Friday, February 22nd 2008
Apple Air Unnecessarily Expensive
The Apple Air was recently pushed out into the public. The public doesn't mind it, and for those who can actually afford it, it's quite a nice laptop. It's thin, it's light, it's powerful, and it's easy to use. However, an independent firm got curious as to exactly why the Air was so expensive, so thin, and so pretty. So, they took it apart, and promptly declared it was like nothing they've ever seen, in a very bad way. Beneath the glowering surface is an ugly interior, which uses unnecessary materials, and quite possibly keeps heat trapped inside. The official statement from the investigators:
Source:
Nordic Hardware
Based on the results of our teardown project, we guess Apple is not paying much attention to both workmanship of the hardware design and comprehensive cost reduction. The company seems to have focused on aspects, where its expertise lies, such as external appearance, software and user interfaces.
22 Comments on Apple Air Unnecessarily Expensive
I'm not saying that eco-friendly stuff is trash, but you get my point. I suppose that if each of us had $2k+ to spend on laptops, we could form a conclusion of our own.
But we don't. So meh.
Speculation is more fun anyways :D.
MACs = over priced PCs
like a Macbook for 9000 nok has 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, Core 2 Duo
you get a laptop with 2GB RAM, 250GB HD, Core 2 Duo for 8000 nok
so MACs are overpriced PCs :nutkick:
Thinkpad>Macbook
Just an interesting analysis. People today are so shallow.
Their desktops are very fairly priced.
unless they don't want you to take it apart, so you know you need to get it fixed. Dont worry send it to apple and they'll do it for you...for a price
this dosnt suprise me at all, apples "laptops" in my exp have alwase been over priced for the speed/power you get, and when ANYTHING goes wrong they want u to ship them back.
oh and i guarntee they wont accept RMA's if you ship it back in an invlope even a nice padded one, they will requier a nice padded box like your expected to ship any other laptop in.