Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please.
I hope you didn’t have your heart set on that sexy 64GB SSD that Steve teased as an “option” during his keynote: the 1.8GHz version with the SSD drive standard costs a whopping $US3,100. For comparison’s sake, adding a 64GB SSD to a Dell laptop with a 128GB SATA drive standard is a $US1,000 option. At Alienware, you’ll pay $US900 to upgrade to a 64GB SSD from a 320GB 5400RPM drive. Those are probably 2.5-inch SSDs, however. The 1.8-inch SSDs used in the Macbook Air are pricier, with prices looking to be around $US1,300 on their own around the web. [Apple Store]
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yea WTF.. $4,338.00 for a slightly smaller mac book with less grunt? wow… thats gunna sell… NOT! It must be just me… but this macworld didnt seem worthy of Jobbs even delivering a keynote… very boring! No mention of 3g iphone updates.. no iphone for Australia still, no movies or tv shows for Australia still, no big software updates… only hope something better comes out this year.. otherwise it looks like a quite 08 for new Apple Products this year…(hopefully not)
I dont know if you all noticed…but the intangible addition to the cost is that if you pay the extra to get the 64gb SSD model it changes from .75 inches to .16 inches (from 1.94cm to 0.4cm for us metric folks).
Yes the price is expensive. But there is those who have an exclusive need for it. Innovation costs money, and isn’t for everyone right away!