How the MacBook Air Stacks Up

As a recent college grad (i.e. poor), I was a little disappointed when I heard the price point for the new MacBook Air. The Air would actually be my dream laptop to supplement the iMac that sits on my desk, but at $1799, the Air seems out of reach.

It would be easy to jump to the old stereotype that Apple is over-priced (which turns out to not be true if you compare the specs), but if you compare the MacBook Air to the other ultra-light laptops it turns out to be a pretty darn good deal.

I grabbed that chart from the Apple Insider. See all that blue in the MacBook Air column? Those are features that beat out the other notebooks. Turns out the Air is high on features and low on cost. That chart doesn't change the contents of my wallet unfortunately, but I can pretty confidently call the MacBook Air a good buy and I can't wait for them to ship so I can play with one in our store.

~Ben