Macbook Air???

[bturville]

the manilla folder thing is interesting marketing.

apples marketing team are brilliant though, really.

[elaine]

the manilla folder thing is interesting marketing.

apples marketing team are brilliant though, really.

i loved the manilla folder idea.
they are brilliant, i feel like buying everything apple advertises

[bturville]

can you think of any other company where there is that much hype over new products (aka macworld) ?!

[droodles]

thats because Apple innovates.

[bturville]

and god bless them for that.

they're taking their time with the iphone in australia though, hey!

[excal]

That is probably because, like in Europe, they might need to redesign the phone to be a 3G phone (it is a 2.5G phone) in order to get any kind of market penetration.

In America, 3G hasn't taken much hold. Australia's somewhere in between (leaning to 3G) and Europe is predominantly 3G.

[bturville]

heh, this is funny

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1797523/

[AppleXY]

Macbook Air is sweet, but it's really not power users. It's more for consumers that want a thin laptop who only want to use it for basic and/or semi-advanced stuph. But in my unbiased opinion (heck I'm obsessed with apple lol), it's not worth it. I mean, $3000 for what?! A computer that fit in a manilla envelope? It's not that big of deal... jeez, get a MBP, it packs a hell of alot more performance than an MBA (macbook air) [+ mobile penryn core might be coming for the mbps soon ] and its portable.

This year's macworld isn't that special to me. However, the Time capsule is a fucking magical piece. It's just pure gold. THANKS APPLE (Y)

[bturville]

I'm really thinking about getting a MBP for uni.

Is it really worth waiting for the Penryn/multitouch? Because waiting will be hard

(This years Macworld wasn't that special for me either)

[RD]

[+ mobile penryn core might be coming for the mbps soon ]

yeah in like a few months

[AppleXY]

Wait til June, I can expect a MBP upgrade mid-year. If not, just purchase one now.

But really,  the penryn and menom (can't spell) chipsets won't really make _that_ much of a difference (unless you're a real power user which then I'd strongly recommend to wait), if you can't wait just buy it now. Really, nothing major is going to happen to the MBP anyway [for now ]. (like major as in a power efficient quad core lol)

[RD]

Wait til June, I can expect a MBP upgrade mid-year. If not, just purchase one now.

But, really, penryn and menom (can't spell) chipsets won't really make a difference, if you can't wait just buy it now. Really, nothing major is going to happen to the MBP anyway [for now ]. (like major as in a power efficient quad core lol)

major difference in the penryn is the die shrink to 45nm. Apparantly theres going to be a Penryn Quad Core Mobile Processor for laptops sooner than i expected...

I can't wait 'till Nahalem comes out which is rumoured to be the transition from 4 cores to 8 

[AppleXY]

Yeah. The 65 to 45 nm shrink is effing awesome, but if he's using it for basic multi-tasking and basic stuph then menom is just as good.

But, since you're doing Science at melbourne I strongly recommend you to wait. This is because the 45nm shrink allows for HELL alot more performance.

[RD]

battery life is also improved in the newer range.

[costargh]

Guys try to stay Macbook Air related