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Another MacWorld, another disappointment

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Whiskey in the Jar-o:
This thing will sell like hotcakes, but here are my 2 cents anyway.  The black keyboard color is a strange choice.  Huge screen bezel. Thin and light does not mean robust.  They should have just made it an 11" 4:3 aspect with a solid-state drive option only. What's with the USB port?  If an ethernet port ruins the aesthetic, then it should have no ports.  As it is, it's not a true ultra-portable, more like a MacBook Anorexic.

Nonmouse:

--- Quote from: Whiskey in the Jar-o;2456 ---This thing will sell like hotcakes, but here are my 2 cents anyway.  The black keyboard color is a strange choice.  Huge screen bezel. Thin and light does not mean robust.  They should have just made it an 11" 4:3 aspect with a solid-state drive option only. What's with the USB port?  If an ethernet port ruins the aesthetic, then it should have no ports.  As it is, it's not a true ultra-portable, more like a MacBook Anorexic.
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WTF were they thinking, no ethernet port?   Great, you can lug around a USB-ethernet dongle for when you have to plug it into a client's network, but then you've used up your only USB port.  Oh, and an external CD drive, because someone is going to hand you a CD or DVD of data.  So let's plug that right in...  umm... the one USB port's already in  use....  Okay, so you can lug around an external USB hub, too.  So, just to achieve realistic usability, you're hauling around four pieces of hardware, and your weight's probably right up around a regular notebook.  And let's not forget those days when you've got to meet with multiple clients- better remember to toss an extra battery in your bag.  Wait, what's that?  The battery isn't user changeable?  So,if you need to use it for more than five hours (or four, or three after a year or two and the battery's run down) you're TSOL.

Neat toy, wins the weight e-penis comparison, but I can't see any serious notebook user wanting one.

xsphat:
:)                             .

iMav:
My biggest issue with the MacBook Air is the footprint.  I thought for sure the new MacBook Air would have at least a marginally smaller footprint than the MacBook. Instead, it is BIGGER!! (MacBook: 12.78" x 8.92" - MacBook Air: 12.8" x 8.94")

Sure, it's thinner...but the MBA is going to take up (marginally) MORE space in your briefcase, more space on your airplane tray table, etc. than the more powerful and cheaper MacBook.

I think the MacBook Air looks cool...but a laptop's "thinness" really doesn't have any real-world benefit for me. However, its footprint certainly does.

ashort:
I don't know about you all, but i am keeping MINE in a yellow inter-office mail envelope.

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