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Jason Snell 
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Posted 15 January 2008 - 02:02 PM
It's locked up tight. It doesn't seem that anything is user replaceable. It's a sealed system. The reason it comes with 2GB stock is that there ain't no way you're gonna add RAM later, so far as I can tell.
Sorry to those who asked about flash booting -- we didn't see a flash-based model and were not given the opportunity to run any tests. it was literally a "pick it up and feel it" sort of thing. We weren't left to our own devices.
Sorry to those who asked about flash booting -- we didn't see a flash-based model and were not given the opportunity to run any tests. it was literally a "pick it up and feel it" sort of thing. We weren't left to our own devices.
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Posted 15 January 2008 - 02:43 PM
are the speakers similar to those of the macbook?
any worries about the 1.6 and 1.8 processor? will they be able to compete with the macbook 2.0 and 2.2 processors as well as the macbook pros 2.2 and 2.4 processors? this makes it super hard for me to decide between this and the Macbook Pro
any worries about the 1.6 and 1.8 processor? will they be able to compete with the macbook 2.0 and 2.2 processors as well as the macbook pros 2.2 and 2.4 processors? this makes it super hard for me to decide between this and the Macbook Pro
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Posted 15 January 2008 - 02:53 PM
Without the ability to upgrade or even swap out memory, batteries, etc. makes this laptop even more difficult to justify than it's high price tag already made it.
Looks like a premium of several hundred dollars for the pleasure of carrying a few pounds less and a cool looking machine.
Isn't this the antithesis of Apple? Expecting a high price for very little innovation?
Looks like a premium of several hundred dollars for the pleasure of carrying a few pounds less and a cool looking machine.
Isn't this the antithesis of Apple? Expecting a high price for very little innovation?
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Posted 15 January 2008 - 02:58 PM
Could you ask an Apple representative if MacBook Air trackpad gesture will come (soon) as a system upgrade to MacBooks and MacBook Pro? If not, then this must be a hardware related feature...
Also... Absence of a superdrive on the MacBook Air, I believe is not a only a question of physical space. Absence of support for either Blue Ray and/or HD DVD support/drives, even as build to order, on other Macs, and lack of interest of Apple for both its iDVD and DVD Studio Pro softs, all say alot about Apple futur vision about optical drive medias.
In other words for Apple, it's an already dead (or at least dying) media, even for HD content. Apple was first to ditch the disquette, remember. The fact that they are selling separate USB superdrives are so much reminiscent of the separate disquette drives Apple once sold, for a while...
End of an era...
Also... Absence of a superdrive on the MacBook Air, I believe is not a only a question of physical space. Absence of support for either Blue Ray and/or HD DVD support/drives, even as build to order, on other Macs, and lack of interest of Apple for both its iDVD and DVD Studio Pro softs, all say alot about Apple futur vision about optical drive medias.
In other words for Apple, it's an already dead (or at least dying) media, even for HD content. Apple was first to ditch the disquette, remember. The fact that they are selling separate USB superdrives are so much reminiscent of the separate disquette drives Apple once sold, for a while...
End of an era...
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Posted 15 January 2008 - 03:29 PM
PetitPaul, I don't believe Apple is heralding the end of an era for optical drives. Quite the contrary. They simply couldn't shoehorn an optical drive into a case as small as the one on the MacBook Air.
The reason they didn't introduce Blu-ray drives into the new Mac Pro is two-fold. One, they're waiting for the format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD to wind down. It now looks like Blu-ray will be the winner by mid year. Second, I'm sure they want to include a Blu-ray burner as well, so prices need to come down. We'll see a Blu-ray version of the SuperDrive within a year. Just as the transition from CD to DVD took some time, so will the one from DVD to Blu-ray.
The reason they didn't introduce Blu-ray drives into the new Mac Pro is two-fold. One, they're waiting for the format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD to wind down. It now looks like Blu-ray will be the winner by mid year. Second, I'm sure they want to include a Blu-ray burner as well, so prices need to come down. We'll see a Blu-ray version of the SuperDrive within a year. Just as the transition from CD to DVD took some time, so will the one from DVD to Blu-ray.
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Posted 15 January 2008 - 03:30 PM
If Apple is going to phase out CD/DVD drives, then how do we upgrade to 10.6/10.7/10.8... ???
How will Final Cut Pro Studio be sold? Download options?
They gonna give out flash RAM? I don't think so.
How will Final Cut Pro Studio be sold? Download options?
They gonna give out flash RAM? I don't think so.
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Posted 15 January 2008 - 03:34 PM
I know I'm going to get flamed mercilessly for saying this, but this thing reminds me of the ill-fated Cubea??all form, no function. No FireWire? Forget digital video. No user-replaceable battery...IN A LAPTOP? You must be kidding. Slow hard drive? Ridiculous at this price point.
Yeah, it's thin. I get it. So what?
Yeah, it's thin. I get it. So what?
