Engelsstaub

October 12, 2011 at 5:41pm

As a Mac-user, Asus is one of the few names in PCs that I personally respect.

Suggestion: test one of these out when it comes out. Tell us how the battery compares to that of the MBA. I believe that many buy Apple for efficiency, not because they're vain little Y-Gen'rs who think they look cool with the products they own. The MBA and its new wannabes are not meant to be powerhouses or desktop replacements. People like myself (or "sheep," as they're referred to here by anonymous trolls whose parents bought them a cheap computer) don''t care about the geek-specs on the CPU when A. the one in the current MBAs is more than sufficient/efficient and B. we have desktops that accomplish CPU intensive tasks.

OSes are just a matter of personal preference. If you really want to fight that Apple machine and evangelize the ten percent try this: do head-to-head comparisons between the Apple products and those that are like them on the Windows-side. I know this site is dedicated to power-users and system-builders. But if you review products like this you have to know that their purpose and appeal is different than just a small bump in CPU performance. Furthermore, no one will care if a Samsung Tab has more computing power than an iPad when the iPad is still going five hours after the Tab ran out of battery life.

thetechchild

October 12, 2011 at 5:35pm

.3 MP for a webcam? And a crappy single port for USB 2.0 and 3.0 each? A netbook could do better. Especially at prices of $1000+....

0ly1r3m@1ns

October 12, 2011 at 5:11pm

sigh only an ssd they should have had at least a 500gb drive in ti too....