I’m a disappointed Mac fan
October 14th, 2008. Published under General. No Comments.
Earlier I was following the Apple Keynote at the “Spotlight turns to notebooks” event. I was so looking forward to having the rumors confirmed about the $800 notebook, brick and blu-ray.
Whenever there are rumors about Apple products the chances are that they’re true. But today I was disappointed to hear that only one of the 3 big rumors was true. I am the sort of person that does not have alot of spare cash and so the big savings on a cheaper MacBook would have suited me fine. I wouldn’t care if it didn’t have blu-ray and wasn’t carved out of aluminum.
But I was disappointed to hear that the price had come down a bit, but on the expensive MacBook. I will admit that it looks awesome, the trackpad is a great touch (pardon the pun). But they will still sell the same white plastic MacBook at the same price. Which for the spec is a ridiculous price at £719.00.
So as you can see this has not made me a happy mac fan. It has just made the little bit in my brain saying “Apple is just after money and is a walled garden” that little bit bigger. I still love my iPhone but I don’t see myself getting a MacBook until they lower the price or someone pays me enough to get one.
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