http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/ Engadget Comments for AirQueue gives your MacBook Air's USB port more reach http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
Even if I were to overlook the SINGLE USB port, I definately scoff at the absence of an expresscard slot (considering how thin it is).

If I'd been at apple, I'd have made a special connector on the back of the book which would allow you to plug a special "expander bar" to it for 3 USB ports, regular DVI, Ethernet and 56K modem.

For apple to build a computer with a charging connector that doesn't fit right and is ridiculously difficult to expand, only shows how stupid and arrogant their design team is.

Of course, people vote with their dollars. I don't expect the SSD equipped MBA to sell well at its price point. Leave that shit right on the shelf.]]>Mar 7th 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
I've used a MBA at my school's computer store and I'm only mildly impressed. It's merely a thin computer with the option for an SSD. Granted, its thinness is pretty sweet, but, as they always say, it's what's inside that counts, right? ]]>Mar 7th 2008 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/its an ultra portable smushed.
]]>Mar 7th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Or, they could have done what they meant to do, make the thinnest laptop around. ]]>Mar 8th 2008 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 9th 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
Methinks some of u protest too much. And, did I really get a death threat?

Lolz

Do oversized mail order build ur own blacklighted computers make people over-jealous?]]>Mar 9th 2008 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 10th 2008 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 9th 2008 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
Not that they'd want to use a MBA anyway, 2GB RAM is so 2006..]]>Mar 7th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
I think the amount of RAM Vista *actually* uses remains a mystery to most people, because they don't understand memory caching. The UN*X "free" command even subtracts cache below the first line of numbers to show us the "true" memory available, like this:

total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1036236 1022728 13508 0 4248 242904
-/+ buffers/cache: 775576 260660

Vista caching a lot of RAM is a *feature*, not something to complain about (at least if you understand what it's doing)! Hell, if all you're going to do is run what apps came with the OS... Vista, XP, OSX, etc all can run with like 512MB~1GB of RAM... but who actually does that?]]>Mar 8th 2008 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
Oh yeah? Well tell that to Windows Mobile. It's not JUST about the applications. If you'd think for more than a half a second and quit being so biased, you'd remember that when people switched to Vista, it ALONE required more RAM. OS X is a lot more efficient and it's memory management is WAY BETTER.]]>Mar 8th 2008 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
OS X's memory management sucks. I own several macs, all with adequate memory, and I still have massive paging slowdowns. My main system has 7GB or memory, never more than half allocated, and yet the system swaps constantly. Same with my 4GB MBP. The MBA reviews show huge slowdowns whenever the system has any load. That's because the machine has a lousy hard drive and the system pages in spite of its generous memory. Sorry, just because it's Apple doesn't mean it's better.

Filling a mac up with memory is standard advice for anyone wanting to maximize performance. There's a reason for that and it isn't because OS X memory management is "WAY BETTER" than Vista. Quite the opposite.]]>Mar 8th 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 7th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
Shit stained toilet paper made by Steve Jobs-199.99 SOLD!
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won't the madness end?]]>Mar 8th 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 9th 2008 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
You can call me an apologist, blah, blah, blah, but the Air was clearly designed this way. Once you sync it to the iPhone 3G the first time, it's going to be *easier* to connect to the Internet via Bluetooth tethering than any other method. It's all about ease of use, and both devices will sell like crazy on just this one feature.]]>Mar 8th 2008 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/Mar 8th 2008 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/airqueue-gives-your-macbook-airs-usb-port-more-reach/
Only because no phones use Bluetooth 2.0 w/ EDR like the iPhone does.]]>Mar 8th 2008 5:41AM