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I've said it before and I'll keep in saying it: price matters to most people. Sure, this laptop isn't cutting edge, and I doubt 2.5 hours of battery life is considered "long" by most people, but the Mac "option" is for them to spend $2499 USD. Someone comes into a store with a $700 budget, and the Apple "answer" is "Come back in a few months after you've saved up your money". Does anyone really consider that a good option?
Apple could EASILY release a 17 inch Macbook for $999 if they wanted to, cut down from the Macbook Pro, but they instead they stick to their artificial and ridiculous notion that things like screen size are THE defining characteristic for a laptop and that anyone who wants big screen wants to pay $2500. They're limiting themselves to certain segments of the market - and it's their right to do that - but to pretend that everyone can afford a $2500 laptop is ridiculous...
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