Image from WikipediaFrom time to time I get that weird idea that Apple is overrated. Is it? Or it’s just me? All that glamour about Apple and gilded iPods and MacBooks for famous people. Common do we really need that?

I can’t deny that Apple products are great shaped and fancy, but does this weighs out not very good hardware configuration. OK forget about Mac Pro, I’m talking about default model of MacBook Air for instance.

Everyone wants MacBook Air. Why? Because is thin and fancy, oh, and because it’s Apple latest hype. But truthfully doesn’t have a really good configuration:

• Intel Core Duo Processor 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz
• 80GB 4200-rpm Parallel ATA hard disk drive2
• Optional 64GB solid-state drive2
• Optional external USB MacBook Air SuperDrive
• 13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display with support for millions of colors
• Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1
• Battery lasts up to 5 hours
• Height: 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm)
• Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
• Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
• Weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)

Price/Performance is very poor at MacBook Air because start-up model costs $1799. Every better notebook has at least 120GB 5200-rpm hard drive and not poorly 80GB 4200-rpm. People we are in 2008, some companies promises even bigger hard drives with up to 500GB.

Only one USB 2.0? Even Asus’s Eee have three USB 2.0. Of course it’s nice that weighs only 1.36 kg and that is so thin, but all other things…

What’s your opinion…