Comments on: $799 MacBook Air tipped for Q3 2012 http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: sgtguthrie http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-209923 sgtguthrie Fri, 11 May 2012 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-209923 I burn a lot of disks, and wouldn’t own a laptop that doesn’t have it.  I say leave it in the Pro’s, and just expand the Air lineup for ppl like you ;-)

]]> By: clock http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-209921 clock Fri, 11 May 2012 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-209921 I hear ya, but when you think about how often people use DVD players these days, removing it makes sense.  I think leaving 17″ with a optical drive is a good move (preferably a blu-ray burner).

]]> By: sgtguthrie http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-209918 sgtguthrie Fri, 11 May 2012 13:47:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-209918 I know it’s not yet, but that was one of the rumors for the MBP lineup for 2012 was removal of disk drive in all models but 17″.  

Once again a rumor, but a very prominent one…

]]> By: clock http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-209913 clock Fri, 11 May 2012 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-209913 The optical is *not* removed from the MBP lineup, it’s removed from the MBA lineup.
However, I would love it if they made a 15″ MBA!

]]> By: Austinjsting http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-209759 Austinjsting Thu, 10 May 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-209759 It’s worth noting that the MBA is an intel based ultrabook that follows the intel specs… Intel isn’t competing with itself.

]]> By: New_man84 http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-209104 New_man84 Tue, 08 May 2012 02:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-209104 nice

]]> By: Wapple http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-208973 Wapple Mon, 07 May 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-208973 This is a move by communist forces of Wapple against the imperialist hegemony of Hoogle, aided by the peasant power of Microhard. The peasants will rise, the imperialist forces will fall. By the power of Wacbook!

]]> By: clock http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-208934 clock Mon, 07 May 2012 13:29:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-208934 Phone cost almost that much, too…without the carrier subsidy.

]]> By: sgtguthrie http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-208916 sgtguthrie Mon, 07 May 2012 12:36:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-208916 Not everyone who uses Apple computers are iSheep. Lots of developers use Macs or hackintosh. I will say though, there are plenty of people out there who would buy anything with an Apple logo ;-)

]]> By: sgtguthrie http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-208914 sgtguthrie Mon, 07 May 2012 12:31:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-208914 I don’t like the idea of removing the optical drive from the Macbook Pro lineup. Glad I have a late 2011 model. You know OS X Lion is good too, as I haven’t even installed Linux in the 2 months I’ve had it! I love mission control… It’s like gnome 3 on steroids!

]]> By: Joe http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-208902 Joe Mon, 07 May 2012 11:35:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-208902 Apple sheep would buy a turd with an Apple logo on it for $799.

]]> By: Joe http://www.slashgear.com/799-macbook-air-tipped-for-q3-2012-07226429/#comment-208897 Joe Mon, 07 May 2012 11:20:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226429#comment-208897 64GB ? Might as well get a phone.  LOL
Apple…twice the price…1/2 the storage , RAM , etc.

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