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    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by kamkazeephi, Jan 15, 2008.

  1. kamkazeephi

    kamkazeephi Notebook Consultant

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    macbook air 13inch

    10:25am - "A lot of others only get 1.5 hours -- this is phenomenal battery life. 3 pounds, 13.3-inch full size display, full keyboard, multi-touch gestures, 0.16-inch thickness, iSight... 1.6GHz C2D, 2GB RAM standard, 80GB drive, 64GB SSD option, 802.11n standard Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR...

    "All these and more in the thinnest notebook in the world -- we are pricing this at $ 1799."

    "Lots of woos, huge applause. We commence shipping MBAs in just TWO weeks. Pre-order today, we're shipping in two weeks."

    "The thinnest notebook in the world -- we made an ad. Run the ad!"

    -engadget.com



    1.5hours battery life? sucks.

    no wait 5hours? damn!
     
    kamkazeephi, Jan 15, 2008
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  2. mc511

    mc511 Notebook Evangelist

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    Damn thats nice but for me i am going to stick with the macbook. 1.6ghz core 2 duo sounds nice but i would rather have a 2.2. This machine looks really nice though.
     
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  3. kamkazeephi

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    it still as fast as a macbook even tho it runs at 2.2
     
    kamkazeephi, Jan 15, 2008
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    mc511 Notebook Evangelist

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    True. Who would use this model anyway. I cant imagine professionals would use this but maybe. I think maybe bussiness users.
     
    mc511, Jan 15, 2008
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    yea ur right after seeing pictures of it macbook is "more" in terms of hdd and speed. man, sucks i waited 6months and feels like i regreted waiting heheheh i was hoping for alloy macbook.
     
    kamkazeephi, Jan 15, 2008
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    I wonder how much the student discount is?? If its like $200 like the macbook pro i would get it. But i would have to think long and hard about that.
     
    mc511, Jan 15, 2008
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    macbook desing i love better simple and plain heheh
     
    kamkazeephi, Jan 15, 2008
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    how is this true? a 1.6/1.8 isnt as fast as a 2.2 MB, period.

    add to that the small HD, and the macbook is the clear winner so far.
     
    kgeier82, Jan 15, 2008
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    Nto even a small HDD, but it's a 1.8" so it's SUPER slow.
     
    hollownail, Jan 15, 2008
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    Without benchmarks of the new 45nm chips, it's hard to say if this is true or not. Although it's been spectulated that the new 45nm chips will out perform the 65nm models given the same core speed.

    Thus, meaning a 1.8ghz 45nm (newer technology) could very well equal, if not out perform a 2.2ghz 65nm chip.

    Jay
     
    Diversion, Jan 15, 2008
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    I highly doubt it. Maybe in a SSE4 optimized application the 1.8 could match the 2.2 in time it takes to complete the task. The 45nm are just die shrinks with SSE4 support and dynamic acceleration for single threaded apps.
     
    Robgunn, Jan 15, 2008
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    please don't make new threads about something that is already being discussed in many different forms already.

    why couldn't people just limit all this stuff the the MacWorld thread like the mods hoped?
     
    circa86, Jan 15, 2008
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    cashmonee, Jan 15, 2008
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