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Re: Air is in my future

JAMES BRASELTON — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:12:21 -0000

COOL MACBOOK AIR WITH SSD DRIVES I AM GETING MINE WITH THE SSD DRIVE I WICHED THAT MORE SSD COMPUTERS GET OUT IN THE COMPUTER STORES.

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phone man — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:47:20 -0000

The whole issue about the lack of removal battery is a non-issue (mostly). If 5 hours is a true 5 hours, then it is a non-issue. Here's why, you can no longer take a spare battery on a airplane (unless checked), so you don't get to use it on board, which is 90% the place you need it. Moreover, if you don't check it, you don't have it at your destination. Please let Apple's 5 hours be a real 5 hours, then I will be happy!

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BobTurbo — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:04:02 -0000

Completely useless in Australia as we have mobile broadband that requires either an expresscard slot, mobile phone over bluetooth as modem, or USB dongle. The expresscard slot is the only convenient solution. Hanging a USB dongle off an ultraportable is just plain stupid and annoying.

A mobile computer without the internet is entirely useless. Oh yeah.. there are wifi hotspots.. in some places.. if you are lucky.

Not to mention it has a small, slow, mechanical drive as default. If they fixed those two things it would be good, but as it stands, it is a useless POS for rich people who have no lives and find the only thing they look forward too is using a new gadget to fill the void.

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Keith — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:08:44 -0000

It's got the great 1.0 asthetic that Apple has nailed down over the years, but IMO the limitations and lack of uniqueness (superthin laptops are already out there) detract from the "Wow" factor. I personally was expecting a tablet PC from them (call it an iPhone on steroids or a real version of MS Haiku)

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Chris H — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:36:28 -0000

Tosh, the Cube had real problems though.

Provided the Air doesn't have any significant problems, then it's just up to whether it satisfies its market niche.

But actually, the cynic in me expects there will be issues. :)

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Tosh — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:08:15 -0000

@Chris H

Somewhat contradicting my above post, this Air thing actually reminds me of the Mac Cube, which at the time was the epitome of form over function, and was a massive failure.

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Tosh — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:06:48 -0000

The Air is a waste of money objectively speaking, but Apple makes big money catering to those with lots of disposable income that buy anything blessed by Jobs. Scoble is a great example of this, as he buys anything and everything Apple regardless of whether he needs it or not. Must be nice for Apple to be able to put out mediocre products and get the sycophants to pony up the big cash just to be hip and to get a status symbol.

I'd rather get a Ferrari as a status symbol, but that's just me.

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Chris H — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:37:32 -0000

This sounds all so familiar.

The doomsayers.

We heard it when the iPod came out - too expensive, too limited. Would *never* succeed.

And then there was no shortage of people twelve months ago lambasting Apple for the iPhone.

Someone needs to start a website called "You were wrong" where they collect all these comments by folks who think they're the experts, and then show how wrong they turned out to be.

BTW I'm, the expert at being wrong. I was very dubious about the iPhone 12 months ago too.

Re: Air is in my future

Alexander Scoble — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:18:22 -0000

Dude, are you mental? After all the problems you've had with Apple products recently do you really want to get a toy that is obviously not going to stand up to the abuses of travel very well?

Stop messing with Steve Jobs' toys and get a real frickin computer.

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Mark — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:22:34 -0000

Fantastic. Just what I need when on the road outwith wi-fi enabled areas. Or not.

Good for the city crowd with more money than sense, rubbish for just about everyone else. Those thinking that wi-fi is the immediate future should really get out of Starbucks a little bit more. It'll be a good while yet.

As for size, who cares how thin it is as long as it's reasonable? Footprint and weight are the real issues here. Given that the Airbook is actually bigger than the Dell M1300 which weighs less than a pound more and has vastly better features I'm not seeing the point here.

Style over substance. Nothing more.

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Andy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:10:08 -0000

Must resist greed genes. Must not go to store just to take a look.....

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Daniel Warner — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:14:46 -0000

The world's thinnest laptop!!!!

Gag.

I'm a mac enthusiast but this machine is useless and the hype is offensive, carnival barker BS.

I was in Walgreens the other day and saw the WORLDS BIGGEST CALCULATOR...

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Jauhari — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:08:51 -0000

MacBook Air is thin and make it fly ;)

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Chris L — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:56:27 -0000

The battery will be replaceable for $129. Just FYI
Reference: http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01...

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chris — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:02:14 -0000

I can't believe I waited a year for this dud. I wanted it for traveling but there ain't always wireless everywhere I got but there is often a cable in a the hotel room or at a friends apartment. I would also like to watch dvd's but it defeats the purpose if I have to carry another piece of equipment. Dumb, really dumb. I was hoping they would offer something that would really stand up to the other ultraportables but a 4200 rpm drive is a yawner. And they missed the boat with 13" screen. I know a ton of people (myself included) who loved the 12" powerbook of yore. I could care less about the "thin" factor. I want power and utility.

Wotta dud!

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Critical_ — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:40:24 -0000

Robert, if you have the money to burn then go for it. I would highly recommend you try other ultraportables first though. If you still go through with a MacBook Air, then more power to you.

Re: Air is in my future

macbeach — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:38:16 -0000

@35: you use IE under OS X? Gag!

@24 and others: Robert is Apple's target market: more money than they know what to do with.

Unless Apple announces significant REAL upgrades soon this will represent a dead-end for them. It's not significantly thinner than my several year old Powerbook which still performs well and will also fit nicely into an intra-office mailer envelope. My Asus 8G is on order.

Apple is running out of ideas.

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Zoli Erdos — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:40:38 -0000

Bluvg, no... other than being asked all the time:-)

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Dean Roberts — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:31:00 -0000

Limited storage? No problem.

Save your files in the cloud somewhere. The MacBook Air is the first step into the computing of the future.

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Jerry — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:03:33 -0000

@35. In your post you said this will be the computer to run your new venture. Wow! Where do I invest? That's gonna be some leading edge venture!

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Robert Scoble — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:04:23 -0000

Well, now that I've had my hands on it, I'm still going to buy one. I don't care about the limitations brought up above (except for maybe the non-replaceable battery, although when my son's iPhone's battery died they simply handed him a new one). It's a secondary computer for me, since I already have three other computers. This would be totally for traveling.

The Asus is definitely one to think about, but I want something that works the same way my other computers do (IE, MacOS).

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bluvg — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:18:50 -0000

Zoli... any relation to Paul?

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Zoli Erdos — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:17:21 -0000

A beautiful status symbol...but I am still thinking of the Asus Eee PC as a travel "blogging machine".

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george — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:30:26 -0000

doesn't have 3.5G - so it can be seen as useless in good old europe. i do have wlan in my home, but not on my car or on the train or in my office.

Re: Air is in my future

Critical_ — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:07:48 -0000

I'm skipping the MacBook Air. My nearly 4.5 year old JVC-7310 notebook is smaller and lighter. It also has more features. Sure its only a Pentium M 1Ghz, but it was way ahead of its time and very little exists today that would make me upgrade.

Robert, I suggest you shop around first before jumping on the Air bandwagon. Dynamism (I have no affiliation other than being a happy customer) and other retailers sell much nicer subnotebooks. Sony, Panasonic, Fujitsu and others have far more experience in this category than Apple does. I wouldn't be surprised if most people skip this laptop.