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Default Apple needs to make a mini macbook

After the success of the eeePC you would think Apple would be making a mini macbook, let face it they got the macbook air horribly wrong

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Macbook Air horribly wrong? No, they didn't get that wrong. For it's class, its fairly cheap. The Sony Viao TZ starts at $2100 and lets be honest, it has pretty awful performance, while the Macbook Air starts at $1800 and has tons more power (1.6ghz C2D in the base vs 1.06ghz C2D in the base, GMAX3100 in the MBA vs GMA950 in the TZ)
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but thats the thing i don't see the point of having a thinner laptop

its not like people go mine is thinner than yours...lol

people want compact notebooks and the air costs more than a normal macbook with less power

its costs $ 4,318.00 here in New Zealand link
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its costs $ 4,318.00 here in New Zealand link
I'm talking about what price they start at, which for you is $2,999.00. Not bad considering how much more computers/computer parts cost in NZ. The MBA wasn't designed to be your only computer, it was designed for people who have a powerful desktop as a main computer, but for on-the-go work want something small and light, it's a great businessman's computer, or even a students. Whenever I use my MBP, I find myself never using the DVD drive so the MBA is perfect for people like me.
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Maybe for what it is, it isn't that bad. But I don't like what it is, and I think that's what the OP was trying to get at. Instead of "thinner, thinner, thinner," I would have liked to see more compact, as in the EEE and this here MSI Wind.
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I'm talking about what price they start at, which for you is $2,999.00. Not bad considering how much more computers/computer parts cost in NZ. The MBA wasn't designed to be your only computer, it was designed for people who have a powerful desktop as a main computer, but for on-the-go work want something small and light, it's a great businessman's computer, or even a students. Whenever I use my MBP, I find myself never using the DVD drive so the MBA is perfect for people like me.
True that.

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The Dell E is basically the same thing as the Wind, only it has a planned release price of 300$. That's what I'm waiting for, and I'm crossing my fingers so it'll work Hackintosh.

For the Apple UMPC thing... it isn't gonna happen, it's the total opposite of Apple's philosophy.

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Nope, not small enough. I want something that I could possibly walk around with and use. With a MacBook, or even MBA, you have to find a place to sit down and use it.
There are quite a few people with Eee's at my school, I can't say I've ever seen one of them walking while using it. You want an iPhone, not a laptop
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