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Please, Please, remember who the Air is designed for
Which true techie would get a MacBook Air as their primary mobile? It's designed for the fashionable, the true mobile, the high level executive, the Paris Hiltons, and college student, but not a techie.
I remember when the iMac first came out, everyone was saying, "What?! No Floppy Drive!". Now Apple is saying the optical drive is optional for most people. I can't remember the last time I put a disk in my laptop drive; and I don't think my mother or father has EVER used one in theirs; much less burn a disc.
I would expect most critics to be pointing out:
-the cpu speed
-the 2 gb Ram
-that they think it should have been thinner

but hey, that's just me.
Posted by: el1jones   Posted on: 01/21/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Looks are everything, even if it is a dongle  D. T. Schmitz | 01/21/08
mi dongle es su dongle?  lostarchitect | 01/21/08
I think he has..  msalzberg | 01/21/08
i guess his dongle...  lostarchitect | 01/22/08
Please, Please, remember who the Air is designed for  el1jones | 01/21/08
I don't think the floppy comparison is a good analogy  ye | 01/21/08
but what about the wireless network...  el1jones | 01/21/08
How About Watching DVD's?  serpentmage | 01/21/08
The problem with wireless is how does one install from CD/DVD?  ye | 01/21/08
this says it all CD drives are put on computers for a reason apple is going  SO.CAL Guy | 01/21/08
In trying to decipher your post...  msalzberg | 01/21/08
Must be a Windows user:-)  Bruizer | 01/21/08
how else do they keep their compuers running...(windows tech joke)  jjarman | 01/22/08
Haha, I LOVED that picture!!!  NonZealot | 01/21/08
I have to agree there  Paul Fletcher | 01/21/08
Unreal  frgough | 01/21/08
Probably because other sub-notebooks haven't generated...  ye | 01/21/08
That might be because....  Badgered | 01/21/08
That's what you get when you overhype a product!  NonZealot | 01/21/08
you also get NonZealot's who follow closer at your heals then the fanboi's  jjarman | 01/22/08
USB Thumdrive  aulax@... | 01/21/08
Well a true road warrior would not leave home...  mrOSX | 01/21/08
Interesting.  msalzberg | 01/21/08
Depends...  mrOSX | 01/21/08
Not 13 happy  msalzberg | 01/21/08
Stuff I travel with...  mrOSX | 01/21/08
But an external optical..  msalzberg | 01/21/08
Yes but the external optical...  mrOSX | 01/21/08
@mrOSX,  msalzberg | 01/21/08
Why???  Bruizer | 01/21/08
That would be you....  mrOSX | 01/21/08
Then a computer..  msalzberg | 01/21/08
Well in my definition of a road warrior...  mrOSX | 01/21/08
Aha! You've said the magic phrase.  msalzberg | 01/21/08
But what is a "true" road warrior?  Bruizer | 01/21/08
Do you backup your work ???  mrOSX | 01/21/08
Off site replicated storage.  Bruizer | 01/22/08
RE: MacBook Air - Will all the cool evaporate when someone asks you to read  progon | 01/21/08
Not the 1st notebook to have external optical drive  Stuka | 01/21/08
True, but...  Badgered | 01/21/08
Depends  Stuka | 01/21/08
Oh, and as for battery life  Stuka | 01/21/08
RE: MacBook Air - Will all the cool evaporate when someone asks you to read  asad.quraishi@... | 01/21/08
RE: MacBook Air - Will all the cool evaporate when someone asks you to read  rasheemvaheed@... | 01/21/08
Yes but to make it useful....  mrOSX | 01/21/08
Again...  msalzberg | 01/21/08
Actually, No  drprod@... | 01/23/08
Pretty expensive....  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 01/21/08
HAsn't happened in a few years...  Bruizer | 01/21/08
RE: MacBook Air - Will all the cool evaporate when someone asks you to read/rip/burn a disc?  pazzp@... | 01/21/08
do strangers walk up to you often...  lostarchitect | 01/21/08
Like all of Apple's software, it will be a security nightmare  NonZealot | 01/21/08
don't worry...I'm sure Apple isn't sending copies to your parents basement  jjarman | 01/22/08
Ferrari v Air  johnfenjackson@... | 01/21/08
Bad analogy!  toadlife | 01/21/08
Never Buy a Dell for Patriotic Reasons  drprod@... | 01/23/08
What about Photographers?!?  Scott Kitts | 01/21/08
Why no mention of Remote Disc?  buddhistMonkey | 01/21/08
What great mobility!!!  NonZealot | 01/21/08
In case you forgot...  jhurst747 | 01/22/08
Remote View? CLASSIC!!!!!  NonZealot | 01/22/08
Bad analogy  toadlife | 01/21/08
(nt)oops - meant ot post that above.  toadlife | 01/21/08
Bottom line?  Piot | 01/21/08
give me a break....  doh123 | 01/22/08
It Proves it's Made by Apple  drprod@... | 01/23/08
Adrian Get your head out of your A...Apple  francisl@... | 01/22/08
true  coffeeshark | 01/22/08
Steve did this with the Next Cube!  paul613 | 01/22/08
Praise??  jhurst747 | 01/22/08
Bah  jhurst747 | 01/22/08
Very infrequent use of optical drive, what with internet, usb drives  stevey_d | 01/22/08
RE: MacBook Air - Will all the cool evaporate when someone asks you to read  pb12@... | 01/25/08
wait in deed!  jetman36 | 01/27/08

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