MacBook Air is here: Sexy as hell but……
Written by admin on Wednesday, 16 of January , 2008 at 2:56 am
(10 votes, average: 4.7 out of 5)
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Steve Jobs announced Macbook Air yesterday at keynote.Its very sleek, very sexy. But I am not too sure about the features you get for the price you pay. Lets look at features:
Pros first
> The main feature is that it is ridiculously thin (0.16 to 0.76 inch of sleek), and it is ultra-light (3.0 pounds).
> The other selling point of this laptop is its multi-touch trackpad. It sure is nice. It works same as iPhone. You can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image. This gesture-based input so successful on iPhone and iPod touch now comes to MacBook.
> You can choose from Intel Core2Duo 1.6 Ghz or 1.8 Ghz. No word on model numbers of these processors as Apple claims they have been especially built on order by Intel for them to fit this thin machine.
> If you are ready to spend $1000 extra you get yourself a 64GB SSD instead of regular boring 80GB PATA drive.
> 13.3 inch widescreen which is only available in glossy with LED backlit which makes it more power efficient and less prone to dimmness as comapred to regular CCFL screens. Supports 1280X800 Resolution.
> 2 Gigs of ONBOARD ram.
> Full Backlit keyboard (as found on MBPs)
> Apple claims the battery life with WiFi on at 5 full hours.
> Built in iSight camera.
> Features fastest-available, next-generation 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR built in .
Now lets get to Cons:
> First of all its damn expensive for the configuration offered. The 1.6 Ghz 80GB PATA model costs $1799+taxes and 1.8 Ghz 64 GB SSD model costs a whopping $3098+taxes. You can get a decent laptop (HP or IBM Thinkpad) with much better configuration for $700-$800.
> Comes with 80 GB PATA drive. Are they going backwards? Even the celeron laptops comes with SATA drives these days.
> 64GB SSD for $1000 extra. No comments…….
> No optical drive. You can buy one extra for $99+taxes.
> No Ethernet Port. You can buy one extra for $29+taxes.
> Only one USB port. Lets say you dont have a WiFi and connected through a LAN connection on RJ45 (for which you bought the adapter from Apple) and you want to access something from your external DVD Drive (for which you have paid $99), what do you do? You will disconnect the internet, access the drive and then conenct to internet again. You cannot do both at same time. Wait…. you can do that but you will have to buy a USB hub (with power adapter comes for atleast $50).
> Apple will give you a software which will allow you to access remote DVD drive installed on another desktop/laptop. But if the windows version available?
> Micro DVI port. Whats wrong with the regular ones?
> Apple remote, which came free even with the cheapest MacBook, you will have to buy it with the Air model for a measly $19+taxes.
> No dedicated NVIDIA, shared Intel Graphics with shared RAM and crappy resolution (1280X800 Native).
> MacBook’s speakers were crap, I am sure theyv’e used the same here.
> Battery cannot be replaced by user. If your battery dies out, you can simply pay Apple $129 and get it replaced and the best part is installation is free.
So the final verdict is NOT RECOMMENDED.
If you are a Apple Fanboy and got extra cash lying around, go for it.
Heres the video:
Please find plethora of pictures below.
(Thanks engadget for the pictures)
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