
Andrew, $1800 is a lot when you look at the features & compare to the competition. This is far from a full featured laptop. Steve has blinded you by the size. 80GB slow rpm HD, 1 USB, no firewire, no optical, non-removable battery & 2GB non replaceable memory (hope for no failures). These are specs seen on laptops 3 years years ago. Other than its size (its obvious what they left out to get the size) this is not an impressive package.
The 64GB SSD that replaces the 80GB HDD is a $1300 option. LOL
I see another price drop on a new Apple product in our future. Either that or Apple will add more features to make $1800 worth while. Lets hope when they add options they keep the only good thing about this device, the size.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1, much like its Limited Edition sibling that we reviewed last month, is ever-so-slightly thinner than the iPad 2, a slate that most sane individuals (and competitors, for that matter) would confess is the market leader today.
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Exactly. In the end I had to use macrumous to get REALTIME coverage. What a flop.
As for this laptop, I ordered it immediately. Why do you people complain about the price? $1800 is already amongst the lowest I've seen for a full featured full size ultraportable. Surely you're not expecting to get a high end laptop for $1000? This isn't an Acer wallmart special, you know. Check the prices on Toughbooks or Lenovos or Toshibas before complaining.
Now the SSD price is WAY too much. I'd prefer a 32G option if it meant $500 price tag. I hope I will be able to purchase it separately later on.
Andrew, $1800 is a lot when you look at the features & compare to the competition. This is far from a full featured laptop. Steve has blinded you by the size. 80GB slow rpm HD, 1 USB, no firewire, no optical, non-removable battery & 2GB non replaceable memory (hope for no failures). These are specs seen on laptops 3 years years ago. Other than its size (its obvious what they left out to get the size) this is not an impressive package.
The 64GB SSD that replaces the 80GB HDD is a $1300 option. LOL
I see another price drop on a new Apple product in our future. Either that or Apple will add more features to make $1800 worth while. Lets hope when they add options they keep the only good thing about this device, the size.