New Macbook Air released - Thinnest, Lightest, most affordable Macbook ever
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My friend has one of these. It's really nice - the battery life isn't particular impressive as I'm an acer timeline user but jesus christ you can't imagine how thin it is until you actually hold it (and I use a very thin laptop indeed). It can't run photoshop etc particularly well but it's certainly something I would buy if I could afford it.
[QUOTE=TehWhale;26031436]So you purchased one Fizzadar? Awesome![/QUOTE]
Yeah it arrived a few days ago. Can't really fault it, beats my macbook pro hands down on most things :)
[editline]13th November 2010[/editline]
Actually, it DOES have a fault, there's an eject CD button alongside F12. Pointless.
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;26039459]Yeah it arrived a few days ago. Can't really fault it, beats my macbook pro hands down on most things :)
[editline]13th November 2010[/editline]
Actually, it DOES have a fault, there's an eject CD button alongside F12. Pointless.[/QUOTE]
Well, sort of. If you're using a wireless CD drive/CD sharing feature in OS X; it's not that pointless. But besides that, yeah, it's pointless.
[QUOTE=.ediT;26035820]Here is what someone said on a private torrent forum:
"So we have a new 13" Macbook Air in the house, and after a full battery depletion and recharge, it's lasted a week without needing to get plugged in. Everyday usage for probably about an hour or more, really fucking impressive. [b]The thing is totally snappy, and could probably handle most of what I throw out of it aside from intensive Graphics / Video work.[/b] I can't say enough good things about this machine, just sucks about the soldered on RAM."
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Okay, that just made me chuckle.
Thing is though, what would exactly constitute 'everyday use'?
Internet browsing, light photo editing/creating, listening to music and chatting would probably cover most of 'everyday use'.
Basically, you wouldn't want to be doing video editing/etc on it, but for anything else (browsing, music, developing websites, etc) this thing is amazing.
And the SSD really makes it fly, I've never seen Chrome open so fast (instant, literally).
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;26039459]Yeah it arrived a few days ago. Can't really fault it, beats my macbook pro hands down on most things :)
[editline]13th November 2010[/editline]
Actually, it DOES have a fault, [b]there's an eject CD button[/b] alongside F12. Pointless.[/QUOTE]:raise:
[QUOTE=TehWhale;26059393]:raise:[/QUOTE]
[b]MacBook Air SuperDrive[/b]
Compact and convenient, the external MacBook Air SuperDrive connects to your MacBook Air with a single USB cable and fits easily into a travel bag. It lets you install new software and play and burn both CDs and DVDs, including double-layer DVDs.
[img]http://storeimages.apple.com/1765/as-images.apple.com/is/image/AppleInc/MC684?wid=326&hei=326&fmt=jpeg&qlt=95&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bicub&op_usm=0.5,0.5,0,0&iccEmbed=0&layer=comp[/img]
Perhaps there is one on the back but this thing looks like it doesn't have an eject button.
[QUOTE=.ediT;26061019]Perhaps there is one on the back but this thing looks like it doesn't have an eject button.[/QUOTE]
You can just open finder and press eject on it. No need for a button when said functionality isn't included in the laptop itself. Still, it's not really a problem :P
[editline]14th November 2010[/editline]
Also, the little USB stick apple give you is sick. Considering copying it all to a shitty one and using it, not that I often use a USB.
Although it's affordable, I still wish I could afford it.
MBAIR 11.6 CTO
Custom configured
Ships: 3 - 5 business days
Delivers: Nov 19 - Nov 29
[editline]15th November 2010[/editline]
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We've got the 11" in at work, holy shyte it looks incredible.
I can only fault it for not being able to flip the entire screen around and have it turn into iOS.
[QUOTE=WaLLy3K;26074311]
I can only fault it for not being able to flip the entire screen around and have it turn into iOS.[/QUOTE]
Which they're planning to do with future iMacs
[QUOTE=kaze4159;26075221]Which they're planning to do with future iMacs[/QUOTE]
How are you going to fold a screen that you can't fold?
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;26075338]How are you going to fold a screen that you can't fold?[/QUOTE]
Hold different.
So how does this thing play tf2 on a filled 32 slot server?
[QUOTE=meppers;26079233]So how does this thing play tf2 on a filled 32 slot server?[/QUOTE]
so how does any other .68" laptop play tf2 on a filled 32 slot server?
[QUOTE=meppers;26079233]So how does this thing play tf2 on a filled 32 slot server?[/QUOTE]
Probably not as bad as it could be. That thing has some serious kick for its size.
Say, does anyone know how the battery life is for this with Boot Camp?
[QUOTE=MacTrekkie;26093892]Probably not as bad as it could be. That thing has some serious kick for its size.[/QUOTE]
Bottlenecks for Source engine usually end up to be the CPU, you know
[QUOTE=a2h;26094108]Say, does anyone know how the battery life is for this with Boot Camp?
Bottlenecks for Source engine usually end up to be the CPU, you know[/QUOTE]
Yes I know. But this is an 11" netbook, or 13" microlaptop. A 1.4 or 1.83ghz Core 2 Duo beats out an Atom, don't you think?
Why the hell are people actually buying these things?
because despite the shit CPU, the SSD apparently makes up for it as far as snappiness in most use
I wanted a netbook that wouldn't fall apart
the 11" is far from a netbook, or at least any netbook i've ever seen, in performance and design
[QUOTE=demonguard;26103629]because despite the shit CPU, the SSD apparently makes up for it as far as snappiness in most use
I wanted a netbook that wouldn't fall apart[/QUOTE]
seems like a lot of money for a netbook
[QUOTE=ifaux;26104376]the 11" is far from a netbook, or at least any netbook i've ever seen, in performance and design[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=meppers;26079233]So how does this thing play tf2 on a filled 32 slot server?[/QUOTE]
Why would you want to play in a 32 slot server in a game designed for 24 players? Why would you want to play a video game while on-the-go in the first place? Gaming on laptops in general doesn't make all that much sense and that's an argument against netbooks as a whole anyways.
I guess I meant ultraportable. Honestly I would have just gone for a 400 ion netbook if they weren't cheaply built. The C2D chip and 320m in the MBA are just a bonus for me, but the 1366x768 display is a great selling point.
[QUOTE=ifaux;26104376]the 11" is far from a netbook, or at least any netbook i've ever seen, in performance and design[/QUOTE]
It's a netbook, albeit a really expensive one. [url=http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=sZ0sI6WqjnCHGFta&content=overview]You can find 1.6Ghz dual-core Intel Atom powered NVidia Ion graphics netbook for around $550 with a 12" screen.[/url] You may say The Air's not a netbook, but it is, even in comparison to others. And comparing $1049 (Canadian) to $550, for pretty much the same shit, I think the Asus Eee PC 1201N is the clear winner. The Air is a waste of money, and an excuse for Apple to go "Look at how thin we made this expensive paperweight!"
there is a lot to be said for build quality when you're planning on keeping a laptop for a while. additionally, a core 2 duo will outperform a similarly clocked atom (clock speeds don't mean a whole lot these days), and the 320m is a fair bit more powerful than ion or even ion 2.
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;26111591]It's a netbook, albeit a really expensive one. [url=http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=sZ0sI6WqjnCHGFta&content=overview]You can find 1.6Ghz dual-core Intel Atom powered NVidia Ion graphics netbook for around $550 with a 12" screen.[/url] You may say The Air's not a netbook, but it is, even in comparison to others. And comparing $1049 (Canadian) to $550, for pretty much the same shit, I think the Asus Eee PC 1201N is the clear winner. The Air is a waste of money, and an excuse for Apple to go "Look at how thin we made this expensive paperweight!"[/QUOTE]
An expensive paperweight? No, an ultraportable incredibly thin computer. The Macbook Air (both of them) have SSDs, not HDDs; which your Asus EEE PC 1201N (why does every PC have to have such complicated names?!) does. After doing a little bit of research; The Air's Core 2 Duo outperforms by quite a bit and and a 320m is somewhat more powerful than an Ion. On the specifications page for the Asus; it says it has a 5-hour battery life. That's how much the 11" Macbook Air has; and the 13" has 7 hours, both with 30 hours standby. The RAM of the Asus is 2/3GB of DDR2; whereas both of the Air's 4GB DDR3 maximum. The resolution on the 12" Asus is the same as the 11". Combine the SSD, processor, portability, design, build quality, battery life, and that fancy logo on the front of it and you'll get a semi-fair price. The BOM for the Macbook Air is $700+, and adding a bit to the price to make something called profit isn't an unusual practice; Microsoft did so recently with Kinect.
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