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Originally Posted by nvidia2008 
Apple has been aggressive, no doubt. Most people are still hitting the iPad and iPhone pretty hard, gobbling them up. Apple is trying to shift a little of the iPad madness to the Mac 11".
More iPads were sold in just 26 countries than Macs sold in the whole world, in the most recent quarter. Of the people that picked up the iPad, I'm sure a sizeable number of them might have been frustrated it couldn't do more. This is Apple's answer. The 11" MBA is the direct beneficiary of iPad halo effect and frustration in not being able to purchase the iPad.
Remember when the iPod touch came out? People loved it because they didn't or couldn't get an iPhone, particularly globally. Same thing here. People love the iPad but they can't get it, particularly globally... So Apple is trying to shift that bunch of customers to 11" MBA while they gradually learn more and improve the iPad and figure out how the heck they can make more and distribute it at the same worldwide bandwidth that they do Macs.
Apple has been aggressive, no doubt. Most people are still hitting the iPad and iPhone pretty hard, gobbling them up. Apple is trying to shift a little of the iPad madness to the Mac 11".
More iPads were sold in just 26 countries than Macs sold in the whole world, in the most recent quarter. Of the people that picked up the iPad, I'm sure a sizeable number of them might have been frustrated it couldn't do more. This is Apple's answer. The 11" MBA is the direct beneficiary of iPad halo effect and frustration in not being able to purchase the iPad.
Remember when the iPod touch came out? People loved it because they didn't or couldn't get an iPhone, particularly globally. Same thing here. People love the iPad but they can't get it, particularly globally... So Apple is trying to shift that bunch of customers to 11" MBA while they gradually learn more and improve the iPad and figure out how the heck they can make more and distribute it at the same worldwide bandwidth that they do Macs.
You know, that's a really good point-- that Apple sees the 11" Air as a conduit between the iPad customer and the laptop customer. With the changes coming in Lion and further refinements of the iOS platform it really will be an interesting choice.
I think the functionality issues will recede and it will come down to if you want a keyboard and how much you like the touch framework (as opposed to the current, largely off the mark IMO, talk about what constitutes a "real" computer).
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