Macbook Air - some observations

using a macbook air as i type this message, other than not enough USB ports its really a dream machine...it really is portable, fits in my backpack nicely with the power cord, and i also purchased the external superdrive just in case

switched to MAC a lil over 2years ago and have never looked back

good luck enjoy it in good health!!!

 

That's a good one:

"Once you go mac, you never go back."

 

So, they're not all created equal. Even if it is the same hardware. Another nice feature is how quiet the macs are - when I use a PC now, I notice the constant noise. Until I turn the speakers up, that is.

I think that's a paraphrase of a similar saying that refers to...something quite different.

 

Major problem with MacBook Air

"As humiliating as it sounds, let me repeat: the MacBook Air is so thin that it got tossed out with the newspapers."

Levy: Gone, Without a Trace | Newsweek The Technologist | Newsweek.com

 

So get yourself a Mac Book Pro (for the extra ports and power), Parallels, and start running Windoze on your Mac. The MBP is a great Windows machine, and you have Vista contained in a real OS so a crash doesn't take down the machine.

 

I don't have a Macbook Air, but I do have one of the Intel Duo Macbooks, bought about a year ago. I LOVE it. I had been a loyal Mac user since I had my old SE, then a Performa, then a G3, and then I got stupid and bought a PC. Hated it but suffered for three long years. Finally I'm back to Mac and I'm staying!

Both of my kids have iMacs as well and their entire school district also operates on Mac servers, from the offices to the classrooms.

My husband has a PC laptop and he wants a Mac so badly!

Also, if you need to run Windows for any reason, Parallels is the answer.

 

Macbook air is a nice lap top. My sister bought one, i had a chance to play with it when i was dowin NM earlier this year..slick get up.

I sold my lap top..but i have a few large desktops

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yes yes a lot of business are based off windows but now, since u can run parallel...macbook pro is the way to go!!!

im all mac so the iphone/air/mini/and regular macbook works fine for me

 

I agree with you, I have had many different apple products, and while I have had some issues here and there, they (Apple) has always fixed it under Applecare. I have admiration for Apple, it's no wonder they are usually on top of the brand loyalty list.

As for the Mac Air, I think they are really nice computers, I don't think that I will get for the simple fact that I would rather spend a little more and get a Macbook Pro. I am currently waiting for my Aluminum Powerbook G4 to die, got it back in 2004 and still works great, nice to take to work and use around the house. I use my iMac for my visualhub stuff, and with my Appletv. Maybe when my powerbook dies there will be a new version of the Macbook Pro. I really wish they kept the Powerbook name. End of mindless talk.

 

yes had 1 iphone go bad on me, after testing it at local genuis bar, it was replaced no hassle :thumb:

the current pro is pretty awesome, my buddy uses it both for business and pleasure...with parallel of windows and osx no problems so far!!!

as far as the name game...its all a marketing move...long as the darn thing works as it should hehe dont bother me at all

 

yes had 1 iphone go bad on me, after testing it at local genuis bar, it was replaced no hassle :thumb:

the current pro is pretty awesome, my buddy uses it both for business and pleasure...with parallel of windows and osx no problems so far!!!

as far as the name game...its all a marketing move...long as the darn thing works as it should hehe dont bother me at all

 

I still don't "get" the Macbook Air. Any laptop without a DVD drive isn't viable IMO.

That said, I've been thinking about having my next notebook be a MacBook that dual-boots Windows and OS X. It would be nice to be able to have a machine to write programs for the iPhone/Mac instead of just Windows.

 

I think you'd be surprised just how infrequently the average person uses it these days. For those rare occasions there is the external drive for $99...

 

Yeah, but as the video pokes fun at, as soon as you start wanting a DVD drive or more than a single USB port, the MacBook Air is, well, not quite so ultra-portable.

It has a fashion/wow factor, but you give up performance and capability for such a small package. Plus, is five pounds really that heavy? Do you really really just have to shave that extra two pounds off?

Personally, I'd sooner buy a normal MacBook. DVD drive, many more ports, etc.

 

I rarely use the DVD drive on my laptop for any purpose. I'm more likely to mount an ISO image as a virtual drive than pop an actual CD or DVD into the drive. In fact, most of the time a second battery or second hard drive is in the Ultrabay of my Thinkpad, not the combo drive.

For movies, if the original source is a DVD I'll most likely have re-encoded it with XviD or an H.264 encoder to reduce its size and put it on a flash drive. More likely, it will be an HD capture from my satellite receiver re-encoded with H.264.

I do supplement my laptop with a desktop though; were I use my laptop as a desktop replacement I might feel differently about the lack of internal DVD.

 

Yeah, you are right, I just like the sound of the old names, powerbook/ibook over the macbook pro/macbook.