I guess I haven't been around mac users enough to really understand the raging prejudice expressed towards them on the majority of the internet. I got a macbook pro for use at college, and I really enjoy it. No, I can't play many games on it. However, I can write all my papers, surf the web, and edit photos just fine. Plus, for some reason, my professors are completely enamored with iMovie presentations over powerpoint presentations; don't ask me why. It is, overall, a pretty solid piece of equipment.
Also, why is a concern for aesthetics something to be ashamed of? Unless I am compromising all parts of the computer that are worth having (which clearly I am not), then I don't see too much of a problem. I like the way that the macbooks look. Actually I like them enough that I endure the commentary of passersby. You guys and ladies would apparently be pretty surprised at the amount of comments that are "Oh, you have a macbook. Did you get it because it's shiny?" instead of, "Hey that's a nice looking laptop." Now, don't get me wrong, I didn't buy my laptop so that other people could enjoy the way it looks, I bought it for functionality. The fact that I find it visually pleasing is just a bonus. But generally (this word here is key) people who dislike macs are PC users, so the most common reaction that I receive, ironically, is that because I own a mac I must be a douche bag of epic proportions. Not that of a young wealthy hipster who is probably into design and maybe programming. Not that those two things are mutually exclusive. Maybe I just don't look like a wealthy hipster.
Now, as far as the macbook air is concerned, I can see it being extremely marketable to a very small demographic. For instance, my dad spends a lot of time on the road (or more likely in the sky, on a plane) for business trips. He has a small laptop (probably a dell but I could be wrong... Toshiba perhaps?) that he has removed the disc drive from and added an extra battery to. It is the smallest laptop that he could find. He got it because it is small. But my dad is also really into photography, and is constantly annoyed at the amount of time he spends editing his photos. (On a side note, this is probably partly because I consistently taunt him based on the speed I can edit photos on my Mac) I think the Macbook Air would be a pretty good fit for a man who does this much traveling. He literally uses his computer for making powerpoints and editing photos. That's it.
The amount of hate towards macs seems to me about as backwards as buying one to play games on. Although, I will definitely agree with the opinion that the Ads they have on TV unnecessarily point out the differences between macs and PCs while being completely biased, and often times making me want to hangout with the easygoing PC guy who doesn't care that he is being ripped on instead of the overly aggressive mac dude who secretly pisses me off even though I've seen a couple of his movies that I really enjoyed "Accepted" was one that had some funny parts I guess longest run-on ever.
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