Today @ PC World MacBook Air Amiss: Time to License Mac OS X?

Are you kidding me? I don’t know who this Mike Barton guy is, but he clearly must be trolling for hits on his blog.

Hey Mike – first of all, your comparison of the Macbook Air to a ThinkPad notebook you just bought is disingenuous because the ThinkPad you link to at $599 is USED, not NEW as you list it. Besides, refurb Macbooks can be found on the Apple Store for well under $1000 (some as low as $799). And we all know, refurb is much better than used, as you get a full warranty with an Apple refurb.

You’re right about Apple needing a budget laptop though. I mean, the sales of the Macbooks are just abysmal. Apple’s market share is just tanking. What will they ever do?

For the record, the above is sarcasm. Apple’s Macbooks at their $1099 – $1499 price outsell the competition, are extremely profitable, and Apple is kicking ass on the market share front.

In short, you don’t know what the hell you are talking about.

(Via Daring Fireball.)

Category: Opinion

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A user of Macs since they had silly names like Performa and Centris, Theodore Lee is a techie who prides himself on his vast knowledge of all things Apple. OS X Factor was started in 2001 (originally as macosxcentric), and continues to churn out tips, tutorials, reviews and commentary on the tech sector.

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