Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

If you want to piss your money away on an inferior computer, go ahead. Clearly you aren't computer savvy so here's a little comparison that should clear things up for you and anyone else who thinks this thing is "awesome."

Macbook Air
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1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
2GB memory
80GB 4200-rpm PATA hard drive1
Total: $1799

Regular Basic Macbook
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2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB memory
80GB hard drive1
Combo drive

Price $1099 (add $150 to bring it to 2GB of ram)
Total: $1249

The difference gets even more significant when you look at a Macbook pro. You can get a MUCH better Macbook pro for less than the top of the line macbook air.


Macbook Air
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1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
2GB memory
64GB solid-state drive1
13" display (lol)
Total: $3098

Macbook Pro
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2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1680 x 1050 pixels
2GB memory
160GB hard drive1
8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 256MB SDRAM
17" Display
Total: $2799

The macbook air is an inferior computer in every way EXCEPT size. That is the only advantage it has.