Anyone notice how the Macbook Pro is only 0.24" thicker and about 2 lbs heavier? As an avid Mac fan, I'm kind of confused as to the relative benefit of having a Macbook Air instead of (or in addition to) my current laptop.
I'm not sure if any of you remember the Sony x505 (...Same size as the Air) that came out a few years back, I almost bought it, but too thought that it would break.
Laptops aren't meant to get tossed around, but lets be honest, they do. Also, you sacrifice SERIOUS performance going to this size, and also battery life. Yes components are getting smaller and smaller, but on a whole, batterys are not, and these new components want more and more power. The fact that engadget already has a post about spare batterys attests to this point.
I use windows, however for a begining computer user, I would recommend a mac. I recommend a macbook pro to my sister, and she loves it, but I can't say I would EVER recommend this.
I agree with West Hubbard. Anything that thin is gonna have such a small battery. I bought a Fujitsu Q earlier this year - I LOVED it - but had to return it because I couldn't handle 50 minutes(if I was lucky) of battery life. What's the point of having something so small if you're gonna have to lug the power-brick/extra-battery around with it too?
To be honest... sometimes I am just sick and tired of Apple marketing tricks... yes... the MacBook Air is thiner than the Sony Vaio TZ... but these two machines are not really comparable... especailly when the Sony Vaio TZ got a internal optical drive which the MacBook Air lacks... this makes a huge difference in terms of thickness... To be honest, Sony is known for their miniturization of device... I am sure Sony can make a laptop just as thin as the MacBook Air if it skim on some of the most basic functions of a computer... but obviously, Sony knows that most real computer user will demand more than one USB port and an internal optical drive and a harddrive bigger than 80gb... and most importantly a removable batteries!
Yeah, their battery life claims are USUALLY modest, but I think this thing is more on the 4 hour range than 5, from the reports that are out. My experience has been *most* Apple laptops can get right around 4h on a brand-new battery, so I wasn't really impressed by 5h estimates except for the size of the battery.
Even my thinkpad T60 got over 3h new, but it's a year old now and battery life is rapidly declining..
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
sitruc @ Jan 15th 2008 1:24PM
I'd break something like that by looking at it. I guess it's so small I can't see any pictures.
superfresh @ Jan 15th 2008 2:00PM
MacBook Air: The only think we didn't shrink was the price.
superfresh @ Jan 15th 2008 2:01PM
I mean thing...aw forget it.
John @ Jan 15th 2008 2:07PM
Anyone notice how the Macbook Pro is only 0.24" thicker and about 2 lbs heavier? As an avid Mac fan, I'm kind of confused as to the relative benefit of having a Macbook Air instead of (or in addition to) my current laptop.
Abuzar @ Jan 15th 2008 2:13PM
It's so you can look like the office bitch.
West Hubbard @ Jan 15th 2008 10:12PM
I'm not sure if any of you remember the Sony x505 (...Same size as the Air) that came out a few years back, I almost bought it, but too thought that it would break.
Laptops aren't meant to get tossed around, but lets be honest, they do. Also, you sacrifice SERIOUS performance going to this size, and also battery life. Yes components are getting smaller and smaller, but on a whole, batterys are not, and these new components want more and more power. The fact that engadget already has a post about spare batterys attests to this point.
I use windows, however for a begining computer user, I would recommend a mac. I recommend a macbook pro to my sister, and she loves it, but I can't say I would EVER recommend this.
Mangonaut @ Jan 16th 2008 3:37AM
So basically then, this is the 'Macbook Foleo'
mister XR @ Jan 16th 2008 3:59PM
I agree with West Hubbard. Anything that thin is gonna have such a small battery. I bought a Fujitsu Q earlier this year - I LOVED it - but had to return it because I couldn't handle 50 minutes(if I was lucky) of battery life. What's the point of having something so small if you're gonna have to lug the power-brick/extra-battery around with it too?
Jimmy @ Jan 16th 2008 7:08PM
Yeah and you can't bring along an extra battery for it either!
I do drool over the SSD, but the battery life would be a major problem.
Andrew @ Jan 16th 2008 9:13PM
have any of you guys read apple's page about battery life on the Air? 5 HOURS. And Apple's battery life claims are usually modest.
Peter @ Jan 24th 2008 10:55PM
To be honest... sometimes I am just sick and tired of Apple marketing tricks... yes... the MacBook Air is thiner than the Sony Vaio TZ... but these two machines are not really comparable... especailly when the Sony Vaio TZ got a internal optical drive which the MacBook Air lacks... this makes a huge difference in terms of thickness... To be honest, Sony is known for their miniturization of device... I am sure Sony can make a laptop just as thin as the MacBook Air if it skim on some of the most basic functions of a computer... but obviously, Sony knows that most real computer user will demand more than one USB port and an internal optical drive and a harddrive bigger than 80gb... and most importantly a removable batteries!
Reid @ Jan 24th 2008 1:40PM
Yeah, their battery life claims are USUALLY modest, but I think this thing is more on the 4 hour range than 5, from the reports that are out. My experience has been *most* Apple laptops can get right around 4h on a brand-new battery, so I wasn't really impressed by 5h estimates except for the size of the battery.
Even my thinkpad T60 got over 3h new, but it's a year old now and battery life is rapidly declining..