[FRIAM] Brief Report: Macbook Air @ Best Buy

2011-01-22 Thread Owen Densmore
I'm drinking the koolaid again, and buying one of the new MacBook Airs. So I called up BestBuy, found they had them, and dropped by for over an hour. BTW: If any of you have a MBA, please respond with your observations too! The store had both of them, side by side, with power and networking.

Re: [FRIAM] Brief Report: Macbook Air @ Best Buy

2011-01-22 Thread joseph spinden
I have an MBA -- not that I see the relevance. for me the big issue is connectivity. If either had Firewire 800, I would definitely consider it. Without it, neither is significantly better for me than a netbook (which I have). Obviously, my needs are specialized.. Joe On 1/22/11 11:08

Re: [FRIAM] Reminder: Santa Fe Complex Benefit dinner tonight

2011-01-22 Thread Tom Johnson
The reservation site indicates the dinner is sold out Susan told me Wednesday that the woman who was managing the site shut it down on Tuesday or Wed. because she caterer needed a head count. -tj On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Stephen Guerin stephen.gue...@redfish.com wrote: Having

Re: [FRIAM] Brief Report: Macbook Air @ Best Buy

2011-01-22 Thread Grant Holland
Owen, I was able to get a 10% discount off of the list from Apple over the phone on the MBP 15 i5 5.63MH that I bought last week. I got a rep on the line and he offered me the 10% discount. I took it under advisement and called back later, only to get an order-taker - who would not honor

[FRIAM] Fwd: iClarified - Apple News - Where Apple Makes Its Money [Chart]

2011-01-22 Thread Owen Densmore
Interesting chart on where Apple makes its profits: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=13597 which refers to: http://goo.gl/zpSrH What it doesn't do is analyze the synergy between the devices, how ready folks are to buy an iPhone if they already have a Macbook. He does