I totally agree, that thing does look like its built pretty well...more then adequate to bash the hell out of an MBA and give the user a reason to go out and buy a functionally notebook
I know this is a little off topic, but every time i hear or read a complaint about the number of ports on the MBA I cringe a little.
I agree that a laptop with only one usb port is foolish, and I am not an apple fan by any means, but you have to applaud them for their choice of ports on the MBA. Only one usb port and no optical drive was a genius move on their part.
They tout the iPhone as the only device you need. It is your cell phone, digital camera, portable dvd player, portable mp3 player, video game player, and PDA w/ email all in one device.
APPLE DOES NOT WANT YOU TO NEED MORE THAN ONE USB PORT, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE DEVICE TO CONNECT TO IT.
They might as well have called that lone usb port an "iPhone connection port".
As for the optical drive, they want you to get your music and movies from iTunes, duh. That is no secret. The software side merits an optical drive for some, so they allow one to be connected, but I would not be at all surprised to see iTunes selling software for macs (not only ipod devices, but computers) in the future. Downloading call of duty for mac, or word suite for mac, or whatever software you want will be possible via iTunes soon, I am sure of it.
The bottom line is the MBA is the perfect fit for apple's business model, and apple is the ONLY company that could offer a laptop with only one usb port and no optical drive and get away with it.
You can argue the practicality all day, but for Apple's business model, it was brilliant.
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Dude @ Apr 3rd 2008 12:14PM
Finally a solution for MacBook Air users.
kal326 @ Apr 3rd 2008 12:19PM
I totally agree, that thing does look like its built pretty well...more then adequate to bash the hell out of an MBA and give the user a reason to go out and buy a functionally notebook
Tim @ Apr 4th 2008 1:53PM
I know this is a little off topic, but every time i hear or read a complaint about the number of ports on the MBA I cringe a little.
I agree that a laptop with only one usb port is foolish, and I am not an apple fan by any means, but you have to applaud them for their choice of ports on the MBA. Only one usb port and no optical drive was a genius move on their part.
They tout the iPhone as the only device you need. It is your cell phone, digital camera, portable dvd player, portable mp3 player, video game player, and PDA w/ email all in one device.
APPLE DOES NOT WANT YOU TO NEED MORE THAN ONE USB PORT, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE DEVICE TO CONNECT TO IT.
They might as well have called that lone usb port an "iPhone connection port".
As for the optical drive, they want you to get your music and movies from iTunes, duh. That is no secret. The software side merits an optical drive for some, so they allow one to be connected, but I would not be at all surprised to see iTunes selling software for macs (not only ipod devices, but computers) in the future. Downloading call of duty for mac, or word suite for mac, or whatever software you want will be possible via iTunes soon, I am sure of it.
The bottom line is the MBA is the perfect fit for apple's business model, and apple is the ONLY company that could offer a laptop with only one usb port and no optical drive and get away with it.
You can argue the practicality all day, but for Apple's business model, it was brilliant.
ok, i'm done now.