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Originally Posted by Kryten
I'm a lover of technology. Looking pretty has never, or at least very rarely had any input into the value and hi-tech of some hardware. If the hardware can't cover some of the major "what if's" then it's not worth the hassle.
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Spoken like a true engineer. Actually, spoken like a true
British engineer, an Italian engineer would never agree with you. Of course looking pretty has "value", and more often than not, "ordinary" people will value aesthetics more highly than absolute specifications. This is why Apple succeed, along with the likes of Bang & Olufsen, and Aston Martin for that matter. Personally I'm quite happy to sacrifice that last 10% of performance for something that doesn't offend my eyes, and I'm pretty sure that's the majority view.
What stops me buying Apple is simply price and the fact that there are plenty of PCs that satisfy my aesthetic needs AND have more performance than a Mac. I'm not tempted by the Air because, as quite a few people have pointed out, its
so compromised its a joke, but that's not to say if Apple bought out a decent sub-notebook with ports and a removable battery I wouldn't buy it. Of course Apple won't, because that's the other thing I dislike about Apple, the breathtaking "we're always right" arrogance.