Tuesday, January 15, 2008
MacBook Air: Seems pretty fair
Posted by Jeff in apple, macbook air, macworld, steve jobs
The much-anticipated MacBook Air emerged from Steve Jobs’ nerdy womb on stage in San Francisco today. Sumbitch is thin.
That’s pretty much the extent of its innovation, though: it’s little. I can’t imagine the multitouch trackpad being particularly useful, the Remote Disc wireless disc mounting seems wildly inconvenient, and you had better hope that battery lasts, because it sure isn’t replaceable by you.
Maybe it’s not fair to hold today’s keynote to the same high standards as last year’s revolutionary iPhone announcement - the Air certainly is a slick little subnotebook. The $1799 starting price point isn’t going to capture the same travel/secondary laptop crowd that the Asus Eee enjoys, but fashionistas won’t be able to keep away.
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