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Explain the reasons why you do not buy a macbook air!!!

cube said:
It's not acceptable for the optical to be an external when the Toshiba R600 has it built-in and weighs 800g .
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Everything's a trade-off. Does the R600 run OS X (legally)?

I'm generally inclined to take more battery life than an optical drive...

...although my personal situation for a Windows-based laptop forces me to currently consider otherwise: our Enterprise had IT disable all USB-based flash drives a couple of months ago due to that security threat. Until they're convinced that Windows is now secure enough to turn them back on, USB-based flash drives are useless, so an Optical is unfortunately again necessary.

Fortunately, at home, I don't run Windows :D
However, it does make fast/easy file transfers a hassle.

-hh
 
I had the opportunity of trying the rev 2 MBA of a friend for a couple of days and I think it's a fantastice piece of engineering: well built, fast, reliable, does not seem to be the result of a compromise.

Why don't I buy it? Because the screen is too small. I have a 15" MBP and I don't want to go back to a smaller screen.

If :apple: came out with a 15" MBA I would get it in no time.
 
I love the design of the MBA but given what the 13" MBP has and the price difference I'd say getting a MBP over a MBA is a better move. You get a faster unit, with more ports and easily accessible components, i.e., memory HD.
 
b/c its too light to use as a weapon. the 13 MBP just has that extra density to produce kinetic damage [sarcasm off]

[serious hat on]
b/c of the soldered 2GB RAM. and lack of FW. but I do really like the screen and light form factor
 
I was so close to buying one in December, but I needed one computer that would last me at least 4 years of college and be able to do the stuff I never thought I would need to do. It was too portable for my needs.
 
A good reason:

--> 6MB L2 Cache in the MacBook Pro instead of 3 or 2 MB in the Air
--> 4 GM of Ram instead of 2 MB
 
Overpriced & Underpowered.

Bad Value for the money. It's like an overpriced Netbook !

Pretty much useless for most I would think!
 
I would rather save my money and get a 13" MBP. The price is higher for a slower computer. It has less ports. Smaller HDD/SSD size. Slower HDD. Only 2 lbs less. Not much thinner than MBP. All in all, I don't see why anyone would get an air other than to just have it.:rolleyes:
 
I think a lot of people are missing the point of the Air. It's not supposed to be a primary computer, a top-spec notebook is what the Macbook Pro is supposed to be.

I have two Macbook Airs and they're great to have around the house in case a friend or guest needs a computer to check their email or type up a document. They don't need a bigger HD, an optical drive, or a faster processor.

The Air is not just light, it looks good. Other ultraportables may be more powerful, less expensive, but they don't look good. Why put so much effort into decorating a house only to put ugly computers in it? ;)

The Air never fails to impress.
 
- Only 2 Gb RAM no upgradable
- No glass trackpad
- No extended battery (à la MBP)

Those are my main concerns. I don't use optical drive so often to need carry one. And the price looks quite OK for me.
 
Personally, the lack of Firewire makes the Macbook Air useless to me. No Firewire means no Pro Tools.

If I wanted an ultra-portable Mac OS X machine, I would look at the Dell Mini 9.
 
Personally, the lack of Firewire makes the Macbook Air useless to me. No Firewire means no Pro Tools.

If I wanted an ultra-portable Mac OS X machine, I would look at the Dell Mini 9.
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Hah. And why someone would run Pro Tools on a MBA is beyond me.
 
For me it was easy. Not enough ram.

The 13" pro is something like 700 grams heavier, and vastly more powerful.

It's a bit of a no-brainer really.
 
CaptainChunk said:
Hah. And why someone would run Pro Tools on a MBA is beyond me.
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Let me educate you, then.

You cannot (effectively) run Pro Tools son a Macbook Air. I think that was my point.

I like having a portable computer for Pro Tools. If the Macbook Air had a single 6-pin Firewire port, I might consider it.

Tracking in Pro Tools is not terribly demanding on anything other than drive performance. Location recording is pretty much what I do. I use a Fujitsu T2010 (1.2gHz ULV Intel dual core) Tablet running Vista to track 16-simultaneous sources with a 003 Rack and a Firewire drive on a SIIG Firewire PCMCIA card. Not a single hiccup, and the Fujitsu weighs about 3.5 lbs. and gets a solid 4.5 hours off the battery.

I regularly used my Dell Latitude X1 (2.5 lbs) with my Mbox 2 and a pair of Crown CM700 for stereo recording. The system drive on the Dell is a 1.8" Toshiba 4,800RPM. Not a single hiccup when I used a Firewire drive.

I mix everything on a desktop with a 30" Dell monitor. That is hard to lug to club or a studio space, though.
 
CaptainChunk said:
Hah. And why someone would run Pro Tools on a MBA is beyond me.
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getz76 said:
Let me educate you, then.

You cannot (effectively) run Pro Tools son a Macbook Air. I think that was my point.

I like having a portable computer for Pro Tools. If the Macbook Air had a single 6-pin Firewire port, I might consider it.

Tracking in Pro Tools is not terribly demanding on anything other than drive performance. Location recording is pretty much what I do. I use a Fujitsu T2010 (1.2gHz ULV Intel dual core) Tablet running Vista to track 16-simultaneous sources with a 003 Rack and a Firewire drive on a SIIG Firewire PCMCIA card. Not a single hiccup, and the Fujitsu weighs about 3.5 lbs. and gets a solid 4.5 hours off the battery.

I regularly used my Dell Latitude X1 (2.5 lbs) with my Mbox 2 and a pair of Crown CM700 for stereo recording. The system drive on the Dell is a 1.8" Toshiba 4,800RPM. Not a single hiccup when I used a Firewire drive.

I mix everything on a desktop with a 30" Dell monitor. That is hard to lug to club or a studio space, though.
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pwned :)

My reason: Too little go for too much dough.
 
As a college student...

They seem awfully fragile.
I use the optical drive fairly regularly, and don't want to carry around an external one.
The hard drive is too small.
A single USB slot wouldn't work too well for me.

The SD slot on the new Pro also saves me some trouble. I'd put it under the "reason to buy MBP" column rather than "reasons not to buy MBA", though.
 
If I could have one with 4GB RAM I'd probably get one. But they would have to fix the line issue with the screen first.

I really want a lightweight computer, but I just want more RAM. So I think I'll get a 13" MBP soon. The MBP also has some other nice things like better battery life, the glass trackpad and a faster CPU.

The things I want improved compared to my current computer is:
- more RAM
- less weight
- faster harddrive

I want an SSD so I'll probably get a 120GB OCZ Summit and drop in a new 13" MBP. 4GB RAM should do for now. And it will weigh a little bit less than my current 15" MBP.

I hope they will keep making the Air better and then I'll probably get one in the future.
 
I'm 6ft 2 and weigh 200 pounds, a 13" white MacBook is not a lot for me to carry. Would I buy the Air if I had the money? Yes to go alongside a Mac Pro, but not as a primary computer.

I love the Air, I think it fits its market incredibly well. It's the fastest, best priced device in it's category. But I don't need it.

The current 13" MBP, with the Air quality screen, speed and 8 hour battery would be my ideal laptop. In fact the current 13" MBP, is in my opinion, is the best laptop anyone has ever made. It's lightweight, fast, cheap (for what it is), has a ridiculously long battery life, excellent screen, beautiful aesthetics. There's just not a lot more I can say, it is the perfect laptop, I don't see how anyone could not like it. It is the pinnacle of human achievement.
 
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