Well the Spotlight on Notebooks announcement just ended and we came up with a quick list of the good and the bad.
Things We Love
-The new eco-friendly aluminum enclosures. White plastic was so 2001, and the iMac like black border looks surprisingly good.
-Multi touch trackpad has us excited, but we wonder if "switchers" will miss the mouse button?
-The Revenge of the Graphics Card! Macbook users can play games too! Now we just need some games.....
-User replaceable hard drives all around.
Things We Hate
-Where is the affordable pricing that was rumored for so long. The $999 Macbook is last years gimped model. Kinda like when Apple sold a $799 Snow iMac G3 after the G4 was introduced. No one will want this model.
-Pricing all around was poor. $899 for a display, even one with snazzy Mag-Safe connectors is too much in today's economic climate. The base model of Macbooks went from $1099 to $1299. Somehow Steve decided this was a $700 SAVINGS?!?!
-The lack of options for Bluray or HDMI. Despite what Apple may think, these technologies are mainstream. Steve mentioned licensing issues with Bluray in his Q&A. HP and DELL has managed to work it out.
Overall we'll give today's announcement a C+, but we get the feeling Apple is slightly out of touch with today's consumer when it comes to pricing. Are they now the John McCain of computers? Steve doesn't own seven houses right? Or does he.
1 comment:
Looks like they removed firewire from the Macbook. This is really a downer. Now anyone looking to do audio/video on the road is forced to upgrade to a $1999 Macbook Pro.
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