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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[let the price drops begin....iPod Touch next please!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kiwi616]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Since it seems to be a slow day for news, how about mention the story of Steve Jobs and friends getting sued again for backdating their stock options?<br><br><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9982877-37.html?tag=nefd.pop" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9982877-37.html?tag=nefd.pop</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[how bout next time just commenting without replyingnto the top poster just so you wouldnt be at the bottom]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DefPo3t]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[The SSD option is so cheap.  I'll take two high-end MacBook Airs to go.  I hear they're the classiest notebooks you can buy.  Please put them on my Platinum MasterCard.  Here ya go.<br><br>I'll be back when the super-affordable iPhone 3G is for sale.  I may pick up a six pack.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steffen Jobbs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's never going to happen. Apple is greedy and would rather spend a little more to increase storage than give customers a price drop. Beside, the problem is with SSDs not flash drives, so the reason that they dropped the price for the Air can't be used for the iPod Touch.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Garst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 7:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Would engadget (and other blogs) please stop spreading this stupid idea that SSD's have questionable battery life, those 'tests' were flawed, they used a single process which they set going on both SSD's and HDD's, and because SSD's run faster they were able to run the process more times than the HDD's therefor using MORE battery.<br><br>thank you]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[i hadn't heard that, but interesting.<br><br>i'm wizzle.  how are you also wizzle?  engadget, what's going on here?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 3:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, people have only theorized that.  The tests were not designed to prevent that possibility but no data was presented that showed that the SSD tests actually ran more times.  Furthermore, other tests have shown that SSDs are NOT currently faster than hard drives and certainly not faster than the 7200 rpm drive tested.  Repeating the same, tired factless argument that you have, wizzle, is worse than what Tom's has done.<br><br>We do know that the MBA with SSD has failed to show improved battery life or overall disk performance over the 1.8" HDD version in other tests.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[craig]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 11:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[The MB Air price still needs to fall a little more to make it appealing to the masses.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Even if the price did fall, it still wouldn't make it as a mass-appeal item, and certainly not with the standard Macbook offering more performance, larger capacities, and a built-in optical drive.  The premium price is more-than-likely due to limited demand for it.<br><br>However, if they DID mark it down to say, $1099 or so, I'd be all over it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lein]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[So didn't you just prove my point that if the price fell, more people would want one?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lein: I still wouldn't buy it at that price when products like the Dell M1330 offer so much more at that price point.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 3:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's good that they did this because if you need a Macbook Air, then you need a SSD.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[grull27]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Let me don my flame retardant suit before i say this:<br><br>When did the words 'Mac' and 'Affordable' Ever go together in any way possible unless of course you put a not in the middle....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blaine Oliver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[the Big Mac]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[natels]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mac Mini?<br><br>This is good news, it'd be cool to see maybe a model with a 96 or 128GB SSD for the original price, and make the 64GB SSD option the middle machine.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[The working girl at the corner with the name mac'nretta  <br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DefPo3t]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[MacGyver can fix your blown fuses with a stick of gum.  I'd say that's affordable.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ethana2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[MAC n cheesse   too]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DefPo3t]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Probably around the time "PC" and "Virus free" started going together.  Besides, "Affordable" means different things to different people...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[01]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[My PC runs ubuntu, 01.  Good job.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ethana2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[ubuntu rules]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Travis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 3:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[MacDonalds Dollar menu is affordable]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[El Taco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 3:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[*hunts down apple-free feed*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ethana2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gahh!  some weird yahoo pipes thing in the apple-free feed borked YARSSR.<br><br>Screw that, you mac fans'll just have to put up with me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ethana2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[haha now that the whole battery saving ssd theory got debunked apple needs to lower prices]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[yode]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[When they're on 22nm process, I should be done laughing at you.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ethana2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[ready for the spec update next month i should imagine, it's due for one and i'm going to be waiting for that]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MattyG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Early adopters always get the shaft]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Rodrigues]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[still waayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy the fuck overpriced. and still don't want one.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sinai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have stated many times on this forum that I am not a fan of the term "overpriced". If they set a price and they can get it, and make a profit it is not "overpriced".<br><br>Now, is it too goddamned expensive for me? Hell yes it is.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[happy_penguin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 4th 2008 1:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[When the mac book air reaches 700 dollars or less let me know]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[digitallysick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sniffle... the snob appeal of my SSD MBA is fading. :-(]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Itchy Pajamas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Funny I buy my laptops based on the productivity that they facilitate. Your comment only serves to perpetuate a certain Mac stereotype. (Disclaimer: equally at home on both the Vaios and Macs found in our practice)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[simon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 3:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[simon-<br>I too buy for function (and a bit for style.) My comment was meant to amuse the Anticupertinites.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Itchy Pajamas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 4:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[it seems like mac early adopters always get the shaft (iphone $200 drop, now this). Does this kind of price drop happen to other company (like dell or HP)? or engadget just like to report "mac users get the shaft"?<br>I start to feel bad for those mac users]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sure, it happens with every company's products -- if they survive long enough in the marketplace, rather than being replaced with a new model full of generic parts after a few months.<br><br>Reporting on Apple price drops has just become part of the Mac culture, like their cool product designs and the apple stickers on our cars. Doesn't bother me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Itchy Pajamas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Itchy Pajamas: So what you're saying is that Apple updates their products less frequently than everybody else? That's not something to be proud of. You do realize Apple uses the same "generic" parts everybody else does right?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 3:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Am I the only one that read "Slightly more palatable" as "Slightly more pathetic"?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kal326]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 2:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[roole]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 4:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[No way,<br>for that kind of money you could buy yourself a real computer!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KilgoreTrout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 3:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[And this computer would be................?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wicker24]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 4:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why the price drop? I guess 'ld Stevo is not selling enough of these  paper weights.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 3:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[I know people have a log of negativity to saw regarding the machine.  It's actually a great product.  You're not going to be playing Crysis or doing any crazy video editing, but it works fine for web/word processing and even does a great job in photoshop.  Unless apple finds a direct replacement for my 12 inch Powerbook, I'm all over the next generation of the Air.<br><br>$2K for the 1.8GHz is still a little too much compared with the equivalent priced macbook pro model ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Redstripe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 3:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, but computers meant for web/word processing aren't supposed to cost more than $2,000.  That's what the subnotebooks are for; they're secondary notebooks for people who don't heat their house with $100 bills.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[proctopus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 4th 2008 11:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[But does the price drop make the MBA not suck? Probably not.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[torqueo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 4:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Here we go again Apple dropping prices. Remember iPhone I love when they lower the price don't get me wrong, but I start losing trust to Apple for this inconsistent pricing of their product. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[joueboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 4:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[So when component prices drop, Apple SHOULDN'T drop the prices of the computers that use them?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 5:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[When I think about affordable laptop upgrades, I think Apple. Yeah, right!<br><br><a href="http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49297849-1,00.htm" rel="nofollow">http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49297849-1,00.htm</a><br><br>Steve Snobs is greedy, greedy, greedy...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnPQ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 5:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MacBook Air SSD option gets slightly more affordable]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-option-gets-slightly-more-affordable/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lenovo has some big "sale" prices on their X300 with the SSD option also, now they are $2580 - $2700.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcwestbrook]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2008 7:19PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>