Kemper_Boyd wrote:
It's basically an Airport Extreme router (802.11n and gigabit) where the
drive is internal rather than hanging off the USB port. For £199 it's not
a bad price either if you ask me.
Too bloody right...we were just about to order some 802.11n kit at work to start testing.
The router is supposedly one of the better 802.11n ones, I've read quite
a few good reviews on non Mac sites. If 802.11n was finalised I'd be tempted,
but remember the UK doesn't use the same bands as the US model and
so will be slower.
Gods, the Air is properly nice Shame they couldn't have left out a couple of inches of screen space to make it a more sensible size, it's getting there but as Acronym said the G4 PB will take some beating...
I think the big thing is the movie rental. All the big studios, 30 days after
DVD release. $3.99 for new, $2.99 for older, and $1 more for HD. That's
almost fair.
Blimey, that *is* aggressive pricing. Now we just need ISPs who aren't going to throw us off the network for downloading more than 2 or 3 movies a week.
And of course you need them to jump through all the many hoops they need to to get the thing launched outside the states. Look how long it took MS to get their system out in the UK...
WiteWulf wrote:Re. Macbook Air, interestingly the 1.8GHz model comes with the 64GB SSD as standard.
£2,028
Yikes!
However you can build a 1.8GHz unit to order with the standard harddrive for an extra £190 over the standard 1.6GHz (or have a 1.6GHz with the SSD for an extra £639 if you're slightly odd).
Shame they couldn't have left out a couple of inches of screen space to make it a more sensible size, it's getting there but as Acronym said the G4 PB will take some beating...
