-iMod wrote

jamiemackay wrote

r00t_b33r wrote I'd like the haters to tell me exactly how they can fault this purchase. The 13" Air is one of the only Apple products that are competitive in their markets. If you objectively take a look at the ultra(buzzword)book market right now, you'd see how great the Air really is. Personally I can't justify any ultrabook yet and they don't fit my needs or budget, but that is beside the point. OSX is, in my eyes and from my experience, the best OS for ultraportable laptops. Oh yeah, and it's real Unix.

Expect a lot of jealousy and denial, OP. It's fantastic.

Well For starters he spent at least, 1000 GBP, you could get a Laptop, just as good if not better for 750 or lower, Over-spent simple as..

he paid 1000 pounds for an Apple Logo.

But maybe its something that he/she actually wanted and that he/she likes the OS better, it was his/her personal decision, just let it be.

He wanted it because it's the best Ultrabook on the market and is extremely well priced and not because there is an Apple logo on the notebook.

Very nice, I see nothing wrong with macbooks

r00t_b33r wrote

jamiemackay wrote

r00t_b33r wrote I'd like the haters to tell me exactly how they can fault this purchase. The 13" Air is one of the only Apple products that are competitive in their markets. If you objectively take a look at the ultra(buzzword)book market right now, you'd see how great the Air really is. Personally I can't justify any ultrabook yet and they don't fit my needs or budget, but that is beside the point. OSX is, in my eyes and from my experience, the best OS for ultraportable laptops. Oh yeah, and it's real Unix.

Expect a lot of jealousy and denial, OP. It's fantastic.

Well For starters he spent at least, 1000 GBP, you could get a Laptop, just as good if not better for 750 or lower, Over-spent simple as..

he paid 1000 pounds for a Apple Logo.

No he didn't. Wipe the Apple logo off and preconceptions out of your head, then put it side-by side with the Asus UX31A and Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook. Tell me what you see.

One other thing you get with the MacBook Air is the superb apple build quality, one thing no one can EVER fault, as it's still, in my opinion, better than anyone else.

Jtagmodz360z wrote

r00t_b33r wrote

jamiemackay wrote

r00t_b33r wrote I'd like the haters to tell me exactly how they can fault this purchase. The 13" Air is one of the only Apple products that are competitive in their markets. If you objectively take a look at the ultra(buzzword)book market right now, you'd see how great the Air really is. Personally I can't justify any ultrabook yet and they don't fit my needs or budget, but that is beside the point. OSX is, in my eyes and from my experience, the best OS for ultraportable laptops. Oh yeah, and it's real Unix.

Expect a lot of jealousy and denial, OP. It's fantastic.

Well For starters he spent at least, 1000 GBP, you could get a Laptop, just as good if not better for 750 or lower, Over-spent simple as..

he paid 1000 pounds for a Apple Logo.

No he didn't. Wipe the Apple logo off and preconceptions out of your head, then put it side-by side with the Asus UX31A and Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook. Tell me what you see.

One other thing you get with the MacBook Air is the superb apple build quality, one thing no one can EVER fault, as it's still, in my opinion, better than anyone else.

As long as you're spending a premium and not picking up an Acer notebook, they're all going to have pretty top notch build quality - no T430, but also no $350 Acer either.

I got this laptop from PCWORLD in the UK for 650 a few months ago!