Comments on: MacBook Air gets a lot thinner--in price

The Apple MacBook Air reaches a new low in price.

[MyRightEye]

The new 13" MacBook Pro is on it's way to me as I type. About time Apple made a truly compelling machine.

[kcotham]

Almost makes me wish I had waited another year and a half to get a new machine. Oh well, maybe next time :-)

[michael_j_x]

to be honest that 13" Pro is actually the first Mac that I consider good value for money. Heck, I might even buy one.

[davrosthedalek]

Good choice, way better then the crapbook air.

[Assais]

yeah you big loser, keep spending $600 for a Apple logo on a PC hardware dressed in metal. Moron. Try looking for genuinely decent brands that charge what they're worth such as Acer

[jscott418]

So was Apple really putting the screws to previous Apple Air buyers? I would be a little upset myself.
But I guess Apple finally realized that it had to do something. I do not really hate Apple products, but they do remind me of Bose when it comes to their marketing hype. I used to be a Bose fan until one day I was able to what crappy drivers were in one of their speakers. After that I realized it was more about making a crappy speaker sound good. Apple is a lot like that. I mean I have taken a lot of Mac's apart and the parts are just what you expect to see in any computer. In fact some of the LCD screens I was a bit amazed that they were cheaper quality then I expected. So even though I think Apple makes a good operating system and they design nice looking hardware. I would not pay anymore for them then I would any other brand. Just because their standard warranty is no better and their parts are just parts.

[fcz1]

As for putting the screws to previous buyers... I wouldn't be pissed if I was a previous buyer. That's the nature of electronics, prices drop as the tech advances. I'm not pissed that I bought an iBook nine years ago because I can now get so much more for so much less.

[kcotham]

The computer industry is very, very fast moving jscott418. If you waited until something got as best it will get before you bought it, you'd be waiting forever. With every computer I've ever bought, I've had buyer's remorse. Everyone I know, that's honest with themselves has been the same way. It's because no sooner do you buy something, they come out with something better. It's just the way of the world. Whether it be cars, computers, phones, widgets, or whatever, there will always be a better one in the pipe.

[kelmon]

Rule #1 of Business: Price a product at what people will pay for it.

It really doesn't matter how much a product costs to make, as long as you can sell it for more than that then you should sell it for as much as you can make from it.

[slickuser]

I wish Apple increased the screen resolutions on new models or offered an upgrade. I hate screens with big fonts!

[kcotham]

For the most part, Apple laptops have as high or higher screen resolutions, especially in the MacBook Pro line. You can change system font size with a free tool called Tinker Tool, I think.

[nickshanks]

Apple keep supplying low resolution screens because Mac OS X is way behind the curve on resolution independence. Vista has supported this for several years now. Apple have been banging on about it at WWDCs for several years too, but are not putting their words into practice. Snow Leopard does not support it as a user feature, despite apple saying "we want [software developers] to be ready for 2008" (in 2007)

[Renegade Knight]

Funny thing. I actually like that Apple doesn't offer a lot of variations of the screen. All the sizes between "Magoo" and "Squinty" don't really do much.

[Everlovin G]

@ jscott418: "So even though I think Apple makes a good operating system and they design nice looking hardware. I would not pay anymore for them then I would any other brand."

Then, you aren't going to be buying a "good operating system" or "nice looking hardware," brother. Doh!

DNFTT

[docster87]

Why do some people buy Cadillacs when a Buick is still a car? Why do some people buy Hummers rather than Jeeps? Why spend twice as much on a car then need be? Why not everyone go get Kias???
You often get what you pay for and I for one am very glad I paid extra for a Mac computer that has reduced my headaches while increasing my production, abilities, and general happiness.

[gerrrg]

This places an incredible burden on Dell and their Adamo counterpart.

[pithenumber]

wasn't Adamo an Epic Fail from the start?

[Renegade Knight]

Hopefully it will push the price down on the X300. My next Hacintosh.

[kelmon]

Nice to see that Firewire finally put in an appearance again on the old MacBook. Dropping that was crazy and I really feel sorry for those who bought the first generation Unibody MacBooks. Frankly, I'd be interested to see what all those nit-wits who posted comments to say that "Firewire is a Pro feature" are thinking now when they had the audacity to suggest that dropping Firewire from the MacBooks was a good thing.

[seven7dust]

they never suggested it as a good thing
they did it because most people don't really use firewire !
USB has the market cornered !
plus even now you need a adapter for FW 400 devices

[Perry_Clease]

Yes, it is much better than USB when it comes to video cameras, file transfers and such.

[kcotham]

FireWire is technically superior to USB. FireWire 400 actually has higher sustained data rates that exceed USB 2.

I look for FireWire interfaces in peripherals and devices. I especially did this when my PowerBook G4 was my main machine. It also had FireWire 800. Apple made a huge mistake in not pushing FireWire harder in the beginning.

[nickshanks]

Apple should include FireWire 3200 in their machines now. It's been standardised for almost a year and USB 3.0 is almost out.
If they don't have S3200 in their next Pro desktop upgrade I will be very disappointed.

[seven7dust]

Now the Dell Adamo looks worse tan it already was !
Looks like dell will need to shut one more of it's factories soon !

[davrosthedalek]

Even Apple fanboys think the AIR is a pile of crap. Worthless.

[Assais]

Hmmm..what happened mighty Apple? All of sudden contradicting yourself by lowering your shiny hardware price afraid of...cheap PC competitors eating away your market?

Haha, about time they got a reality check

[J.G.]

A recession happened to Apple and everyone else. The lower prices are not a response to the release of thin netbooks, which do not compete with Apple laptops. Apple seeks to increase market share during this recession by sweetening its deals.

[Renegade Knight]

They are all computers. Thus they are all competitors. You don't have to like it or even believe it, but it's true.

However to help you understand. I'll point out the proof in your post. "Apple seeks to increase market share". That increase share would come from the competition.