Plus, your choice of photos is useless and really tells us nothing.

Whereas if you had used a better photo, then people would actually understand why the MacBook Air is priced the way it is.

This photo says it all:
http://images.appleinsider.com.....nbox-6.jpg

So, here it is, TechCrunch: THIS is the article that caused me to unsubscribe. The basic cluelessness of all technology of Michael Arrington has annoyed me for as long as I’ve known about this, but now that you’re bringing other clueless people– in this case a total tool when it comes to understanding marketing, product positioning and basic logic.

Much of the so-called “tech” press (people who talk about techology but seem to have no understanding of it) are denigrating the Air, just as they did the iPod and the iPhone, without understandign the market position of it.

Tech crunch does not get a pass because you are making the same error- it just shows there’s no reason to continue to subscribe when I have enough of this crap already.

Also, because in the period where most of my subscriptions issued 20-50 articles, you issued 279– more than I care to read, and most of which were dreck like this one.

Bye bye!

Mi hanno spiegato perchè il nuovo “ultra-portable” della Apple è stato battezzato “Air“: perchè l’aria è l’unica cosa che ti rimane nel portafogli dopo averlo comprato.
Da qui: “Air: The Only Thing Left In …

“Oh this car is too expensive.. wah wah wah…”
“My For Taurus has a sun roof and I only paid … blah blah blah”
“Who wants to pay more for a nice looking car, I certainly wouldn’t … blah blah”

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I just watched the keynote. The thickest part of the MacBook Air is actually thinner than the thinnest part of the thinnest Sony AND the Mac Air has a bigger screen!

That explains the price…

and i don’t know about you, but i don’t usually carry a CD or DVD collection around when i’m traveling. if it’s not on my computer, i don’t listen to or see it.

Who was the idiot who said they needed an extra USB port for their mouse? Use a wireless mouse dumbass.

duties and taxes?

china is the same distance from everywhere, so it isn’t transport

If you’re in a market for an ultra-portable BEAUTIFUL laptop - MacBook Air is the winner - and it costs only $1800 compared to many $2000+ machine in this category - so it’s not overpriced.

And it’s so beautiful… my Thinkpad X60 Tablet is a great machine… and I’m still loving it, but I must admit it’s just ugly if I compare it to the MB AIR.

1 USB port? It’s all about wireless - Bluetooth mouse, bluetooth printer, wireless storage, etc…. and you don’t need USB ports if you think about it. I have 3 USB ports in my Thinkpad and I use only 1.

My opinion - it’s the first real WOW laptop from Apple and it’s stunning. I want one. I’m used to Tablet PCs and the only one thing I’m missing is the touchscreen and it may be the deal breaker for me… but all in all… I’m more than impressed with the MB Air… and the price is more than right - after the initial iPhone pricing I thought Steve would start with $2K, but he came to his senses - respect!

Again - it’s not for everyone - it’s for people who move around and need a quick and powerful laptop that weights nothing and can be hidden almost anywhere.

Wow, I can’t believe how great the machine is.

I can imagine my everyday work - I open up the machine and have an instant smile on my face by seeing how beautiful it is.

While the dust settles on Macworld 2008, I scoped the blogsphere to see how reactions to the Mac Book Air and here is what I found.

“…MacBook Air is quite simple the most beautiful personal computer ever made.” Shel Israel, Co-Autho…

Comparisons to sony T/SZ etc - they are about the same price… But lets not forget that the Sony’s usually feature optical drives, proper graphics cards, processors that aren’t stunted, higher capacity disks and just generally don’t skimp on essentials like USB ports. I mean wtf - 1 usb port?… Are we thinking here?…

Plenty of similar sized devices also feature HSDPA connectivity. Maybe not a big deal for you people in the states but anywhere else in the world where mobile networks *don’t* suck - this is actually useful.

Apple has nice products but many of them are just overpriced so I won’t purchase them (the iPhone is another example).

Duncan, terrible reporting to compare the price to those machines. You need to compare it to the Sony Vaio’s etc. Or at the very least mention that those machines are much more expensive.

What apple did with the remote optical drive is sheer genius. No one but apple could have thought of that.

No doubt about it, this product has a market amongst (business) women, business travellers who care about what they carry around and students. There’s still cash to burn in the world and this will be one place where people start burning it. And expect a nice 3-500 USD drop in about 6 months just to help it get even more market share.