MacBook Air

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

by merrick33 • 19 years ago

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sabat• 19 years ago

It's the Sony Vaio as an Apple.

Seriously, I think I liked the whole "Something's in the air" thing when FSJ suggested it was a reference to Woz's flatulance back in the garage days. "You could barely work with the guy."

pius3• 19 years ago

Kathy Griffin seems to be surviving.

noonespecial2• 19 years ago

Wozzzz Noooo!!!

Ha. That's the first I'd heard of that. To each their own, I suppose. Maybe she'll feel rich enough to not do comedy.

Oh horrid thought. What if she uses the Woz's cash to make more reality tv?!

apgwoz• 19 years ago

It's been said to death various places on the internet, but the lack of inputs, and the lack of a easily replaceable battery (it's "integrated") are a huge loss. It may be wireless and have few wires to deal with, but you'll have to deal with USB hubs and other cables when it's in "desktop" mode. Traveling usage (for anyone other than those who carry spare batteries) will probably be OK though slightly inconvienenced. I wonder if Apple will come out with a USB "dock" for desktop mode.

axod2• 19 years ago

Why use a laptop in 'desktop' mode at all? Last time I used a desktop was... well... years ago.

Tichy3• 19 years ago

I have a 24'' external display attached to a 2lb notebook. I like my small and lightweight notebook for traveling, but for longer stretches of work I like to have the big screen, too.

nikolaj2• 19 years ago

I like the significant separation between monitor and keyboard and mouse.. it feels more comfortable and ergonomic to me. I do enjoy hacking on a laptop on a sofa.. but not for more than 2-3 hours.

jmzachary2• 19 years ago

The MacBook Air is a $1800+ wireless movie player for rich people. Media is where Apple is heading, and this product supports that direction.

There was nothing new for MacBook Pros or MacBooks, and the Mac Pro upgrade was made a couple of weeks before MacWorld. That makes me think that Apple dropping "Computer" from their company name was a telling sign.

Tichy3• 19 years ago

I've never changed the battery of my notebook, and it seems to me the inputs are fine otherwise - USB gives you everything you need.

pius3• 19 years ago

There's a lot to like about this computer, but a lot to dislike as well, even for those who favor a minimalist aesthetic.

For example, designing the "Remote Disc" feature was great; telling the world with a straight face that "you can just wireless rent movies from Apple instead of playing DVDs" was just lame.

dcurtis2• 19 years ago

Yeah, but he's right. The future of entertainment doesn't have DVDs in it.

I'm hoping with Apple TV I can skip BluRay alltogether, but I haven't seen the HD specs from the iTunes store yet.

mattmaroon4• 19 years ago

Apple TV has to be using some serious compression to be able to serve you a 720p movie fast enough that you can watch it as it does. You're still getting an inferior experience to the guy with Blu-Ray, especially if he has a 1080p capable set.

That said, highly compressed 720p is still going to be an upgrade to a lot of people over a standard DVD. Perhaps only obsessives like me will care.

axod2• 19 years ago

no, discs, DVDs, blueray, HD-DVD... they are all dead. My MacBooks superdrive is barely of use anyway since it has stupid region coding on it so I can't play half the DVDs I own.

I think it's great Apple have 'got it' as regards the future. In 5 years people are unlikely to be shoving discs into things.

pius3• 19 years ago

Blu-Ray, DVDs, and HD-DVD are dead? Not so fast there. :)

As tempting as it is, I won't get baited into that particular discussion. My point was that the idea of eschewing viewing the DVDs I already own in favor of renting from Apple is preposterous. As they say in Propaganda, Jobs was "passing from the acceptable to the dubious" with product placement thinly veiled as cool minimalism.

aston• 19 years ago

You'll have a new Apple machine in 5 years. Why not buy one now that works with the media we have now?

noonespecial2• 19 years ago

Handbrake. Don't watch dvd's without it! Half of the new releases these days include copy protection "features" that make the super drive go bonkers when trying to play the disk.

Far better to handbrake it and them just watch the files with VLC.

eVizitei• 19 years ago

That's a pretty machine, alright. The "aesthetic" factor almost makes me want to preorder one (I really like the look of the mac, even with the aforementioned design flaws). I won't, though, because my 2005 toshiba satellite is still ticking and all my current development tools run without a problem on it, so I can't justify it as a necessity.

gojomo• 19 years ago

Biggest concern: 2GB RAM.

No configurator option for more, and wording about RAM "onboard" and tight design makes me wonder if more is even possible.

nikolaj2• 19 years ago

i get along fine in xubuntu with 512.. ducks

menloparkbum• 19 years ago

It is a fine machine, but very high-end consumer oriented. I use my mac laptops for programming, video editing, and running music applications. I actually DO have multiple batteries, maxed-out ram and use multiple firewire and USB accessories. I was quite disappointed that there were no updates to the "pro" laptop line. Perhaps this market (the "creative mobile professional market") is a loser for apple and they want to get out of that business.

Also, I purchased a MacBook when they first came out, and had numerous problems with the battery and power supply. Thus, the lack of replaceable battery makes me nervous.

inovica• 19 years ago

Grrr. I've been waiting to replace my 12" PowerBook. I mean, waiting and waiting. I bought a black MacBook, but it has no soul. Oh well... looks like I'm going to have to buy one

Prrometheus• 19 years ago

Does anyone have a good guess as to where we are in the Macbook Pro upgrade cycle?

jgrahamc• 19 years ago

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro

bjelkeman• 19 years ago

This one seems perfect to me. Just what I need.

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