I’m sure you’ve all heard about the anticipated release of the Macbook Air.
“MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook Air, mobile computing suddenly has a new standard.”
Here is a hell of a sexy piece of technology but too bad it’s obviously only catered to a certain market. Let’s list the cons since the only pros are that it is thin and lightweight:
- One USB port. You plugin your mouse but what if you have a USB flash drive?
- Expensive; it’s frigging sexy but totally not worth it. I wish I did but I don’t have spare cash change lying around to splurge one this when I can get something better (eg. an actual Macbook Pro).
- Battery isn’t replaceable. Again, if only I was a richass, then this wouldn’t be a problem. Plus the battery life isn’t too remarkable either.
- No memory upgrade. 2GBS is nice but you could never have enough RAM.
- No optical disc drive.
- No memory card slots.
Would you trade in some necessary features for the thiness of the laptop? Hells no! God, you guys are so vain (just kidding, I shouldn’t talk). If I were to get a laptop (which I don’t need right now), I totally wouldn’t waste my money on this. I have my PC right now (for designing AND gaming) but I don’t think I’ll be needing a laptop until I’m freelancing full time and when that happens, I’ll be getting a Macbook Pro or whatever new systems Apple comes out with. Plus I’ll buy myself a nice Mac desktop too (but I’ll still keep a PC around for playing games).
In conclusion, if I were a rich bitch then I’d totally get this … but I’m not and I’d rather spend that money on denim and books.
Speaking about Macs, I came across this link and I’m sooo guilty. The funny thing is that I don’t even own a Mac. Hahahahaha. I’ve never had a Mac crash on me before. Wait. There was this one time when I made this ridiculously humongous Illustrator file that was over 80mb for a typography project and THAT is freaking HUGE for Illustrator. Yes, that is my only story of a Mac-crash. Anyway, Macs rule and PCs drool (sometimes)!
KATY:
I was wowed by the thinness too, but that CONS list is too much. Knowing me, I’d probably snap it in half by accidentally stepping on it though.
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ahahah i like how it says “I feel like in order to have a Mac, I need to be:
# An artist.
# In a band.
# Unemployed (see above). ”
if i bought one, i wouldn’t be unemployed.. just broke :S
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oh god – as someone who used to program on a Mac, they definitely crash! at inopportune times! and then it’s hard to recover, b/c Mac likes to pretend they don’t crash so all the menus to fix them are hidden (and I’m also less familiar with them so I don’t know how to fix them as easily
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The Air is definitely beautiful, but yeah, too many cons
It also has no firewire, which is kind of necessary for movie editing. the harddrive is only 80g, too. It would be really nice and light to travel with, though!
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Ooh, yummy! I love MAC’s. I can’t wait ’till my graduation gift, hopefully a Mac Book Pro :lovestruck: They’re so sleek looking, though I’m hoping for it in red. However with the Macbook Air I would probably break it, it looks so delicate!
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I’m glad I haven’t experienced a Mac crashing much or else I might wanna stick with PCS which I don’t really wanna do either.
“It’s just like buying air!”
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It’s not as useless as it seems: http://www.maconair.com/the_pros_and_cons
the macbook air is a great laptop for those who really need ultraportable.
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Katy
April 14th, 2008 |
I guess it’s just useless for a graphic designer like myself.
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