[Shacs] Apple Releases World's Thinnest Notebook Computer
Byron Ray
bray at conroeisd.net
Wed Jan 16 11:32:13 CST 2008
Which brings me to my final complaint. Its a Mac. EWWWWWWWW!!!
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"Kyle Patrick" <kyle at kylepatrick.com> on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 10:53
AM -0600 wrote:
>To pull an old SNL Counterpoint reference "Jane you ignorant XXXX".....
>
>I of course take your review for what it is, since you still haven't seen
>the light and bought an iPhone yet. Take the new MacBook Air for what it
>is, the ultimate portable, sure there are pc (and macs) where everything is
>replaceable and modular, but can you jog with them??? I would have loved
>back in school to slide this computer between two spiral notebooks in
>between class, and not feel like I hauled shingles to the top of a roof at
>the end of the day because my backpack weighed 200lbs. Complaining that it
>doesn't haven't enough ports and yadda yadda yadda is the same to me as the
>people who complain about a Dodge Viper not having air conditioning and a
>radio.
>
>Kyle
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shacs-bounces at shsu.edu [mailto:shacs-bounces at shsu.edu] On Behalf Of
>ekeown at swbell.net
>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:34 AM
>To: shacs at shsu.edu
>Subject: Re: [Shacs] Apple Releases World's Thinnest Notebook Computer
>
>Ouch...I didn't realize that there was only one USB port. Apple is already
>selling two USB devices specifically marketed for the MacBook Air, an
>external optical drive and an ethernet adapter. So, you can't use both
>unless you also have a USB hub; that sure sounds like a lot of stuff to
>have/carry around for an ultra-portable device.
>
>Also it's going to cost $129 to get the MacBook Air's battery replaced and
>it has to be installed by Apple, but the installation is free...or rather
>included in the price.
>
> Eric
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Byron Ray <bray at conroeisd.net>
>To: ekeown at swbell.net
>Cc: shacs at shsu.edu
>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:00:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [Shacs] Apple Releases World's Thinnest Notebook Computer
>
>
>Don't forget only ONE USB port and NO optical drive.
>
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>ekeown at swbell.net on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 11:00 PM -0600 wrote:
>>
>>It's very cool and light, but three quirks they fail to mention in the
>> sales pitch:
>>
>>It's factory sealed, meaning:
>>1) You can't replace or upgrade the hard drive
>> - OK, not a huge deal because if you use all the hard drive space
>> on a machine that is no means meant to be a desktop replacement (it
>> doesn't have an optical drive) it's probably old and therefore by
> Apple's
>> standards out of date, and two they offer pretty good service on
> their
>> machines if you don't mind going to an apple store or sending it off.
>>
>>2) You can't upgrade of replace the RAM
>> - This is a bit of a bigger issue to me because while we all know
>> that laptops aren't generally upgrade friendly, it's nice to know
> that
>> you can always add more RAM to get a little more performance out of
> the
>> machine.
>>
>>3) You can't replace the battery
>> - This is the biggest issue for me. The battery is internal and
>> therefore sealed...so no spare battery, and worse, when the battery
>> decides to loss it's charge capacity, you have to be without your
> machine
>> while Apple get around to replacing the battery for you.
>>
>>As I mentioned there is no optical drive which isn't that big of deal
>> since there is always the option to use an external drives, and they
>> have a piece of software you can put on other machines so the MacBook
> Air
>> can use their optical drives. Also the machine excluded a network
> port
>> choosing to go exclusively wireless. Again these are both very minor
>> issues, especially compared to the whole factory sealed issue.
>>
>>To me, these factory sealed issues are the kind that should be found
> in
>> something like the OLPC XO-1, not a system you paid $1800 for. Thin
>> is neat and compact is neat, but to me they shouldn't sacrifice such
>> common features, at a premium no less.
>>
>>Eric
>>
>>----- Original Message ----
>>From: Dr. Tim McGuire <mcguire at shsu.edu>
>>To: shacs at shsu.edu
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 3:36:54 PM
>>Subject: [Shacs] Apple Releases World's Thinnest Notebook Computer
>>
>>
>>This is one sleek computer. The question is: "Is it usable?"
>>
>>http://www.apple.com/macbookair/guidedtour/
>>
>>--
>>Timothy J. McGuire, Ph.D.
>>Department of Computer Science
>>Sam Houston State University
>>Huntsville, Texas 77341-2090
>>(936)294-1571 mcguire at shsu.edu http://www.shsu.edu/~csc_tjm/
>>
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