And you are exactly the type of user Apple is targetting with the
Macbook.
Pro users are now expected to by the Pro Macbook with Firewire.
Also you may have missed it but Apple are continuing to sell the White
Macbook as it's become known. It's apparently the best selling laptop
ever for Apple. It's still for sale and Apple have no plans to
discontinue it according to the Stevecast.
And it has Firewire. So there is your Prosumer Mac right there.
On 16/10/2008, at 5:36 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:
Yes, its interesting, because as a consumer user who uses my Mac for
Word and Powerpoint, email, web, high definition video and
photography, lack of the firewire port troubles me not at all. All
of the consumer cameras connect by USB now.
I would miss the Firewire Target disk mode for transferring user
data when setting up a new Mac, but there are other options for this.
However I've have had a MacBook Air for a few months, and find my
main gripe is the lack of a second USB port - nice as the trackpad
is, I still want to use a mouse and be able to do one other thing,
such as use ethernet based internet, or burn a disk. If I use a USB
hub, I'm adding one more bit of tech stuff to carry around, and I
have never found them to work very well.
So, the new Macbook, with the beautiful LED screen like my Macbook
Air, but with lots of ports and an optical drive sounds very well
endowed to me.
On 16/10/2008, at 4:50 PM, Lodge family wrote:
We were considering the cheaper option of the other side at our
school.
This cuts out many options and puts Apple out unfortunately.
We will not be leasing the more expensive machines.
Rob
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