Macbook Air ?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2008-01-15 22:39

I expected more.
Why not add firewire ? Why solder the RAM ? Errrrrrr !!! ....

Is it a good idea to have those Macbooks hanging from fishing wire like that ? - i mean, they could fall and smash into five hundred pieces ?!!!

** Sigh **

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new & future mac products

Submitted by big poopah! (not verified) on Wed, 2008-01-16 00:19

CONGRATULATIONS!
finally where weve always wanted to be -
so relax the technical end now...
we dont need thinner or smaller or faster...
youve done that - now we need CHEAPER !!!
focus on affordability... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
come on Steve - thats what we really want.
bp

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Well, I remember something

Submitted by Woebgon (not verified) on Wed, 2008-01-16 08:00

Well, I remember something something that the younger generation doesn't that makes me appreciate the Mas Book Air even more than most. I got a chance to carry the first Compac computer "portable" around at a computer conference for a day. My arm hurt after one hour. It was the size and weight of a sewing machine with just a green screen and a 5 1/2' floppy disk. To think of all the power and technology that has been placed in such a small space in beyond my dreams.

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This may be OK at home for a

Submitted by Jasper (not verified) on Thu, 2008-01-17 06:33

This may be OK at home for a toy, I am not interested in taking a step backwards except for the wifi. Buying a separate super drive is stupid. I converted from a PC because I liked the Macbook and Macbook Pro. I would never buy the Mac Air. If this is the future of Mac, I guess I will be left out. I can use the other junk, aka a PC for necessary applications and if I live long enough I will see someone correct the path Apple is going.

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Gotta admit, the Air is an

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2008-01-17 06:56

Gotta admit, the Air is an awesome SysAdmin machine. Kinda left out on any serious design work with it's lackluster storage capabilities but the more I think about it the less I care. I just wish they would have announced MacBooks that take qeues from the styling and innovation of the Air as well. It's an aging line that could benefit from an aluminum finish, longer battery life and the new displays... perhaps even smaller drives (the 1.8" 160 is obviously not that expensive if they use it in a $349 iPod) to make it thinner as well. I somewhat detest stagnant design a la iBook G3 and G4.
The MacBook Air is not for everyone, but try to give me a good reason why you would NEVER use one if offered. You lie if you say you can't. Probably should have had Dylan end the keynote and not Randy Newman, cuz the times they are a changin'.

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You can't hate it... I wanted to but you can't

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2008-01-17 06:57

Gotta admit, the Air is an awesome SysAdmin machine. Kinda left out on any serious design work with it's lackluster storage capabilities but the more I think about it the less I care. I just wish they would have announced MacBooks that take qeues from the styling and innovation of the Air as well. It's an aging line that could benefit from an aluminum finish, longer battery life and the new displays... perhaps even smaller drives (the 1.8" 160 is obviously not that expensive if they use it in a $349 iPod) to make it thinner as well. I somewhat detest stagnant design a la iBook G3 and G4.
The MacBook Air is not for everyone, but try to give me a good reason why you would NEVER use one if offered. You lie if you say you can't. Probably should have had Dylan end the keynote and not Randy Newman, cuz the times they are a changin'.

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Mac Book Air won't do it

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2008-01-20 17:24

Ever since I got my first G3 700 MHZ 30GB Hard drive Ibook I´ve been in love with Mac and looking for new products or reasons to lure me into buying a New Laptop.

Final Cut Pro pushed me into a Powerbook G4 with superdrive and Firewire 800 to handle video.

At age 3 my Powerbook is getting old and I'm considering a replacement, but The Mac Book Air won't do it, it looks cool, but has few real advantages and to many compromises (no Firewire, are you kidding?) I guess my money will sit on the bank waiting for Apple to come out with something really good.

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