Apple announcement recap

R.L. Grigg newslists at autonomy.caltech.edu
Thu Jan 17 12:45:35 PST 2008


On Jan 17, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> Clearly YOU are not in the market.

That's right. I never said I was. I was wondering who was and why.

> It's not a replacement for the MacBook Pro. Why can't people
> differentiate? What fantasy do you have?

No one ever said it was. I'm trying to figure out its niche.
>
> It's small and thin and easy to carry. It connects wirelessly by
> design, over ethernet with a dongle.

Its thin but not small, thats one beef I have with it.
>
> I NEVER change out the battery in my MacBook Pro.

Ive had enough batteries go bad on me to want to change them out.
>
> Do you edit video in this machine? NOPE. It's not a high-horsepower  
> machine.

Didnt expect it to be.
>
> I keep thinking there are so many people who have never made an
> engineering/design tradeoff in their lives.

Sounds like youre really over reacting. You still havent said who its  
intended for.

> You do have to think differently about how to use it
> is all.

No I dont. Apple has to sell ME on it, not the other way around.
Russ
>


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