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If this rumor turns out to be true, then Apple's marketing team has made a wise choice. "Air" describes the ultra-portability and the connectivity of the rumored device, while still following their philosophy of introducing new and complex ideas in simpler terms. Furthermore, if you're looking at the competition, I don't see how "MacBook Air" is any worse than, "Dell XPS M1330,""HP Pavilion HDX," "Inspiron," "Latitude," and "ThinkPad."]]>Jan 14th 2008 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/

....just kidding!]]>Jan 14th 2008 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
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Personal attacks are childish and, overall, they're just wrong, you stupid face.


[Per usual, jk, but only about the "stupid face" comment, the rest, totaly meant it. Now, calm down, Macboi, and drink a refreshing glass of Windows ChillPill Aid.]]]>Jan 14th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
would be pretty sweet if they made it as thin as the new keyboards O.o]]>Jan 14th 2008 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
hehe... I can see it now


apple: we're proud to announce a laptop revision featuring two mouse buttons!"

fanboi: oh cool that's the best thing ever invented, so original in every way :D

anyone else: welcome to 1980...



another thought...

what if it's a big iphone?(smaller than lightweight laptop though) maybe more of a leopardish os on it? multi-touch screen...

that would be neat...]]>Jan 14th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/You could always get a Mac and run Windows in virtualization. Then you could use the Mac OS for all tasks that don't require Windows and have your required school apps running among them. Of course this is not nearly as direct or inexpensive as picking up a $500 Dell or something, but it's a way to avoid having to spend 100% of your time in Windows just because of a few apps. Personally, I don't think you can put a price on that ;-)]]>Jan 14th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Keyboard & Mouse>Trackpad, there is an option called "Place two fingers on trackpad and click button for secondary click". This combined with the "Use two fingers to scroll" and "Allow horizontal scrolling" and I am a happy PC convert!!

I always hated the middle click button on my Ubuntu ThinkPad. I would click it on accident 50% of the time. I would curse Lenovo for not putting only two buttons instead of three. I can see how hard it is to please everyone. I think that it took Apple this long because they couldn't find the perfect solution. But now I think they have.

Now, I just wish they would round off the front edge so it would be more comfortable to do "mouse" intensive work with the trackpad. If this wasn't company property, I'd take a rasp/file to it.]]>Jan 14th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
I prefer the single button touch pad.]]>Jan 14th 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
it would be nice if they'd at least have two sensors under there... like the mighty mouse ~barf~]]>Jan 14th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/the foundation of Mac OS.

... and back in my day, we had to click and HOLD a menu for it to
drop down. Have you ever tried finding conflicting extensions when
Conflict Catcher is the one causing a conflict? You and your
"macbooks" with their "portability." Back then, a SE was as portable
as it could get! You ever lug a 30lb computer 3 miles in knee deep
snow? Well, neither did I, but it was probably pretty tough.

grumble grumble command-option-g grumble grumble]]>Jan 14th 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
I don't prefer this method so I didn't acknowledge it


heh, why do I care anyways.. I'd plug in a usb mouse before I'd use a trackpad]]>Jan 14th 2008 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Awesome...

Oh, wait it's MacBook Air... (oh, I get it...... Not..)]]>Jan 14th 2008 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
Just giving the obligatory "i dont care" post

thats all

thank you and goodnight ]]>Jan 14th 2008 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
Sorry, i have nothing better to do with my time :)]]>Jan 14th 2008 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
Think about it: People are already a bit upset that the new Mac Pros don't have an HD optical drive. So, you have your Mac Pro sitting on the floor humming away and a separate Blu-Ray drive sitting on your desk, connected via 802.11n. The optical drive would work on battery, a wall plug, or (if you don't mind the extra wire) USB.

This also makes sense for an optical-drive-less subnotebook. It gives users a miniature notebook while still giving the option of an optical drive.

PS: Blu-Ray over Bluetooth would be cool, but bluetooth is nowhere near fast enough until the next rev.]]>Jan 14th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
Yes, but if they do have a MacBook Mini, would you also be expecting an iPod Pro??]]>Jan 14th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
We'll see tomorrow, though, won't we.]]>Jan 14th 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Hell, i need to buy an ultraportable laptop for when i start uni later this year, maybe this can offer me choice.]]>Jan 14th 2008 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5317/applehypnotoadaw6.jpg]]>Jan 14th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Shame on Apple if they release a MacBook Air...shame.]]>Jan 14th 2008 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
Oh, wait, sorry, wrong AIR. Wake me for MacBook Kanon.

(Actually, I'm hoping this isn't the only announcement-- I've been waiting on an iPod Touch purchase and hope an upgrade to those gets announced.)]]>Jan 14th 2008 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Jan 14th 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/Just another wild rumor :)]]>Jan 14th 2008 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-in-the-air/
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