"I am purchasing an eec for $300 that has more ports than that, is lighter, and runs an many operating systems too."
Congrats. The EEE is very nice to have, its just not in my interest, where I'd rather have a power-sucking 2 hour battery computer that has some uber graphics card and stuffs.
Now, um, there are some things kind of wrong though:
1. EEE and Macbook Air- Its like comparing a strawberry and caviar: one is sweet, inexpensive, and tasty, and the other is expensive, powerful (comparing to the other), and the absolute quality is higher. By absolute quality, its like an XBOX PS3 vs a Wii. the ps3 is a lot more powerful, and thats it. No power or gigabyte per dollar or stuff like that. Just raw absolute quiality of parts.
More Ports: As far as I know, this is correct
Lighter: Correct, but its the difference in their leauge
Runs many operation ystems too: By comparing the two, I assume you either:
A. Use "too" as an addon, like "also", with correlation to the other statements", meaning it "does this, that, and also that".
B. Compare tot he Air that it can also do it. Like "I like pie", "Me too!"
Just because the "speed" of the processor is slower than the Air, doesn't mean that it's nerfed. The Eee Can run Half-Life 2 at a decent FPS, all for $350. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UixLlpMgJqA
Don't compare Apples to Oranges. The Eee is cheap, small, and light - but very small in some respects. It does the basics and does them very well. The MacBook air is astronomically expensive (for the performance it gets) but it's meant to be full-sized and capable of most people's daily computing tasks. They're not at all in the same market. You might as well have just said "I'm building a gaming desktop for $1000 that beats the pants off this MBA". Well, yeah...but it's not at all the same.
@Jonathan Zencovich: Uh, OK? Are you really going to be playing HL2 on a 7" screen? On that thing? Whatever. I checked Wikipedia for basic specs. I don't own one, I don't spend my days reading articles on the Eee since I don't have a driving desire to have one. Also, pretty sure I said I didn't know if it had been Hackintoshed. Pardon me for not scouring the internet before you came in with your mighty knowledge to crush the fanboy!
I do like how 'fanboy' has turned into a generic insult for people that are fans of a product they own. I don't think I'm being that rampant with it at all. How many fanboys admit to a product flaw, anyway?
I'm not saying the Eee is bad, in fact I think I want one, and I don't really want an Air, but comparing the Air to the Eee is like comparing a BMW to a Smartcar. In other words, a completely lame comparison.
Ok, I'll admit my reply was a bit condescending, sorry. It's late, and I jumped (http://www.xkcd.com/386/ :p )
My point was that thought the Eee might have "low" specs, it is far from being under-performing as you were hinting.
You have to admit though that your post "highlighting" the Eee shortcomings in relation to the Air. Again, sorry for namecalling you a "fanboy", that was harsh on my part :p
@Jon: No harm, no foul. It's hard to tell in the comment threads here with so much anti-Air stuff flying around. Others said it better: apples, meet oranges. Oranges, meet apples!
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I am purchasing an eec for $300 that has more ports than that, is lighter, and runs an many operating systems too.
Also:
5" less screen space
Half(ish) processor speed
You also forget the Air can run any OS it damn well pleases itself. I don't know if OS X has been "Hackintoshed" onto the Eee yet, though.
"I am purchasing an eec for $300 that has more ports than that, is lighter, and runs an many operating systems too."
Congrats. The EEE is very nice to have, its just not in my interest, where I'd rather have a power-sucking 2 hour battery computer that has some uber graphics card and stuffs.
Now, um, there are some things kind of wrong though:
1. EEE and Macbook Air- Its like comparing a strawberry and caviar: one is sweet, inexpensive, and tasty, and the other is expensive, powerful (comparing to the other), and the absolute quality is higher. By absolute quality, its like an XBOX PS3 vs a Wii. the ps3 is a lot more powerful, and thats it. No power or gigabyte per dollar or stuff like that. Just raw absolute quiality of parts.
More Ports: As far as I know, this is correct
Lighter: Correct, but its the difference in their leauge
Runs many operation ystems too: By comparing the two, I assume you either:
A. Use "too" as an addon, like "also", with correlation to the other statements", meaning it "does this, that, and also that".
B. Compare tot he Air that it can also do it. Like "I like pie", "Me too!"
Forgot: Yes, it has been hackintoshed. not sure about the Cloudbook.
@Big John
Just because the "speed" of the processor is slower than the Air, doesn't mean that it's nerfed. The Eee Can run Half-Life 2 at a decent FPS, all for $350.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UixLlpMgJqA
And yes, the Eee has been "hackintoshed".
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxdlBGolTE
Do some research next time. It's a dead give away of fanboyism when you don't.
Don't compare Apples to Oranges. The Eee is cheap, small, and light - but very small in some respects. It does the basics and does them very well. The MacBook air is astronomically expensive (for the performance it gets) but it's meant to be full-sized and capable of most people's daily computing tasks. They're not at all in the same market. You might as well have just said "I'm building a gaming desktop for $1000 that beats the pants off this MBA". Well, yeah...but it's not at all the same.
@Jonathan Zencovich: Uh, OK? Are you really going to be playing HL2 on a 7" screen? On that thing? Whatever. I checked Wikipedia for basic specs. I don't own one, I don't spend my days reading articles on the Eee since I don't have a driving desire to have one. Also, pretty sure I said I didn't know if it had been Hackintoshed. Pardon me for not scouring the internet before you came in with your mighty knowledge to crush the fanboy!
I do like how 'fanboy' has turned into a generic insult for people that are fans of a product they own. I don't think I'm being that rampant with it at all. How many fanboys admit to a product flaw, anyway?
EEE: 7" screen, non-full size keyboard, 1GB RAM, 802.11 b/g, CPU: 630 Mhz, FSB: 70Mhz, 8GB SSD...
Air: 13" screen, full-size keyboard, 2GB RAM, 802.11 b/g/n, CPU: 1.6 GHz, FSB: 800 Mhz, 64GB SSD...
I'm not saying the Eee is bad, in fact I think I want one, and I don't really want an Air, but comparing the Air to the Eee is like comparing a BMW to a Smartcar. In other words, a completely lame comparison.
@Big John
Ok, I'll admit my reply was a bit condescending, sorry. It's late, and I jumped (http://www.xkcd.com/386/ :p )
My point was that thought the Eee might have "low" specs, it is far from being under-performing as you were hinting.
You have to admit though that your post "highlighting" the Eee shortcomings in relation to the Air. Again, sorry for namecalling you a "fanboy", that was harsh on my part :p
--Jon
@Jon: No harm, no foul. It's hard to tell in the comment threads here with so much anti-Air stuff flying around. Others said it better: apples, meet oranges. Oranges, meet apples!
Awww. Hugs all around.
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@Big John:
Right on, detecting that Fanboyism...
But wait, why the low rank? Ah, the windows fanboys, I always forget those little...