you have to admit this is nice.

but why does it cost 900 quid in the u.s. and 1,200 quid in england for the same fucking thing.

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore?noji=yes&node;=home/shop_mac
/family/macbook_air&cid;=AOS-EDM-A30000076487

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7188849.stm

but why does it cost 900 quid in the u.s. and 1,200 quid in england for the same fucking thing.

‘cos us in good old england are always getting shafted by the fucking labour government.

yeah, coz Gordon Brown has nothing better to do then fix the price of laptops…. 

maybe the uk plug costs £300

lol
Converters in Wilko are less than a quid!

Its taxes once again, try and see if they ship them to the UK…mind you then you get shafted with an import levy.

its the same for Itunes, Cars everything really.
i do want one. 
and im going to study for a masters this year, and apple do offer student discounts so i might save 50 quid.  not worth it really.

Converters in Wilko are less than a quid!

Explain why thats a bad idea Cowboy, you being an electrician and everything…

not taxes, its the companies setting the prices high coz they know they can get away with it

Why in gods name would you buy this?

it has one usb
no firewire
no cd or dvd drive, its an external extra to buy
a battery that you have to send the whole unit in to replace
memory that you have to send in to upgrade

but it is thin and aluminum.

other then that… for the coin no fucking way.

the not having a cd drive puts me off, but at least it has a usb port, two would be nice though.  but the poster above has noted all the problems maybe ill leave it alone and focus my attention on the imac instead.