**Macworld 2008 OFFICIAL THREAD v.There's something in the air.**

[rawb]

Originally Posted by meth0dical

the 64gb ssd is a rip... it's a $1000 addition.

[KrisisID]

I love how they found other methods so any cd drive would be unnecessary, and how their pushing the iPod's sale with the machine, as well as iTunes Movie downloads.

It seems like a really cool machine, which i would probably lose in my piles of textbooks, lol, kidding.

ill wait till the gen 2's of this come out. i jumped on the macbook at first release and it was a slight mistake.

[meth0dical]

Originally Posted by rawb

32gb flash drives are $250 at the retail level now, being a flash based ssd how is $1000 justifiable?

[rawb]

I DONT THINK YOU UNDERSTAND HOW FLASH MEMORY WORKS
TWICE AS MUCH MEMORY IN THE SAME SPACE ISN'T 2x THE COST

A 32 GB DRIVE COSTS $250
A 128 GB DRIVE COSTS $3k+

THEORETICALLY THE PRICE FALLS ON A CURVED LINE BETWEEN THE TWO

$1000 FOR 64 GB IS AROUND COST
ITS THE SAME EVERYONE ELSE CHARGES


FOR EXAMPLE, DELL:

64GB Solid State Drive [add $960 or $25/month1]

[meth0dical]

i do understand how flash memory works and i know price points fall on a curve. its still gouge as vendor price is somewhere around $550

[rawb]

WAITING FOR SOURCE o

[rawb]

FOPR A GUY NAMED METHODICAL YOU SURE SAY SOME DUMB, MADE UP SHIT SOMETIMES o

[wishbone]

murphy's law

if meth0dical can say something stupid, he probably will.

[askdjasd]

It's fast and it looks sexy. But with all that power, what are you going to use with it? I hardly think a lot of office applications need such high system requirements.

I'll give it that its awesome for the average user.

but i think it's a waste of money.

But the macbook pro's will surely go down in price.. FINALLY!

[diva]

My friend in San Francisco just bought one today.
=(
They look really sexy. My iBook looks so old and crappy compared to all these new laptops.

[azazel]

Originally Posted by diva

My friend in San Francisco just bought one today.
=(
They look really sexy. My iBook looks so old and crappy compared to all these new laptops.

i bet she wasn't a strong black woman.

[meth0dical]

Originally Posted by STEC | Advanced OEM SSD and Memory Solutions | News Release

STEC offers this SSD family at pricing of $5/GB today, declining to less than $2/GB within two years.

mlc nand ssd from $5/gb, so less than i quoted

edit: probably for 2.5" though

[Leviathan]

don't hold your breath, there really isn't any reason they need to lower the MBP prices as they sell really well at these price points and the MBA will not cannibalize their sales.

Originally Posted by askdjasd

It's fast and it looks sexy. But with all that power, what are you going to use with it? I hardly think a lot of office applications need such high system requirements.

I'll give it that its awesome for the average user.

but i think it's a waste of money.

But the macbook pro's will surely go down in price.. FINALLY!

[rawb]

Originally Posted by meth0dical

mlc nand ssd from $5/gb, so less than i quoted

edit: probably for 2.5" though

K LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN BACK UP SOMETHING YOU SAY

[meth0dical]

^click the link in the quote
pricing is just under the read/write speeds

[rawb]

AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN STEC DRIVE AND A SAMSUNG DRIVE
I MEAN OTHER THAN SAMSUNG HAVING LOWER POWER CONSUMPTION, A STATED MTBF, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY THEM o

[Leviathan]

I didn't look at the link yet, but the MBA uses 1.8" drives.

[askdjasd]

Originally Posted by Leviathan

don't hold your breath, there really isn't any reason they need to lower the MBP prices as they sell really well at these price points and the MBA will not cannibalize their sales.

I'm praying that some idiots on craigslist sell their book to buy this one at a stupidly low price.

(craigslist is full of idiots, just ask chris)