Add a question mark to a URL and any text after it doesn't mean it's a secret page. It will work for many sites.
See:
http://www.apple.com/?Hi+Mrbradon+How+are+you?
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Add a question mark to a URL and any text after it doesn't mean it's a secret page. It will work for many sites.
See:
http://www.apple.com/?Hi+Mrbradon+How+are+you?
it's me....
http://www.apple.com/?Here+a+special+link+for+you+Mrbradon?
you call put everything you like in there...
I thought Michael Jordan owned the term "AIR"? Maybe he will be in the new ads dunking a basket ball holding a very thin Macbook.
Dugg!
dont' know if anyone said it yet, but macbookair.com redirects to this...
http://www.apple.com/?Will+We+see+a+MacBookAir+on+Tuesday?
http://www.apple.com/?Will+We+see+a+MacBookAir+on+Tuesday?
Small _is_ useful
I own a 13" Macbook and found it both too large and too heavy whilst on the road (which is most of the time), I wouldn't even consider taking a larger machine on the road with me....try using a larger notebook on a plane for four or more hours and see how much fun that can be (epecially when you're the one sitting next to the 15" notebook).
So I got sick of waiting for apple to bring out something smaller and went out and got a convertible 10.6" tablet machine and I'm very happy with it.
I find that I actually use it more often than any other machine, even at home. Just sitting on the couch (like now) I can send mail, read macrumors, and it's great when I travel for doing powerpoint presentations. And the swivel is great...being able to read forums in portrait, and more importantly PDF's and Word documents the way they appear on paper is fantastic.
I can even run VMware on it (it's a little on the slow side even with the Dual Core processor....mainy due to the 1.8" HDD but the portability makes it all worth while).
The only down side is that it doesn't run OSX.
So to all the nay sayers that continually pop up on these forums complaining that a machine smaller than 15" or 13" or 12" is too small to be useful I say perhaps you should consider that whilst a machine may be too small for your liking perhaps not everyone is the same as you (Steve Jobs are you listening?).
This is especially true in asian markets where people would consider the macbook to be a large machine and the macbook pro (even the 15") to be absolutely enormous ... 11" or 12" is the middle machine size in asia.
Whilst I'm having a rant....I'd also like to snipe at all those on these forums who continually carp on about the "Pro" factor that always pops up on threads about the Mac Pro or the fabled xMac:
Graphic artists aren't the only kind of professional!!!!
...some of us would like to have a professional build of Mac that is a little smaller or cheaper then the so-called *Pro machines so that we can engage in our professional activities which don't include 30" display sizes and rendering or video editing.
</end rant>
I own a 13" Macbook and found it both too large and too heavy whilst on the road (which is most of the time), I wouldn't even consider taking a larger machine on the road with me....try using a larger notebook on a plane for four or more hours and see how much fun that can be (epecially when you're the one sitting next to the 15" notebook).
So I got sick of waiting for apple to bring out something smaller and went out and got a convertible 10.6" tablet machine and I'm very happy with it.
I find that I actually use it more often than any other machine, even at home. Just sitting on the couch (like now) I can send mail, read macrumors, and it's great when I travel for doing powerpoint presentations. And the swivel is great...being able to read forums in portrait, and more importantly PDF's and Word documents the way they appear on paper is fantastic.
I can even run VMware on it (it's a little on the slow side even with the Dual Core processor....mainy due to the 1.8" HDD but the portability makes it all worth while).
The only down side is that it doesn't run OSX.
So to all the nay sayers that continually pop up on these forums complaining that a machine smaller than 15" or 13" or 12" is too small to be useful I say perhaps you should consider that whilst a machine may be too small for your liking perhaps not everyone is the same as you (Steve Jobs are you listening?).
This is especially true in asian markets where people would consider the macbook to be a large machine and the macbook pro (even the 15") to be absolutely enormous ... 11" or 12" is the middle machine size in asia.
Whilst I'm having a rant....I'd also like to snipe at all those on these forums who continually carp on about the "Pro" factor that always pops up on threads about the Mac Pro or the fabled xMac:
Graphic artists aren't the only kind of professional!!!!
...some of us would like to have a professional build of Mac that is a little smaller or cheaper then the so-called *Pro machines so that we can engage in our professional activities which don't include 30" display sizes and rendering or video editing.
</end rant>
Will not called MacbookAir.com
Apple marketing guys and Steve Jobs will never called Macbookair, also domain owner is currently making the Buzz around his domain name.
"Air" written in banner is only a slogan nothing else than that.
If it was a light macbook with new technologies, will be named with a new brand name and not macbook something.
Macbook Air is really not power as marketing brand, it looks like an airline company, so don't waiste your time around the "air"
Type in http://www.apple.com/?macbookair? to have the same result. My profile name is Mackookair so doest it mean because I've redirect to it, it is true to be a macbook air?
You can try : http://www.apple.com/?macrumors?
Apple marketing guys and Steve Jobs will never called Macbookair, also domain owner is currently making the Buzz around his domain name.
"Air" written in banner is only a slogan nothing else than that.
If it was a light macbook with new technologies, will be named with a new brand name and not macbook something.
Macbook Air is really not power as marketing brand, it looks like an airline company, so don't waiste your time around the "air"
Type in http://www.apple.com/?macbookair? to have the same result. My profile name is Mackookair so doest it mean because I've redirect to it, it is true to be a macbook air?
You can try : http://www.apple.com/?macrumors?
OMG!!! macbookair.com redirects to a hidden page on... oh, forget it!
I wanted to poke fun at those who didn't realize, but I'm too nice. It is a mistake a person who is not familiar with how some things online work could make... though, had they been READING the thread, it would not have been a problem.
Still, I thought I would offer a bit of an explanation, for those who don't know, on why that URL works. (If someone else has explained already, I must have missed it - sorry).
The ? (question mark) is usually used split the URL into two parts. The first part, before the question mark, specifies where the page is. That's the apple.com/ part. The second part, after the question mark, specifies additional information that may be used to create the web page.
Notice that this website also uses the question mark to separate page location from information. Take the following URL:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/413917/
forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php - the location of the page
? - the delimiter I wrote of
t=413917 - the thread number
&page=5 - the page number. The & usually begins a new piece of information.
As such, the page seen when the browser is redirected from macbookair.com is in fact, simply the home page. The information after the question mark is completely ignored.
Of course, none of those who would benefit from this explanation will actually read it, as they will be too busy posting how macbookair.com redirects to a special page on Apple's site.
I wanted to poke fun at those who didn't realize, but I'm too nice. It is a mistake a person who is not familiar with how some things online work could make... though, had they been READING the thread, it would not have been a problem.
Still, I thought I would offer a bit of an explanation, for those who don't know, on why that URL works. (If someone else has explained already, I must have missed it - sorry).
The ? (question mark) is usually used split the URL into two parts. The first part, before the question mark, specifies where the page is. That's the apple.com/ part. The second part, after the question mark, specifies additional information that may be used to create the web page.
Notice that this website also uses the question mark to separate page location from information. Take the following URL:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/413917/
forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php - the location of the page
? - the delimiter I wrote of
t=413917 - the thread number
&page=5 - the page number. The & usually begins a new piece of information.
As such, the page seen when the browser is redirected from macbookair.com is in fact, simply the home page. The information after the question mark is completely ignored.
Of course, none of those who would benefit from this explanation will actually read it, as they will be too busy posting how macbookair.com redirects to a special page on Apple's site.
MacBook Air Domain Names
OK
Please read the posts before you post to see if it's already been posted!
Second point. You all sound like a dog chasing it's tail.
OK
Please read the posts before you post to see if it's already been posted!
Second point. You all sound like a dog chasing it's tail.
ok... ok..
I realize that thing with the web address probably means nothing. But consider the fact that I got to that web address using Archive.com's Wayback Machine I promise that I did not fake this you can try it yourself I guarantee you will have the same result say what you will but I will stick by my prior post.
I realize that thing with the web address probably means nothing. But consider the fact that I got to that web address using Archive.com's Wayback Machine I promise that I did not fake this you can try it yourself I guarantee you will have the same result say what you will but I will stick by my prior post.
OMG!!! macbookair.com redirects to a hidden page on... oh, forget it!
I wanted to poke fun at those who didn't realize, but I'm too nice. It is a mistake a person who is not familiar with how some things online work could make... though, had they been READING the thread, it would not have been a problem.
Still, I thought I would offer a bit of an explanation, for those who don't know, on why that URL works. (If someone else has explained already, I must have missed it - sorry).
The ? (question mark) is usually used split the URL into two parts. The first part, before the question mark, specifies where the page is. That's the apple.com/ part. The second part, after the question mark, specifies additional information that may be used to create the web page.
Notice that this website also uses the question mark to separate page location from information. Take the following URL:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/413917/
forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php - the location of the page
? - the delimiter I wrote of
t=413917 - the thread number
&page=5 - the page number. The & usually begins a new piece of information.
As such, the page seen when the browser is redirected from macbookair.com is in fact, simply the home page. The information after the question mark is completely ignored.
Of course, none of those who would benefit from this explanation will actually read it, as they will be too busy posting how macbookair.com redirects to a special page on Apple's site.
Thank you...very informative for a non-pro like me
Thank you...very informative for a non-pro like me
I'm glad my post was of use.
I do a lot of web programming. Still, as my dad says, the carpenter's door is the squeakiest: my website is SLOW. That's because it is poorly coded. I was working on a replacement the weekend before last, but then I made too many mistakes (I was rushing, trying to finish it in one weekend; had I not rushed, I would have managed). Then, last weekend, I caught a cold (thankfully, a short-lived one: it was at its worst on Friday, its first day). Anyway: I got better.
I'm eagerly awaiting tomorrow; I'll be in school for some of it, and at work for another part, but the school class is my favorite class, and in work I'll probably be able to check in.
Finally, now that I'm done talking about myself, the ego-centric person which I am, I DO NOT think it will be named MacBook Air, simply because I don't agree that you can get the name from the quote that started it all: "There's something in the air."
I think 2005 was something like "Life is random." Now, which of those words was a product named after? None. Instead, the word "random" was related to the product name, "Shuffle."
So, it is likely that the product, whatever it is, may have something to do with air, but will likely not be named Air itself. I'd guess it is not referring to an ultraportable (why's it in the air?) but perhaps some kind of media server or something wireless. Perhaps an ultraportable if it were ultrawireless as well.
I could be very wrong, but there's my take.
I have a 12" G4 PB and it is the largest size I would consider taking with me when travelling. I bought an Asus EEE 7" and for typical internet, Skype MSN and Email it is almost perfect. Light, rugged, and cheap.
I definitely would like a 12" PB replacement but a 13" Macbook is not the beast to do that!
That's what I thought/think about MacBook. "is really not power"
Then I used one and didn't care about the name as much.
Then I used one and didn't care about the name as much.
Good luck with that. There are two possibilities: If Apple isn't interested in the domain, then they are not interested. If they want it, they will take the person registering it to court. The situation would be different if the domain was registered before the MacBook was released, or if your name is James MacBook and you run an airline and use the site to advertise it.