MacBook Air Size
Since the MacBook Air was announced I kept thinking it was just retarded. Sure the machine is thin, but that isn’t going to help you too much when you need something small that will fit on your lap. The footprint of the machine is what is going to help you use the machine in tight spaces (that and losing your gut). When we got a MBA in for testing I quickly had to take some pictures of it compared to our current small travel machine the Sory Vaio tx770p.
Here is a quick comparison of the two spec wise.
|
Macbook Air |
32.51 x 22.7 cm |
3.0 lbs |
13.3 (1280×800) |
5 hrs |
|
Vaio tx770p |
27.2 x 19.5cm |
2.9 lbs |
11.1 (1366×768) |
7.5 hrs |
Notice the Vaio is lighter, smaller, has better battery life, and better screen resolution. Oh lets not mention it is 3 years old! Apple engineers don’t look so smart after all. And just for a nail in the coffin the Vaio has a DVD burner built in and a replaceable battery.
And here are a couple of pictures so you can see my point.
I can hopefully have more on this issue when we get more small laptops in.
Just out of curiosity, what the price difference between the two?