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Even with the rebate this still seems rather pricey.

Nice good deal

use the 800 to buy urself a decent pc notebook

Because it is local store pick up, you have to pay the tax, and the tax is base on the price $1000. For CA, it is close to $900 even after rebate, not a good deal.

Way to much. I agree with #3. Apples are nice, but higher price doesn't make something better.

I agree with #3 and #5 - use the $800 (+tax on $1000) to buy yourself TWO nice PC notebooks.

#6, show me a pc laptop with 13.3", core 2 duo 2.26, decent video card, webcam, wireless n, decent battery life and DDR3 for sub $500 (because you said you could buy 2 for $1000)...

2 PC's: Junk + Junk = Junk

Wish there was a MicroCenter store locally.

#7, I found some here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/174361/in_search_of_the_worst_pcs_in_america_we_found_them.html

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I agree with #3 and #5 - use the $800 (+tax on $1000) to buy yourself TWO nice PC notebooks.

I don't care what OS you run, there is no such thing as a "nice" notebook for $450.

As for buying two, it doesn't matter how many turds are in the pile, it's all still shit.

a plastic POS...in white

Anyone know when the Pystar lapops are coming out, dual boot!

One reason I will never buy anything Apple. This is how they keep the price high.

Apple Kills Hackintosh Netbooks with Snow Leopard Update
http://www.pcworld.com/article/181163/apple_kills_hackintosh_netbooks_with_snow_leopard_update.html?tk=nl_dnhcrawl

I disagree with #3, #5, #6 and agree with #7, you are not gonna find a comparably spec'd pc for less then $500 out the door. I purchased a dell inspiron 15 for $500 after tax & shipping in july, and that was a Core 2 duo 2.1Ghz with 800fsb and worse graphics. Dell has not offered that system for that price since, so that was a decent deal and it does not even come close to the macbook specs.

I bought this for my wife last week. I'm strictly utilitarian and own several Windows workstations and notebooks for home and office. I've bought notebooks for $3k+ and notebooks for $400. This is a quality built notebook and worth every penny of the $900 we paid for it. If I were to look for a new Windows notebook with the same specs and quality of construction, I would expect to easy spend $800 and probably more.

#16, surely you haven't heard. The fact that you can purchase a heap of junk windows machine for $400 that doesn't have any comparable specs clearly demonstrates that Apple hardware is EXTREMELY, SEVERELY, GOUGE-YOU-IN-THE-EYES overpriced. Get with the program.

for the same amount of cash, u can get a pc laptop with a blu-ray drive and higher performance graphics card, like this one...

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SYCTOProcess?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&LBomId=8198552921665961655&categoryId=8198552921644564889

thank me later

Are we supposed to be surprised that you can purchase an 8 pound boat anchor with a 90 minute battery life for the same price?

It costs money to go small. That's true no matter who puts their label on the case. Find a comparably equipped, similarly sized 13"-class laptop for significantly less money. I'll save you the trouble... you can't.

$800 and has 2 USB ports. Nice.

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