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Originally Posted by wpgflamesfan
Agreed, i'm kinda bummed about the whole price point of the thing. $750 starting point and they probably would have sold a ton more. Definitely not worth the $999 starting point. Also bummed that the 13 inch MBP didn't get an upgrade as i'm currently in the market for one.
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You’ve got to be joking. $750 gets you a 64 gig wifi iPad. The 11.6” MBA is a significantly higher value proposition than an iPad considering the parts inside and the functionality it offers. If anything, the Macbook Air makes the plastic Macbook look like a ridiculous rip-off, not the other way around.
This ain’t no Atom based netbook. This is a full fledged sub-notebook competing more with the likes of the Dell Adamo and Sony Vaio, neither of which are cheap, if you haven’t noticed.
People will complain about price, and I can guarantee right now Apple is going to sell a BAJILLION 11.6” Macbook Air’s. You’ve got a full Mac notebook in almost the same form factor as an iPad (certainly very close to the same form factor when you put the iPad into anything other than the thinnest of cases).