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First MacBook Air Orders Shipping. Not in Stores Yet.
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I don't think it would really be a problem. Most iPods have 1.8" disks and they move all the time. Plus Apple would never make a laptop that couldn't be moved while it was on. The idea is ridiculous. I move my MBP all the time while it is on, resting it on my lap, etc. It will be fine. I think Apple is just covering themselves legally.
Find a three year old Dell Latitude X1, and clean up the lines a little. That's what it looks like.
Oh yes, and remove all of the useful ports like FireWire which the Dell has....
The footprint (width x depth) is almost identical to a MacBook, therefore it won't fit in a small bag (like a standard briefcase).
It's thin (height is small), so after buying a large bag for it, there's more room for other stuff.
On the coach class airline tray table, it's no smaller than a MacBook due to the very wide bezel around the screen (why did Apple use such a wide bezel?).
And the chiclet keyboard doesn't exactly lend an air of elegance to it - but that's another discussion.
I get the impression that a MacBook Air is not on your shopping list anytime soon?
Nope, it really misses out on some of the major things that I'd look for....
- It's not that pretty. They could be aluminum or plastic, hard to tell without scratching it with a sharp object. Overall, looks like an update to an old Dell.
- No user-swappable battery. If you're traveling or at an all-day conference - what do you do when the 2 1/2 to 3 hour battery dies? Pull out a spare MBA?
- No ports? "Form" is getting way out in front of "function" here. I want my mouse, my Ethernet cable (this hotel doesn't have WiFi) and charge my cell phone and MP3 player. My Dell has 4 USB ports, and it's not that unusual to have all 4 in use.
- The footprint is not small - that wide bezel around a good sized screen means that it's as big as a MacBook. Thinner counts for nothing on the airline tray tables. Smaller counts....
And there's the fact that Rev A is using a FrankenChip with a Merom wedged into a Penryn SFF chip carrier. There's the lack of 3G or WiMax (although Apple may have found it embarrassing to put 3G in a laptop (like Dell/HP/Lenovo/... do) when their trendy fashion statement cell phone doesn't have it).
But, Apple did do the right thing by dropping the optical drive. Too bad a lot of other usefull stuff went with it.
My dad got his yesterday
I found it really strange comming to MR and seeing that people had not already recieved there Macbook Airs. My dad got his yesterday. Has anyone else got theirs? My dad ordered his the first moment he could so maybe he was one of the first. How knows.
I found it really strange comming to MR and seeing that people had not already recieved there Macbook Airs. My dad got his yesterday. Has anyone else got theirs? My dad ordered his the first moment he could so maybe he was one of the first. How knows.
And I find it really strange that a newbie who registered today, in her first post, makes a claim that seems more or less absurd to the rest of us.
Absurd because if MBAs had been delivered yesterday, we'd have 500 grainy YouTube videos of "Here's me unwrapping my new MacBook Air"....
I don't believe you, smile man. You probably don't even have a father.
Sorry to have hurt your feelings.
First I have never posted because I just read the news. I probably never will again because it appears no one cares. Sorry for bothering the community.
First I have never posted because I just read the news. I probably never will again because it appears no one cares. Sorry for bothering the community.
I call shenanigans. A standard briefcase is 17x11x5, which is more than adequate for a MacBook Pro, let alone an Air.
And since a 15" MBP can be used on a tray table, it's a non-issue (even a 17" fits, but I imagine it would be awkward in the coach cabin).
The bezel provides rigidity to the lid, which is somehow even thinner than the MacBook Pro. It's a minor thing, but given that Apple already has the thinnest upper shells on the market, they've kinda boxed themselves in. The Air looks less impressive next to the MacBook because the MacBook is among the thinnest notebooks to begin with.
I meant attaché case
My bad, I was thinking of the traditional hard-sided briefcase with internal dividers for papers and other items.
It seems that these are more commonly called attaché cases, whereas briefcase is more generic.
The real point is that the true ultra-portables stay within the footprint of a sheet of A or A4 paper - they'll fit in a compartment meant for papers.
My bad, I was thinking of the traditional hard-sided briefcase with internal dividers for papers and other items.
It seems that these are more commonly called attaché cases, whereas briefcase is more generic.
The real point is that the true ultra-portables stay within the footprint of a sheet of A or A4 paper - they'll fit in a compartment meant for papers.
Hmmm Im a little confused... I thought Jobs pulled the MBA out of an envelope... an envelope meant for papers?
Apple has been using an over-sized interoffice envelope in their ads - the kind that closes with a string. These are made for holding many sheets of paper, including normal sheet-sized envelopes with papers within.
"A" sheet - 8.5" x 11" x paper-thin
"A4" sheet - 210mm × 297mm
Office Depot "A" envelope - 9" x 12" x flat
MBA - 8.9" x 12.8" x 0.7" (227mm x 325mm x 20mm)
Office Depot Interoffice envelope - 10" x 13" x flat
Do the math.
And don't try to fit the MBA into a standard envelope - it's too big.
Attachments
Sounds like you need to do a reinstall of Mac OSX.
I believe it should clear up your problem.
Chinese Weather Problems aside..
seems likely that MBA will appear in PA on Friday, accord to slightly-less-than-peon store hounds...
on apple website, this confirm is great news for all PC (other than iPhone peeps like me)
"MacBook Air requires a USB optical drive for the installation of Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) or Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit versions only). The Remote Disc sharing software included with the MacBook Air cannot be used to install Microsoft Windows. Be sure to connect your external USB optical drive to your MacBook Air before starting the Boot Camp Assistant."
so can use current external DVD, can run BootCamp, can run in need-to cases PC apps!!!
MBA i get thee!
seems likely that MBA will appear in PA on Friday, accord to slightly-less-than-peon store hounds...
on apple website, this confirm is great news for all PC (other than iPhone peeps like me)
"MacBook Air requires a USB optical drive for the installation of Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) or Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit versions only). The Remote Disc sharing software included with the MacBook Air cannot be used to install Microsoft Windows. Be sure to connect your external USB optical drive to your MacBook Air before starting the Boot Camp Assistant."
so can use current external DVD, can run BootCamp, can run in need-to cases PC apps!!!
MBA i get thee!
Windows has been doing Remote Disk with CD/DVD a long time
Note that you don't need a USB optical for Windows applications, Windows file sharing has supported remote optical drives for a decade or two.
On the remote Windows system, simply enable sharing on the DVD. On the Windows MBA system, simply mount the share.
(No idea if Apple's CIFS implementation will serve a CD though.)
The only application that would need a local drive is a DVD movie player - since the DRM doesn't like a shared drive.
Note that you don't need a USB optical for Windows applications, Windows file sharing has supported remote optical drives for a decade or two.
On the remote Windows system, simply enable sharing on the DVD. On the Windows MBA system, simply mount the share.
(No idea if Apple's CIFS implementation will serve a CD though.)
The only application that would need a local drive is a DVD movie player - since the DRM doesn't like a shared drive.
An attaché is still 17x11 (on the inside) in profile--the same as a leather briefcase--they tend to be somewhat less deep, though. Different designers use slightly different proportions, but the general rule is the same. All are large enough to store US legal paper without folding, though ledger paper will sometimes not fit. Smaller cases have become fairly popular, but 17x11 is the traditional size.
Internal dividers might present a problem depending on your specific model, but every "standard" document carrier is at least 16" wide to accommodate normal paper sizes. A 15" notebook will fit inside any "standard" example of either a briefcase or an attaché case.
I'm not sure what you mean by a sheet of A paper--that would be four times the dimension of an A4 sheet. (Edit: it looks like you're talking about US letter size paper (ANSI A), but this is not "A paper" in most uses.)