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    • Defending Apple's MacBook Air [view article]
      The MacBook Air is part of the pattern of Apple Computer that we've seen since the first Mac was introduced in 1984: a product that looks underpowered, expensive, missing important features, focused on style, etc. The same things were said about the iPod.

      Then it appears that the market is much bigger than the complainers ever dreamed, that people who see one of these things have a "gotta havit" lust for it, and that, quicker than everyone expected, the price comes down, the feature set seems just fine, and Apple has once again set the bar for all other tech companies.

      Admittedly there have been some counterexamples, like the Cube, but not many of these misses compared to the hits. People thought the original iMac was nutty; Apple sold a bazillion of them and ushered in a new age of desktop computer design. The iPod was ridiculed as a gadget for a market that didn't really exist; Apple sold 100 million iPods. The Apple TV has been slammed as a product that consumers don't understand or want; Apple sells more downloaded video than anyone else.

      Go to any mall or shopping area where there's an Apple Store, and look inside -- every time I do, the place is jam-packed. The Apple Store in my local mall has about five times as much traffic as any other store in the mall. The MacBook Air will pull even more people in, even if they're gawkers who can't afford it. Michael Dell would be so lucky to have hundreds of millions of young people lusting after one of his products, even one they can't afford to buy.

      And a handful of people are COMPLAINING about this picture? Give me a break!

       Jan 20 03:50 PM
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