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Introducing the MacBook Air?

!¡ V ¡! said:
What if someone was using iChat to test for a demo that will take place during the keynote?

If that were true they might have been testing various chat networks, or possible accidently logged in using AdiumX.

or

AdiumX is being integrated into iChat. :D
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This doesn't take an idiot.What if Apple knew a lot of Mac users use Adium ?

Add it up.

Apple is putting out a lot of false info right now I can guarantee that.And MacRumors is setting itself up for a prank.
 
The name is good I think. It's amazing how people scream like it's not even possible. It's very Apple I think, wether or not it's true. Simple and clean.
 
Padriac said:
Why does everybody assume "Macbook Air" is simply about the weight of it? It could have just as much to do with integrated WiMax or something of that nature. So far Apple has always used "Air" to designate a wireless connection.

Seriously: "Air" is not about the weight of the thing...
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Seconded - even the 9to5mac poll doesn't take into account Air might = wireless products/services as a theme.
 
What about a wifi aliance for internet everywhere?

What about if they are setting up a deal with the airlines etc for wireless while you fly?
 
ntrigue said:
I wish I had time to photoshop a Michael Jordan leap onto a MacBook case.
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http://9to5mac.com/Macbook-Air-Jordan-47654756



jordan.jpg
 
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Maybe Something In The Air has something to do with Airtunes. Like a remote to control iTunes with the capabilities to buy, rent, or surf the internet. I've been waiting on this for years. I guess just wishful thinking.:confused:
 
dorky name

But would a dorky name, as many here believe 'MacBook Air' to be, seriously prevent anyone here from buying a product if it fit your needs?

Two days to go; hopefully the keynote will prove to be as entertaining as some of the rumors and rumor reaction.
 
An apple made notebook under for under $750 would be an amazing PC killer. Most of my friends drool over Mac but can't afford one. This would go along way to closing the gap if this is a "sub notebook"
 
Wirelessly posted (Apple Communication Device: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/3B48b Safari/419.3)

I'll be getting my MBA soon. And I didn't even have to go to school.
 
zioxide said:
Jobs is laughing his ass off right now.

This "Macbook Air" name is way too big of a stretch. Just because Apple posted a banner that had the word Air in it, the new product is automatically going to be called Air? lol.
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seriously! that's what i've been thinking! the banner said "there's something in the air"--it could just as well be called the "macbook something" or "there's mac!"

I just keep my hopes as absolutely low as possible, so when it comes I won't be upset... like every other year after i read all the things that "could" have been
 
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saxman said:
There are lots of misnomers and inconsistency in lots of technology, especially Apple.
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  • i = originally was for Internet. How many products with 'i' actually connect to Internet directly other than the iMac (or touch or iphone)?

Actually, i also stood for 'intelligent' and 'interactive' at the time the iMac was introduced.
 
I think Macbook Air is a good name.

using a nano or mini suffixes would imply a lesser or budget machine, like how the ipod nano & mini are/were less in features than their big brother counterparts. Plus the macbook is already the little brother of the macbook pro.

Calling it the macbook air is similar to the naming of the ipod touch - its different to the ipod classic, but is not seen as the budget version.

So you will have the Macbbok "classic" with the macbook air alongside with different features - not less.

oh and the tablet will be the iphone pro, with 16GB, twice as large a screen and 3G. current iphone will remain but have a price drop. just my 2 cents.:)
 
shecky said:
the exact same things were said about the name "macbook" and "macbook pro" when it came out.
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I remember a tiny bit of griping about those names, but mostly I think they were practical and well-liked as far as these monikers go. Memories differ of course but that's my recollection.

The thing I find interesting about the "MacBook Air" name is that Apple has a habit of naming it's products after the most obvious, desirable and key features they posses. This suggests to me that the most "in your face" feature about the product will be the way it uses wireless, and not the size.

If the key feature of the proposed new laptop was it's sub-notebook size, it would be "MacBook Nano" or "MacBook Lite." This is starting to make me think that there is NOT a sub-notebook in the offing at all, which is pretty shocking if true (given the popularity of that market segment lately.)

While a super-thin aluminium MacBook using the 13.5" screen parts, with some kind of cool ubiquitous networking would be nice, I was really hoping for the sub-notebook instead.

I'm all confused as to what will be announced now.

I'm still leaning towards this being a fake name as "AirBook," or even resurrecting the "iBook" name, would be a much better choice IMO for what is being touted as a game-changing portable lappie.
 
Virgil-TB2 said:
I'm still leaning towards this being a fake name as "AirBook," or even resurrecting the "iBook" name, would be a much better choice IMO for what is being touted as a game-changing portable lappie.
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The scenario changes greatly however, if it utilizes an AIRBus.
 
DMann said:
  • i = originally was for Internet. How many products with 'i' actually connect to Internet directly other than the iMac (or touch or iphone)?

Actually, i also stood for 'intelligent' and 'interactive' at the time the iMac was introduced.
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I did not know that. I sit corrected. Then it should have been the iiMac (-;

But I guess the Macs at the time weren't intelligent or interactive then?
 
FoxyKaye said:
Beat me to the punch, Peace. But in essence, I have the same question, "so what?" It's not like Adium pulls directly from the system ID, and if it did, the systems wouldn't be given arbitrary names but listed by Apple's definition of model name and processor type (e.g. "iMac G5," "PowerMac8,2").
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That's actually a really good point. None of our (Adium's) model name translation stuff would know about a MacBookAir so it would certainly show up as MacBookAir1,1 or something at best.
 
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saxman said:
I did not know that. I sit corrected. Then it should have been the iiMac (-;

But I guess the Macs at the time weren't intelligent or interactive then?
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ii would be too reminiscent of the Apple ii, iisi, iici. Macs were intelligent and interactive back then, however the name needed to make this more obvious. I suppose the iiiMac would have revealed the Mac's true abilities most completely.
 
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macsensei said:
who cares about the name. You guys know that if the specs are off the wall you would not care if the they called it Macbook Sparkles. You would still be in line at your local apple store trying to get you a Macbook Sparkles.
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everyone seems to be overly concerned with what the name of this thing is if it actually exists?



Specs > product name


I'll buy a Macbook Butswalah in a heartbeat if the specs are right.
 
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