http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/ Engadget Comments for MacBook Air processor situation gets explained http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
Wonder if Dell or Toshiba could have done the same, me thinks not.

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In 9-18 months, Apple will have a refresh on the MacBook Air. I'm sure there will be problems, but it's not like Dell/HP/etc. will have an upper hand... quite the contrary, Apple will have already have sold a few million of their machines before the others start.

What I'd like to see is the other not-SO-thin MacBook lines updated with some of the features of the Air, but keeping things like the integrated optical drive.]]>Jan 20th 2008 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
I doubt it has anything to do with "clout", more like some good 'ole capitolism. Apple wants X, Intel says it will cost Y, Apple figures out they can charge Z for it. They go back and forth and agree on a price and it gets done. Intel makes $$$, you know the Apple marketing machine will cash in. Everybody is happy until the battery explodes. :-)]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 19th 2008 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 19th 2008 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
HOWEVER,

the board design is incredible, and i'm quite excited about the future possibilities it may hold. an imac that looks like a regular cinema display (no jay leno chin)? a mac mini, half as tall? intel core chips in a new iphone?]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
Here's a summary of the opinions, so far.

http://www.maccomplainer.com/macbook-complaints/macbook-air-reviews-already-trickling-in/

I know Engadget will delete this, but I hope they'll take the question of MBA's market viability into consideration. I mean seriously think who and how many of these whos will purchase MBA.]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
It's a shame. I think the MacBook Air is a great first step, but the reception from the public has been 99% 'angry-disappointment'.

Could it be the price? I think the product would be 99% 'adored' if the price was half what they are asking.

They did the same thing with the iPhone. They charged way too much for it (starting out).]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
Although, apple doesnt believe in choice, so its never going to happen. And if it does, the word 'choice' will be near non-existent.]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
The complaints of hardware being slow would remain, missing stuff like ethernet plug-ins, and the high price would not go away with a Tablet.

And as far as I know, Tablets are still a niche-product in the Notebook category.]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 19th 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
We don't really know for certain whether the Macbook Air will fail of not, only time will tell. The typical high price and low feature count does not help it's cause. Whether you like Apple or not, they are prepared to take risks with their new products. You don't see that often in the Windows based world.]]>Jan 18th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/...and the reason I've decided never to support Apple with my money.
And I'm not the only one, of course... How could I be?
I am who I am... because of who we all are.
Apple tried to push elegance and stability with loads of money. Turns out the real key is complete freedom.]]>Jan 19th 2008 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
..ahh, tricking your mind!]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
...means no.]]>Jan 19th 2008 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 20th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3203]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
That'd be sweet.]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/The 35W Core 2 Duo is not the desktop version but the mobile version. It means that the 20W MBA CPU is almost twice as efficient as the standard mobile Core 2 Duo while the frequency is nearly the same.]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 20th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
yikes.]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 19th 2008 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
Isn't that what he said in the post?

"...that oh so small package may want to head over to AnandTech, which has pieced together..."]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
I understand what you are trying to say - by buying it, you'd be paying for thinness and the "coolness" factor, but I don't think it should be described as "super-small" because, let's face it - it isn't. My 4 yr old Sony T250 was smaller with better battery life, an optical drive, and more IO options.]]>Jan 18th 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/
Kind of like you (intel's other partners) have been trying to get that hot chick (intel) by bringing her out for lunches, dates, etc only to find out that she has been sleeping with another guy already (apple) and that guy gets all the "custom" fun.

Haha. Poor partners. ]]>Jan 18th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/macbook-air-processor-situation-gets-explained/Jan 18th 2008 8:07PM