Apple announcement recap

[Tony Crockford]

On 18 Jan 2008, at 11:19, Paul Sargent wrote:

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> On 18 Jan 2008, at 07:05, Tony Crockford wrote:
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>> Professional Photographers?  Corporate Road Warriors?
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>> anyone with a need to be at the bleeding edge....
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> I think Pro Photographers might be wary of the cut down processor,  
> the 2GB max memory (if they are photoshop users), the limited video  
> card (if they're aperture users), and limited connectivity for  
> dumping gigs of photos back to hard drives once back in the office.  
> It might work, but I'd rather be on a MBP.

I was thinking more from the point of view of 2lb less to log on  
location, and the multitouch image manipulation for weeding out images.

If I were lugging a 13" screen about just to preview an show clients  
the images I was taking to ensure the shoot was finished, I think the  
weight reduction would work for me..

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> Road warriors I'll accept, but even that I'm not sure. Do road  
> warriors have a machine at home/the office to partner an MBA with? I  
> thought their laptop was their life.
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> I think a lot of people were wanting a smaller MBP. The 12"  
> Powerbook had a lot of fans, and they're having to settle for  
> MacBooks at the moment. The MBA doesn't change anything for them  
> because the important dimension wasn't thickness, it was footprint/ 
> screen size.
>
> Personally I keep thinking I could make it work. I don't *NEED*  
> anything that isn't on the MBA, but I'm paying more to not have  
> things when I don't perceive the thickness to be a big enough win


I'm waiting for a few months for the price/spec to change, but with a  
mac pro and 30" screen at home and an iPod Touch that now has email on  
WiFi I'm not sure I *need* a laptop at all.

if I did want one then portability rather than power would be the issue.

maybe the 12" even thinner version will be the one I get...

;)