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Introducing the MacBook Air?
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While it is simply a stunning and very thin notebook, it seems to be more eye candy and less functionality. The disadvantages severely outweigh the advantages.
Disadvantages:
No RAM upgrades.
No built in optical drive.
Very Expensive.
Slow 4200 rpm HD.
No built in ethernet.
1 USB port.
No firewire ports.
Glossy Screen. (depends)
Non user replaceable battery.
Advantages.
Simply Beautiful design.
Super Light Weight.
Multi-Touch Trackpad.
Optional SSD.
Glossy Screen. (depends)
Cool Technology to "borrow" another computers optical drive.
I guess it can be useful to people always on the road.
Disadvantages:
No RAM upgrades.
No built in optical drive.
Very Expensive.
Slow 4200 rpm HD.
No built in ethernet.
1 USB port.
No firewire ports.
Glossy Screen. (depends)
Non user replaceable battery.
Advantages.
Simply Beautiful design.
Super Light Weight.
Multi-Touch Trackpad.
Optional SSD.
Glossy Screen. (depends)
Cool Technology to "borrow" another computers optical drive.
I guess it can be useful to people always on the road.
Well that's what you get if you want a really small, really light laptop: something ridiculously overpriced given its computing power. The disadvantages only outweigh the advantages if you don't mind something significantly bigger. It's much cheaper than the Vaio TZ that Jobs was referring to, at any rate.
I'd add G3 (AT&T, iPhone connection?) connection in addition to WiFi for highspeed internet via "air" in most big metro areas.
Somehow I believed that would be one of the announcements today, a big G3 iPhone and laptop partnership with AT&T.
SSD Speed?
Hey there guys. I'm curious as to how much the SSD will actually increase the speed of applications like, say, Aperture. Any way to make it usable?
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Hey there guys. I'm curious as to how much the SSD will actually increase the speed of applications like, say, Aperture. Any way to make it usable?
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Wow, guess I missed that it was Glossy Screen ONLY. Deal-killer.
All the other stuff is reasonable, and can be tolerated for the sake of compactness and portability. i.e. 2 gig of RAM will eventually be small, but certainly fine for all but the most demanding tasks. Optical drive is handled nicely for the occasional use it's likely to get. Ethernet comes via a cheap dongle. Etc.
But there is no escaping the reflections (unbearable for me) of these glossy screens. You're stuck with them every minute of every day you're using them. I don't see why people put up with them. Unless you happen to work in a studio with special lighting (where there are advantages to the glossy screens). Makes me sick, cause this is a machine that I would easily consider otherwise. :-(
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing (just posted something similar over on the other MacBook Air thread)
A SIM slot doesn't take up a lot of room. This could have been nice. Maybe a future MacBook Air?
Advantages
LED backlit LCD is advantage-worthy.
Macbook-style keyboard with ambient light sensor is also notable.
LED backlit LCD is advantage-worthy.
Macbook-style keyboard with ambient light sensor is also notable.
Jobs is laughing his ass off right now... AT YOU!
ROFLMAO!!!
If referring to your ability to predict anything Apple (product naming or the yet to be seen sales results of the yet to be released MacBook Air) then yes, that inability is a true failure.
Going by your forecasting track record, the MacBook Air is gonna be a HUGE SUCCESS!