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Apple Announces MacBook Air
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Isn't it a 2lb difference? That's a 40% reduction in weight. Almost half. With an SSD it may be about half (of course I have a slight lingering fear the SSD will make it 3.0 and that the HDD is really 3.3lbs, but will see)
If the adapter is smaller that is a further weight reduction. Anyone know what the weight of the current 13.3 PB adapter is? The new one is like 45 instead of 60W and should be smaller.
That would be nice. What about the people who want AMD? It should be apparent that you can't make everyone happy.
All hard drives are upgradable. Which cellular should they choose, CDMA? 3G? WiMax? I'd rather use an express card for that.
What happens if you don't have a camera that uses SD? Rather an external reader, or USB cable, then a format that I may or may not have any use for.
That's what Apple kept saying about right click on mouse
Untill 20 years later they reinvented it and called "mighty mouse".
Major upgrade 2020: two button touchpad!
If Apple listened to your suggestions I'd be broke, so would all of my friends, and my department.
That is a bad analogy as the racing bike would be at least 2x faster than BMW(no mater the model), but yeah you won't be able to carry many things. The MBA is not the same thing.
No... you want that. Single Quad Core MBP is in the same price ballpark as high end iMac now. NO room for a fourth desktop.
Do you really want an upgradeable hard drive, or do you just want Apple to make them cheaper? Personally if price was not an option I'd get the highest capacity BTO upon ordering and be done with it. I wouldn't be too concerned about buying my own, installing it then having the stock one that came with the machine just languishing about and doing nothing. ymmv
As for cellular connectivity - isn't that what the Express Card is for? It's an optional item, and rightly so. I can just use my phone as a bluetooth modem so I wouldn't want a built in component... I'd find it redundant.
Always last in the pack. Last way for Apple to squeeze some old components onto the market, after MacBooks move onto something better.
Hah, keep dreaming. Suppose you want 9-in-1 card reader, full DVI and fw800 too?
spoke too soon...
Can't comment - unfamiliar on the issue
...Not every Mac owner uses Apple displays? iSights in ACDs would be pointless there. It's only the Mac Pro and Mac Mini without now, anyway - all other Macs running ACDs would have a useless second webcam (how much is the primary one used?)
As for older and current non iSight Macs - USB webcams are ten a penny, or is there something amazing about the iSight I'm unaware of? (design aside)
I got a free Microsoft USB webcam just for opening a bank account- is there any money in reintroducing them? This is a serious question, I don't know the answer.
Uh, no? Ctrl Click, Two finger Click, Double tap click - or mouse. Plenty of options. I like my nice wide single button thanks. Like they said in 1984, "makes it incredibly hard to press the wrong button"
You a recovering Windows user or something? Need your physical right click fix? Naw we can all pass on that one...
Chill~
The perfect solution is a single button and the software registers which side of the trackpad you pressed. That way you can choose which side of the single button is the "right-click".
Absolutely! This laptop will sell a lot among top managers worldwide. It is so thin and so sexy...
I predict they will have problems with the supply of SSD. The majority of the MBA will sell with this option.. (and it still costs less then sony...)
All I have read so far are negative comments. One mouse button, no CD drive, no firewire, no ethernet, ugly keyboard, no memory card slots, etc. How about something positive?
It's the world's thinnest notebook!
Lighten up.
Apple fans have this attitude that they always have to sell their brand.
A was one of those.
We are buyers not sellers.
See the difference?
Well, MacBook air looks cool but it's not a product for me. I hope they will add Multi-Touch trackpads in future MacBook Pro.
My thoughts too. I wonder what Apple paid to have Intel shrink the C2D chip by 60%.
re: MBA 'footprint'
I always carry folders containing A4 documents, that is items with a 'footprint' close to MBA. Consequently, there is no advantage for me, in terms of portability, to be gained from a smaller footprint. However, I will certainly appreciate the reduced weight, over my MBP, when cycling to my lab. each morning.
I always carry folders containing A4 documents, that is items with a 'footprint' close to MBA. Consequently, there is no advantage for me, in terms of portability, to be gained from a smaller footprint. However, I will certainly appreciate the reduced weight, over my MBP, when cycling to my lab. each morning.
ultra light bikes are hugely expensive
I think you would be surprised. Many ultralights and time trial bikes are over 15K. Hey, it was a good analogy for those that are into racing...
Bottom line is this Air laptop just ISN'T for everyone. It is sexy enough to want to touch and play with despite the black keyboard (should have been a medium gray IMHO for slight contrast, but not TiBook black), it is portable enough at 3 lbs. (arguments about shoulder pain are real, and we all have our opinions and deficiencies), it's easy to look at the 13" display without squinting, and truth is you can get around the superdrive omission if you start to plan for it (Handbrake for ripping DVDs, and get the add-on module for installing software at home).
Spec-wise it doesn't replace my 12" Powerbook which I can run Adobe CS3 on very nicely with max RAM. I thought I actually might try one until I learned that the harddrive is not replaceable. I can see wanting to upgrade to a 160GB or 200GB fairly quickly. My bet is that even road warriors will thirst for a larger harddrive soon enough. They'll find it's like a BIC lighter: when it's done, you throw it away and get another one, or keep freeing up space with the slow wireless backup to the Capsule.
I think you would be surprised. Many ultralights and time trial bikes are over 15K. Hey, it was a good analogy for those that are into racing...
Bottom line is this Air laptop just ISN'T for everyone. It is sexy enough to want to touch and play with despite the black keyboard (should have been a medium gray IMHO for slight contrast, but not TiBook black), it is portable enough at 3 lbs. (arguments about shoulder pain are real, and we all have our opinions and deficiencies), it's easy to look at the 13" display without squinting, and truth is you can get around the superdrive omission if you start to plan for it (Handbrake for ripping DVDs, and get the add-on module for installing software at home).
Spec-wise it doesn't replace my 12" Powerbook which I can run Adobe CS3 on very nicely with max RAM. I thought I actually might try one until I learned that the harddrive is not replaceable. I can see wanting to upgrade to a 160GB or 200GB fairly quickly. My bet is that even road warriors will thirst for a larger harddrive soon enough. They'll find it's like a BIC lighter: when it's done, you throw it away and get another one, or keep freeing up space with the slow wireless backup to the Capsule.
yeah, the mba is not quite right just yet, I don't think it will ever be. but for people who need to travel a lot, this might be just what they need
Sorry if this was already said - I am just working my way through the thread now - but the HDDs are NOT the same. The MB has a 2.5" HDD; the MBAir has a 1.8" HDD. However, I am a little disappointed, because I believe that a 200 GB HDD in the 1.8" form factor was just released. 80 GB is just too small IMO; but then again, this is not for me.
What exactly makes a laptop sexy??? A girlfriend is sexy, but a laptop... I do not think so.
On the other hand, if someone gets excited with laptops, does that mean that every trip to the Apple store is like free porn?
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