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Macbook Air: What a rip off or is thin really that in?

Posted in Live (January 16, 2008 at 6:32 pm)

When Steve Jobs unveiled the Macbook Air at his keynote, Dave Legg (our coder here at Neowin) immediately contacted me and showed me the link to the demo of this wonderful product, my jaw dropped. How was this thing so thin? How does it stay cool despite sporting an Intel Core 2 Duo? I was on my merry way to find specs, needless to say I was disappointed when all the facts became clear.

Apple have seemed to master the way of selling hardware at inflated prices and touting it as the next best thing to sliced bread, and lets face it.. consumers lap it up but I have a feeling you'll be ripped off at the price they are asking!

We have yet to see the effects of heat and will we be ok with taking the “Air” on an plane and then having the battery run out less than half way across the Atlantic? Usually we'd be able to swap out the empty for a second battery, but not in this case. it's not upgradeable or even removable!

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