| The way I see it, the only problem with the MacBook Air is the price. And the same is true of all super-small laptops. This isn't really strange. Most technology starts off being obscenely expensive. I hope that these big flash drives take off and come down in price enough to fit inside the Mini and MacBook. (By the way, they are flash drives, right? They never refer to them with that word, just as SSD drives, so I'm not sure it's the same technology.)
I was excited about the specs, until I saw the price. An extra $999 for a flash drive is shocking.
Personally, I'm not sorry to see the optical drive go. I wish the desktop systems didn't come with them, to be honest! To me, it's a waste of money. I wonder how many functionally-identical optical drives I've bought over the years. I've almost always had a more capable external model. Of course, laptops are a bit different. Apple is obviously pushing their iTunes agenda. The question is, do people need an optical drive on the go for anything besides movies? |