Thanks Steve..
.. for a US$19.95 upgrade for my iPod Touch so I can have the same features I've already hacked into it from an iPhone
.. for a US$1999 thin Macbook with a non-replaceable battery and an 80Gb hard drive (seriously, you couldn't fit a 160Gb from an iPod? that would have actually made it a useful product, but no, the only other option is a AU*$1700* "upgrade" to a 64GB SSD drive)
.. for dropping the price of the Apple TV in the US but not in Australia
.. for the Time Capsule WLAN AP with a 1TB hard drive that costs AU$199 than buying an Airport Extreme base station and a USB 1TB hard drive to plug into it
So sure, last night was no iPod-hiFi and leather iPod cases, but it sure was crap.
.. for a US$1999 thin Macbook with a non-replaceable battery and an 80Gb hard drive (seriously, you couldn't fit a 160Gb from an iPod? that would have actually made it a useful product, but no, the only other option is a AU*$1700* "upgrade" to a 64GB SSD drive)
.. for dropping the price of the Apple TV in the US but not in Australia
.. for the Time Capsule WLAN AP with a 1TB hard drive that costs AU$199 than buying an Airport Extreme base station and a USB 1TB hard drive to plug into it
So sure, last night was no iPod-hiFi and leather iPod cases, but it sure was crap.
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Making the Air come standard with 2gig RAM shows that it's going to really need it to run the OS X and apps at a 1.6gig processor.
The 64gig SSD is interesting indeed and I like where they are going with it.
The Air is cool, and you'll see lots of people have it that need it just for emails and word processing. Great for the traveling exec in many ways.
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SSD is a cool technology, but 64GB seems a tad low for my liking, and a $1200 sticker-shock to upgrade to it makes it something for extreme hardcore users only.
And yes, 2GB is what I recommend people get in new Macs. It's just unfortunate that you can't upgrade past 2GB on the Macbook Air, cause it ain't got no slots ;)
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I admire your conclusions' jumping ability =O.o= But I'm running OS X and many apps including photoshop, synergy and three different browsers on a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 (with only a single core, obviously), with only 1 GB of ram, and doing fine.
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Not sure that people _want_ a small keyboard and screen, but they want the small dimensions, and I'm not sure that the thickness is the dimension that most people want to minimise.
But for the people that work on a laptop all the time, and only have one work computer, then a large screen and keyboard might be good.
I'll see what has happened with the Air by July when my salary sacrifice expires, anyway ;)
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I don't actually see anything about the MacBook Air that makes it worth $1800 or even $1000. Or $800. Or $500. I'd rather just get an eeePC or CloudBook...this thing is a royal ripoff.
And $1300USD for a 64GB SSD is a major ripoff. That's nearly all lining the pockets of Stevie and his buddies, and that's just wrong.
I think that this year's MacWorld solidifies what I've been saying for awhile: Apple's gotten too big for its panties. Stevie's ego has taken the place of any semblance of sanity Apple has displayed in the last few years.
As far as I'm concerned, Apple's glory days of the late 90s and early 2000s are over. The G4 iMac was the last truly innovative piece of hardware they produced...it's all been downhill since then.
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Also, far out, the price tag for Aussies is ridiculous.
It was exciting, until I read more about it.
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They'll go and buy Toshiba or Fujitsu if they want tiny notebooks.
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I think it will work really well for those people who travel, and might have a Mac Mini at home, with the larger hard drive, or work off a Mac Pro (which they might need for bigger projects), when they can just drag and drop items that they need, and take the Air with them on the road.
It'll be interesting to see how it develops. I think it's a bit ahead of itself, but in a year, I'd be surprised if it's still behind.
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I don't think that many businesses are wireless enabled. Wireless is an anathema to business. They are constantly concerned about security, so much so that many company IT policies explicitly forbid the use of wireless.
While many places have wireless hotspots now, many hotels I've stayed in still only have a hardline into the room. I've actually been known to carry a wireless AP with me so that I could lie on the bed instead.
The other nice thing about a hardline, besides the fact that it's that much harder to eavesdrop on is that it's orders of magnitude faster. If you're copying large numbers of files between two machines, connecting via a cable is still the fastest way.
Dongles are lame (remember how they were lame when they plugged into the PC card you had in your machine, and how awesome it was if you had a real port). USB dongles are also slow.
The back is 1.94cm high, which is slightly wider than the back of my Portege R200, which has an ethernet port.
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So yeah - aside from price, a nice beast for backpacking..
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My three year old R200 weighs less than the new Apple, is the same thickness and significantly less expensive (although dated technology-wise).
All-in-all, I was looking forward to seeing what they did, but I feel that Apple have produced a very poor device.
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But I want something that officially supports OS X..
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