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It costs nearly twice as much as a more powerful machine, isn't best-in-class by any measure, and is crippled in odd ways. It's worse than the mini, it's:
http://www.powermacg4.com/page3/files/page3_1.jpg

My workplace mandating its use is precisely why I say fuck entourage!

What are the cripplings in your opinion?

minis are good :(

the cube we had here at work had massive problems we could never resolve. I don't know if it overheated all the time or what. but it crashed all the time

i want a mini....i was hoping they'd lower the price though

yeh, WTF @ mini-slagging? they do the job and do it fucking well.

1.6ghz processor, no wired networking (you can use a thin converter, c'mon), mono speaker, no line in, no firewire. And I don't like glossy screens, but I suppose that's not "crippled".

xpost I wasn't slagging the mini! I have one.

o no memory expansion either.

Minis are great. That's my home computer and it does the job damn well.

remember when the imac came out and everyone was shocked that it didnt have a floppy drive?

Anyone running Leopard on an AppleTV?

max, its too soon for this

TOO SOON

i like this new air thing, i just don't like the price

Yeh, it'd be a neat thing at £799 or something.

For what I would use it for (i.e. a more portable companion to my MBP) none of that bothers me apart from the glossy screen and the cost of the SSD.

does the remote disk software work between other macs i.e. not just imac to macbook air but imac to macbook?

and was there any mention of wireless time machine back-ups for non time capsule users?

also apple tv still £200 in the UK????

£269 for 160gb model.

Any predictions on when the iPhone will get a more serious update?

when this list is a bit longer.

so appletv is still 40 gb huh

so is this a thumbs down on the macbook air?

Hated it

do they still even make 40 gig disk or are they just clearing the warehouse

so is this a thumbs down on the macbook air?

-- gbx, Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:03 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yes

It's essentially designed to be an $1800 extra computer.

O, you can't change the battery, either!

lol @cnn.com comments --

JJL
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There is no Mac envy from PC users; why would we envy a system that we can't do anything on, except what Apple tells us what we can do? Rather the frustration comes from the fact that Apple has so many users who are willing tools to whatever lunacy Jobs is willing to spew. Notice that PC users have no problem whatsoever going after Gates or Microsoft when it's warranted. Go ahead and feel content with your Mac; I'll feel equally content with my PC, knowing it can do hundreds (if not thousands) of things a Mac can't. less

so is this a thumbs down on the macbook air?

In it's current form, yes. My problem with it is that it's still too much like a regular laptop and a relatively safe product. I would have been much more excited if it was a 12" screen with a 80GB SSD drive only and more like a iPod/iPhone with a bigger screen and keyboard. Something that's more like a satellite computer to your main computer than an independent entity.

when this list is a bit longer.

But isn't that like 95% of the US population??

Dear Steve - I would like an iPhone with that 60GB SSD. k thx bye

Ed doesn't live in america

That list for the rest of the world is a hell of a lot better, it would be presented in map form for a start. A lot of that 3G coverage is very centralised in those metros, doesn't cover a lot of suburbs.

We'll see SSD standard by 2011

OTM.

BTW 5 hr battery life is 'productivity' battery life five hours with wireless on, whatever that means.

Sounds like typical "word mail and safari" usage pattern

A lot of that 3G coverage is very centralised in those metros, doesn't cover a lot of suburbs.

Ah, ok.

Haha, they played Belle & Sebastian during the keynote.

What is this new computer actually for?

pickin up hoochies at starbucks

aspirational mass transit dick-waving

The pointlessness of this computer, and its price tag, is something else

but it fits in a file folder

only manilla ones though

Something that's more like a satellite computer to your main computer than an independent entity.

http://laptop.org/laptop/

+ xClient.
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1.6ghz processor

is this really a problem? The 2GB of RAM will do photoshop, etc.

no wired networking

I have never used the ethernet port on my MacBook in more than a year of travelling/different offices, etc. this is a non-issue for the target market now and it will be even more of a non-issue in 12 months.

mono speaker

who buys a small portable for its built-in speakers?

no line in

that sucks.

no firewire

regrettable, but it's a physically large port. had to go, I suspect. Apple have been quietly shuffling away from FW for a couple of years now.

And I don't like glossy screens, but I suppose that's not "crippled".

i'd prefer a matte screen, but you _very_ quickly stop noticing glossy screens are glossy. Not looking at you here at all (I'm sure you and Ed have your reasons), but I do think a lot of the anti-glossy sentiment is anti-neophyte/anti-PC/anti-marketing snobbery from people who've never used a glossy screen for any length of time. seriously, they're fine.

I still don't like it though.

Now this is something I can get behind: http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/?sr=hotnews

My gripe with the glossy is it makes the laptop less functional, get the wrong light behind you and the screen is harder to see. I was working on my MBP outdoors in the mniddle of 9th Av. last week and although it was difficult to see the screen because of the sun, it was not impossible, I doubt I cul have done that with the glossy. 5 hr battery life. i want to be able to work outdoors. I quite like glossy in some situations. When sony first started soing it it wasa big wow especially on televisions, it just annoys me a little that there is no alternative on laptops.

Stay in Britain. Sunshine not a problem here.

I did work on my MacBook in the back garden a little last summer. Had to sit with the sun in front/to the side, but it was possible. But you're right that you'd have a better shot at seeing the screen with an MBP with bright sun behind you.