The question I have that I haven't seen addressed anywhere involves the hard drive. Can it be upgraded by the end-user? And, if so, what kind of hard drive would be necessary? Jobs said during the keynote speech that it uses basically the same HD as the iPod classic, but are these hard drive (in larger versions) available?
My only quibble about this is the 80 gig hard drive...why not more?
Its not meant to be your only computer. Its to complement your current computer by being more portable. So really you shouldn't need a huge hard drive. Its not spec'd for much more than office productivity anyways.
I don't need a supercomputer (at all, nor to carry around with me), but I do have a lot of videos, music, and pictures that I like having with me. 100 or 120 gigs would be an enormous improvement.
Toshiba makes a 160gig hard drive with the model number MK1626GCB. Does anyone know if this would fit in the Macbook Air?
Last I checked, I could buy a windows based DELL M1330 which is FAAAAAAAAR higher specced, FAAAAAAAAAAR better, and has been out for months now with interchangeable batteries, optical drive etc.. Just all around better, and wont make you feel like a complete retard for buying it. Not to mention it looks a TON better than this piece of apple crap.
It kind of reminds me of the G4 Cube of the new millennium. Well intentioned, but too pricey for something so esoteric and underpowered to really catch on.
No, I'm shure you have that wrong, the OS is also FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR supeior as well.. so much infact that I just got finished playing Crysis, then COD4 MP before I read your dumbass comment..
Toshiba makes a 160GB drive, however I believe that uses an additional platter(s?) and is thicker. Compare the thickness of the 80GB iPod to the 160GB iPod. So from what I have a feeling the 80GB was chosen to minimize the size of the laptop.
If the HD is near the bottom plate, someone might make a replacement bottom plate with a bulge to accommodate the larger HD if there is a demand for it, however it's more likely that in 6 months you'll be able to buy a 200+GB drive in the same form factor, or possibly even an SSD with a good amount of storage.
Finally, do you really need to carry every movie and song you have with you everyday? If so, this is not the laptop for you. I need firewire to connect my laptop to digital camera backs when on shoots. Yes, this thing is sweet and portable, but it's not for me either. I sure looks cool though.
So your criteria for a good OS is is "will it play Call of Duty 4?"
Grab a PS3 or XBox 360, dude. It sounds like you don't need a computer. You need a toy.
For those of us who want to get some work done, being able to play Call of Duty isn't our top priority. But you know what? I can still boot over to your crappy OS to play Call of Duty, and then pop back to OS X when I want to get back to work.
If your priority is gaming, then by all means: You need a PC or a video game console. Stay away from Apple. We don't want you polluting our user base until you're older and stop seeing everything in terms of whether or not it will play games at the highest FPS possible. Your needs are decidedly less sophisticated than the average MacBook Air buyer's would be.
Yes ZeroCorpse , I SOOOOO badly needed that new 8core processor just to encode video, or do a document.
You pathetic apple queers disgust me. What exactly do YOU need an 8 core PC for? what the hell do YOU need 16GB of ram for? what the hell do YOU need an 8800GTX for?
It's Gaming hardware! FOR GAMES, or game development, and last I checked, they don't make respectable 3D dev software for that queer OS of yours do they? Thought not.
While your overspending just to be a prick loser who doesn't even know why you have in your pc what you have, and use an OS that can't utilize it at all, just to try and prove your better than... well nothing really, I'll be enjoying my PC the way I BUILT IT, and using it the way the hardware was MEANT TO BE USED.
I will never buy a console, almost as much as I would never buy a mac. It's unneccisary to have work and play seperate, and further complicate it, when everything can be seperated and done on one OS.
LAstly, I think ZeroCorpse , you need to see a counselor, you seem to hate your own life judging by the way you negatively write about other people enjoying themselves, work is not the only thing in the world, I think you need to grow up and realize that.
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The question I have that I haven't seen addressed anywhere involves the hard drive. Can it be upgraded by the end-user? And, if so, what kind of hard drive would be necessary? Jobs said during the keynote speech that it uses basically the same HD as the iPod classic, but are these hard drive (in larger versions) available?
My only quibble about this is the 80 gig hard drive...why not more?
They're saving it for the new improved model that will come out in 6 months.
Its not meant to be your only computer. Its to complement your current computer by being more portable. So really you shouldn't need a huge hard drive. Its not spec'd for much more than office productivity anyways.
I don't need a supercomputer (at all, nor to carry around with me), but I do have a lot of videos, music, and pictures that I like having with me. 100 or 120 gigs would be an enormous improvement.
Toshiba makes a 160gig hard drive with the model number MK1626GCB. Does anyone know if this would fit in the Macbook Air?
@ Johnathon Zirkle
But shure as hell is priced ALOT more isnt it?
Last I checked, I could buy a windows based DELL M1330 which is FAAAAAAAAR higher specced, FAAAAAAAAAAR better, and has been out for months now with interchangeable batteries, optical drive etc.. Just all around better, and wont make you feel like a complete retard for buying it. Not to mention it looks a TON better than this piece of apple crap.
@OMG
FAAAAAAAAAR inferior OS on that Dell also.
It kind of reminds me of the G4 Cube of the new millennium. Well intentioned, but too pricey for something so esoteric and underpowered to really catch on.
No, I'm shure you have that wrong, the OS is also FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR supeior as well.. so much infact that I just got finished playing Crysis, then COD4 MP before I read your dumbass comment..
enough said, END.
Just found this site maccomplainer.com.
Toshiba makes a 160GB drive, however I believe that uses an additional platter(s?) and is thicker. Compare the thickness of the 80GB iPod to the 160GB iPod. So from what I have a feeling the 80GB was chosen to minimize the size of the laptop.
If the HD is near the bottom plate, someone might make a replacement bottom plate with a bulge to accommodate the larger HD if there is a demand for it, however it's more likely that in 6 months you'll be able to buy a 200+GB drive in the same form factor, or possibly even an SSD with a good amount of storage.
Finally, do you really need to carry every movie and song you have with you everyday? If so, this is not the laptop for you. I need firewire to connect my laptop to digital camera backs when on shoots. Yes, this thing is sweet and portable, but it's not for me either. I sure looks cool though.
Back To My Mac means you can grab your files over the Internet, so you can leave them at home, and not have to swap out the HD quite so quickly.
Caveats: it requires a wifi internet connection, a Mac you've left on at home, and a .Mac subscription - thus making it completely useless.
@ OmG
So your criteria for a good OS is is "will it play Call of Duty 4?"
Grab a PS3 or XBox 360, dude. It sounds like you don't need a computer. You need a toy.
For those of us who want to get some work done, being able to play Call of Duty isn't our top priority. But you know what? I can still boot over to your crappy OS to play Call of Duty, and then pop back to OS X when I want to get back to work.
If your priority is gaming, then by all means: You need a PC or a video game console. Stay away from Apple. We don't want you polluting our user base until you're older and stop seeing everything in terms of whether or not it will play games at the highest FPS possible. Your needs are decidedly less sophisticated than the average MacBook Air buyer's would be.
Yes ZeroCorpse , I SOOOOO badly needed that new 8core processor just to encode video, or do a document.
You pathetic apple queers disgust me. What exactly do YOU need an 8 core PC for? what the hell do YOU need 16GB of ram for? what the hell do YOU need an 8800GTX for?
It's Gaming hardware! FOR GAMES, or game development, and last I checked, they don't make respectable 3D dev software for that queer OS of yours do they? Thought not.
While your overspending just to be a prick loser who doesn't even know why you have in your pc what you have, and use an OS that can't utilize it at all, just to try and prove your better than... well nothing really, I'll be enjoying my PC the way I BUILT IT, and using it the way the hardware was MEANT TO BE USED.
I will never buy a console, almost as much as I would never buy a mac. It's unneccisary to have work and play seperate, and further complicate it, when everything can be seperated and done on one OS.
LAstly, I think ZeroCorpse , you need to see a counselor, you seem to hate your own life judging by the way you negatively write about other people enjoying themselves, work is not the only thing in the world, I think you need to grow up and realize that.