MacBook Air

This post is referring to Jun Ming Ou’s post on October 29, 2010.

Link: http://blogs.ubc.ca/junmingo/2010/10/29/24/#respond


First of all, I want to point out a few mistakes that Jun Min has made.

- The new MacBook Air 11”/13” have 2 USB ports (standard), not just one.

- MacBook Air is not the thinnest notebook. Mitsubishi Pedion is the thinnest notebook ever. It was released in 1998!


As we all know, Apple has launched many innovative products and services such as iPod/iPhone, iTunes, and MacBook Air. The first generation MacBook Air was released back in 2008, and it went through its product life cycle in a fairly fast pace. In here, I have different opinion than Jun Min. In my opinion, I think the previous generation MacBook Air was not a successful model, and Apple only occupy a relatively small market share in thin and light weight laptop market comparing to Sony, IBM, Dell, and Fujitsu. It had to do with its high price (around US $1500), short battery life, only 1 USB port provided, and no optical drive provided. However, Apple realized that they need to and new features and redesign the model to meet more specific needs. The price of the newest MacBook Air is cheaper than the previous generation for US $200 less (comparing 13” only), which benefit from economies of scale and other reasons.

In this thin & light weight laptop battle, I think both MacBook Air 11” and 13” have price advantage among other laptops.



Mitsubishi Pedion (1998) - $6,000


Sony VAIO S505 (2003)


Dell Adamo (2009) - $2,000


Sony VAIO X (2010) - $1099.99


MacBook Air v.s. Dell Adamo


MacBook Air v.s. Dell Adamo


Sony VAIO X Ad


Sony VAIO X Ad


MacBook Air (late 2010) Ad


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