What I don't understand is why this is an either-or proposition ... was it really that impossible to build these laptops without alienating the 'enthusiasts' ... people who actually want to swap out hard drives, or RAM?
I just spent two years transitioning my life away from windows, which I used for about 15 years, to OS X just to suddenly find that I can't run out and buy a new SSD hard drive to try on my system if I wanted to ... brilliant. The best part is, If reading HN threads where people are basically agreeing with this nonsense, because Apple made the decision.
Thats right, just keep taking away choices from the user until the entire company and its customers become one huge parody. oh, hang on ... we're already there. yuck.
You don't even need to upgrade your harddrive to an SSD because it is an SSD. Apple's new laptops really are fast and definitely up to the task of powering your work/entertainment for the foreseeable future.
I'm 100% content with my 2nd generation Air. The new one has a faster chipset and disk, so what? It's not like I'm waiting long for stuff to happen on my laptop. I find this while outrage at Apple for making a laptop that's not upgradable a bit ridiculous. And yes, I used to upgrade laptops. No need anymore ;)
It is clear that Apple went to great lengths to fit a 15" retina display to a powerful laptop while maintaining battery-life and trimming over a pound from the weight.
What, concretely, do you think they should have done differently?
That's a rhetorical question, no need to answer it, because any answer you give is going to be pure BS when compared to a product that I can actually drive across town and try (maybe even buy if I get there before their latest shipment sells out).
I just spent two years transitioning my life away from windows, which I used for about 15 years, to OS X just to suddenly find that I can't run out and buy a new SSD hard drive to try on my system if I wanted to ... brilliant. The best part is, If reading HN threads where people are basically agreeing with this nonsense, because Apple made the decision.
Thats right, just keep taking away choices from the user until the entire company and its customers become one huge parody. oh, hang on ... we're already there. yuck.
PS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8