Apple MacBook Air and MacBook Pro size showdown
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted January 15th 2008 4:41PM
posted January 15th 2008 4:41PM
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It keeps making me think of a silver Foleo.
Very impressive though.
MACBOOK AIR DOESN'T LOOK GOOD WITH FAT AMERICANS.
Macbook Pro: "fat, old, slow, nasty brethren?"
Ooooh. Ouch.
I wouldn't say that. Especially considering everything the MBP has that the MBA doesn't have, for virtually the same price. (We don't need to list them again do we?)
If anything, the introduction of the MBA has made me more inclined to pick up the prestigious, fully-equipped MBP.
"Especially considering everything the MBP has that the MBA doesn't have, for virtually the same price"
Agreed. I'll stick with the MacBook Pro.
Yeah, or even the Macbook has more features. Plus is 2 lbs really worth the cost and lack of power/functionality?
My MBP surely runs loops around any MBA without an SSD.
Interesting.. the point-pad is bigger.. I guess for multitouch-goodness.. but.. Question: Is it two-button finally?
Why do you want two buttons?
He wants two buttons because if you Bootcamp XP on a mac there isn't an easy right-click solution.
I'd want it just for for layer clicking in Photoshop.
Two buttons would be nice. Or does it have virtual buttons, where if you touch the left side for left click and the right side for right click? I'm not going to use two hands to get a right click in Photoshop or some other program that I'm use to using a PC for with two buttons.
As for this Air laptop. I would rather have the basic MacBook with a SSD in it. Even 32GB would be enough. It would still be less money.
The MBA, just as any other MacBook, allows you to right click simply by using two fingers on the trackpad instead of one.
Just as ignacio said, and TO ALL OTHERS WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO RIGHT-CLICK ON A MAC:
Turn on the two-finger tap in the Mouse options in System Preferences, then two-finger-tap away!
SIMPLY TAKE TWO FINGERS AND GENTLY TAP THE TRACKPAD (Just like one-finger tapping the trackpad to left-click, only with TWO FINGERS!)
Slow? the air is a bloody 1.6 GHZ tortoise. what is engadget smoking.
Seriously, woohoo! It's a quarter of an inch thinner, and all you have to give up for that is speed, non replaceable ram, non replaceable battery and no internal dvd reader, all at only double the cost of a machine that's practically the same damned size.
Get over it.
SLOW? Did you just say the MBP is slower than the MBA?
Dude, I would take my MBP over that piece of crap any day, just because it's slimmer doesn't mean its better!
Why in the world is the Air being compared to the MBP?
The specs, form, etc. are ALL so much closer to the Macbook. The only thing that is similar to the MBP over the Macbook is the aluminum color. Otherwise this is literally a Macbook Slim or w/e you want to call it. I seriously want to see a comparison to the Macbook.
Slow? Pfft. A Macbook Pro would kick it's arse any day. Smaller, lighter, blah, yes, the Macbook Air wins.
But SLOW?
BEHOLD the Engadget marketing machine! 1.6 Ghz is now magically faster than 2.2 Ghz. Upgradeable memory is now worse than non-upgradeable!
Also, it will blend!
This room might be suffering from an impaired grasp of sarcasm.
Veiled sarcasm on a gadget review site...
Is that...
Journalism?
what? you cant upgrade your memory?
Mine is 2.6
Am i the only one that think the MacBook Air isn't that great?
Prepare to have your post deleted! Buy now or have your forum account deleted! Buy buy buy!
No, I think we are the majority.
Oh I can't wait to see the I'm a Mac ads for this. I can imagine an anorexic Mac guys in the corner looking at the overweight PC. Its like the jokes just write themselves.
How many mba's did they slip to engadget for such a remark.
Seeing all the negative vibes this thing has generated, it was smart of Palm to can Foleo.
It may be thin, but the look suggests it's not one of Apple's better industrial designs. The name is suspect as well. Disapointing.
Seeing all the negative vibes this thing has generated, it was smart of Palm to can Foleo.
Now try sticking it next to a MacBook. The footprint doesn't change at all.
please do the Mac Book Air and Mac Book size showdown not the Mac Book Pro!
Worst Macworld keynote ever amirite? =) Seriously though, I would wait for multi-touch to hit the MBP cause this "Air" thing is crippled to the point of uselessness. I was really wishing they would announce a multi-touch tablet.
I was about to buy a MacBook Pro the other day until I heard they may be releasing a new macbook. The reason I would like to buy one now, being a pc guy, is the option of boot camp and being able to run both operating systems. Do we know yet if the new MacBook Air will be bootcamp compatible? Thoughts anyone?
bootcamp is software doesnt need any specific hardware - well except an intel chip I believe ? and it has one? I might be wrong :)
i dont see why not.
1. it has intel inside
2. it runs 10.5
It probably will be, but 80gb is mighty small to have two operating systems. Even with a 120GB in my MBP, I still feel the pinch. IF anything, wait until they offer a 160GB option (like they should have today) on the MBA.
I have a 15" MBP, and I really like its design. It's definitely a sleek, slim machine.
However, it seems downright TUBBY in these pictures.
Whether you like the new MBA or not, you have to admit it's one tiny machine.
Might not be a problem running 2 os's at first. but someday you will want more then 2 gig of ram. not an option with the MBA. which makes it dated the day it comes out. its only a matter of time before you will need to upgrade something and wont be able to. for 200 more the entry mbp is a powerhouse that is 100% upgradeable. and the macbook becomes the deal of the century having alot of the mbp's options for 500 less then an MBA and 700 less then a MBP.
idk... but the MBA has got that retro appeal - slower processor and thicker bezel.
My coworker said the same thing to me about his 2002 Dell portable music player.
"Dude, it's retro. It's got retro style! Plus, if my car were going down a hill and my brakes failed, I could jam this thing in the steering wheel and it would hold. The wheel would just snap your iPod Touch in half!"
thin = fragile = more likely for the screen to break
Yea I know, that aluminum they use in the case is like glass.
I was waiting for an ultraportable. 13,3" is NOT an ultraportable. This thing is HUGE.
I've always thought that width and length are more important than thickness. Which stops you from putting it in a bag?
Sony X505 is not thinner.... it is thicker at the back, where it joins the display.
The new Air is deceptively thin. That is, because of the beveled edges, you're deceived into thinking it's even thinner than it is. Hold it at the right angle when open and it looks like it's paper-thin and floating in the ari.
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