Interesting, to say the least, all the buzz about the new MacBook Air just unveiled at Macworld. And this fanperson thinks it'll be at least as interesting to see just how many of them start showing up at hotspots around town, and how soon.
I've got to say that the fast fingers of yours truly won't be flying over one of those keyboards. After popping for an almost fully tricked-out MacBook Pro last summer, I don't plan to be in the market for another computer for quite a while. In fact, I haven't even gotten around to upgrading to Leopard.
Besides, I really don't see just how the Air would fit into my lifestyle at the moment. For those of you wondering, it gets its name from the fact that it has Wi-Fi connectivity exclusively-no Ethernet port, no modem, nothing besides Wi-Fi. I mean, I like hotspots (why else would I be writing here?), but I'm not exactly keen on the idea of being totally dependent upon being within range of an access point. Sort of negates the advantage of all that vaunted thinness and light weight, doesn't it?
Speaking of which, guess how they got it so thin and light? By not including an optical drive of any sort, that's how! They expect you to use a shared drive on another computer via a convenient nearby wireless network when you need to access something on a CD or DVD. Hovever, if this is simply out of the question, don't fret-Apple willl be happy to throw in an external drive for a crisp C-note. Oh, and did I mention that the battery, a la the iPod, is built in? So much for the Air being of any use to real road warriors. And with only an 80-gigabyte hard drive and a single USB port, it's hard to see it being of much practical use to anyone else-especially for $1800.
But, of course, we all know that no one buys Macs because they're practical, right?
Friday, January 18, 2008
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