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2008-03-15 14:55:36
Mr.Dooomed
Find your center.
+752|6603

Well, either way someone had to come out with a new innovative and super slim laptop. That way, the market is open for it now, and newer developments will be made in the future. Sure the first one by apple is a total failure, but things will get better in time, soon they'll figure out how to put a DAMN CD DRIVE IN IT!

Seriously, how can you have a laptop with no CD drive? What do you do then? Plug in a HD via the single USB and transfer over whatever the hell it is you would need? Download torrents off the net??
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2008-03-15 15:00:56
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6472|Winland

VicktorVauhn wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

I fail to see the point of a super-thin thing. I mean, as long as it's light, it's mobile. Only thing that's gonna change with it being super-thin is it's ability to break.

You could squish in so much more pweformace in a twice/trice as thick thing, still keeping it at about the same weight.
Ehhh I see it as being a good thing to have on the market.

What I would really like to see is a a tablet PC get down to that size. Laptops are portable but they could be more portable. Sure it seems unnecessary now, but how awesome and portable was the Zach Morris cell when it first came out? how could you want it more convenient?
There could be mobile phones that are 1mm thick, the technology is sufficient. But there are none. Why? Because they're so thin that they're impractical. You'd get cut on it and break it by sitting on it

Under 2cm thick laptops are simply unneccesary. If it'd be a tablet PC, then yes, but not as a laptop. What harm would one more cm do? It'd fit all the ports and a CD drive.
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2008-03-15 15:03:11
kylef
Gone
+1,352|6768|N. Ireland

Freezer7Pro wrote:

Under 2cm thick laptops are simply unneccesary.
lol? To me it just sounds like you are afraid of change. Mobiles are under 2cm thick and no one minds. Monitors are under 2cm thick for some and people don't mind. Why not laptops? It's a breakthrough.
2008-03-15 15:08:45
Enzzenmachine
Member
+20|6620
I've been told by a Mac lover that MacBook air sucks lol, well I dunno never had a Mac anyway, though I'm planning to get one in the future since window is starting to slowly piss me off.
2008-03-15 15:13:05
VicktorVauhn
Member
+319|6667|Southern California

Freezer7Pro wrote:

VicktorVauhn wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

I fail to see the point of a super-thin thing. I mean, as long as it's light, it's mobile. Only thing that's gonna change with it being super-thin is it's ability to break.

You could squish in so much more pweformace in a twice/trice as thick thing, still keeping it at about the same weight.
Ehhh I see it as being a good thing to have on the market.

What I would really like to see is a a tablet PC get down to that size. Laptops are portable but they could be more portable. Sure it seems unnecessary now, but how awesome and portable was the Zach Morris cell when it first came out? how could you want it more convenient?
There could be mobile phones that are 1mm thick, the technology is sufficient. But there are none. Why? Because they're so thin that they're impractical. You'd get cut on it and break it by sitting on it

Under 2cm thick laptops are simply unneccesary. If it'd be a tablet PC, then yes, but not as a laptop. What harm would one more cm do? It'd fit all the ports and a CD drive.
The market is one of the biggest factors behind R&D...People buying this will get people talking about how "apple could make one that thin..." and force the technology to be developed quicker. Then it will migrate over to tablets and the like.

Maybe it is some what of a gimmicky product. The technology is good. R&D is expensive and you can thank people splurging on gimmicks for funding it.

What is possible and what is economical is very different. I'm no cell phone buff so forgive my examples...But the razor was a shit phone that was very popular because of its size. You don't really see phones going beyond 1cm not because people dont want it, but because of the price of doing so.

If you could offer a cell phone that could fit one of the credit card slots of your wallet people would go ape shit.
2008-03-15 17:57:39
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6856|SE London

The MacBook Air is absolutely shit.

I currently have one at home and have used more than 10 of them. It is a stupid design and is insanely overpriced. 3/5 of them have CPU issues almost immediately and due to the utterly inadequate cooling solution, a huge number are expected to go wrong. Quite a few have been recalled from shop shelves already and they have one of the highest DOA rates of any piece of hardware Apple make. They will all melt soon (typical operating temperatures are 80-95C, way too hot for a Core 2 Duo to be running at for any length of time).

No user removable battery is also a major flaw and will cause untold problems for anyone gullible enough to buy one.

The hardware inside is pretty damn shoddy too. Everything is soldered to the logic board, including the RAM. This means that virtually any fault will require a replacement logic board. That will cost about £585 including labour to fit it. So Kyle, I hope your brother bought APP. He'd be mad not to with the failure rate on Mac hardware and the cost of repairs.

My verdict:

Pretty, light, slow, super shoddy connectivity, no versatility, overpriced, overhyped, unreliable piece of (very pretty) crap.

Much like most Apple products it is a sleek and stylish toy. Not to be confused with a proper computer. For Apple (who can't even keep the temps in proper operating ranges on Mac Pros) to make a super slim laptop does seem a bit retarded.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2008-03-15 18:11:05)

2008-03-15 18:05:48
iNeedUrFace4Soup
fuck it
+348|6821

Freezer7Pro wrote:

I fail to see the point of a super-thin thing. I mean, as long as it's light, it's mobile. Only thing that's gonna change with it being super-thin is it's ability to break.

You could squish in so much more pweformace in a twice/trice as thick thing, still keeping it at about the same weight.
It fits in your pants! I don't know about you, but when I buy a computer the damn thing better fit in my pants.
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2008-03-15 19:08:06
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,054|7047|PNW

kylef wrote:

It's not running XP / Vista. It's built to run OSX, and OSX is built to run on macs. They go hand in hand for performance and maximum power available. Macs aren't built for gaming.
Didn't the "I'm a Mac" commercials have a bit where they said they were?

And calling something as featureless as that Mac "versatile" for being light and thin is pretty corny.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2008-03-15 19:10:02)

2008-03-15 19:29:40
Scorpion0x17
can detect anyone's visible post count...
+691|7041|Cambridge (UK)

Bertster7 wrote:

The MacBook Air is absolutely shit.

I currently have one at home and have used more than 10 of them. It is a stupid design and is insanely overpriced. 3/5 of them have CPU issues almost immediately and due to the utterly inadequate cooling solution, a huge number are expected to go wrong. Quite a few have been recalled from shop shelves already and they have one of the highest DOA rates of any piece of hardware Apple make. They will all melt soon (typical operating temperatures are 80-95C, way too hot for a Core 2 Duo to be running at for any length of time).

No user removable battery is also a major flaw and will cause untold problems for anyone gullible enough to buy one.

The hardware inside is pretty damn shoddy too. Everything is soldered to the logic board, including the RAM. This means that virtually any fault will require a replacement logic board. That will cost about £585 including labour to fit it. So Kyle, I hope your brother bought APP. He'd be mad not to with the failure rate on Mac hardware and the cost of repairs.

My verdict:

Pretty, light, slow, super shoddy connectivity, no versatility, overpriced, overhyped, unreliable piece of (very pretty) crap.

Much like most Apple products it is a sleek and stylish toy. Not to be confused with a proper computer. For Apple (who can't even keep the temps in proper operating ranges on Mac Pros) to make a super slim laptop does seem a bit retarded.
Aren't you a bit of a mac fan, bertster?
2008-03-15 20:36:34
xRBLx
I've got lovely bunch of coconuts!!
+27|6630|England - Kent
I had a look at one other day in the apple shop had a play looked at the spec then the price and walked away.
I cant say im a mac fan but to me it just didnt seem worth it simply because its thin if im paying £1200+ I want all the bells and whisles...
How ever saying that im sure it does suit some people just not me.
2008-03-16 06:17:27
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6856|SE London

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

The MacBook Air is absolutely shit.

I currently have one at home and have used more than 10 of them. It is a stupid design and is insanely overpriced. 3/5 of them have CPU issues almost immediately and due to the utterly inadequate cooling solution, a huge number are expected to go wrong. Quite a few have been recalled from shop shelves already and they have one of the highest DOA rates of any piece of hardware Apple make. They will all melt soon (typical operating temperatures are 80-95C, way too hot for a Core 2 Duo to be running at for any length of time).

No user removable battery is also a major flaw and will cause untold problems for anyone gullible enough to buy one.

The hardware inside is pretty damn shoddy too. Everything is soldered to the logic board, including the RAM. This means that virtually any fault will require a replacement logic board. That will cost about £585 including labour to fit it. So Kyle, I hope your brother bought APP. He'd be mad not to with the failure rate on Mac hardware and the cost of repairs.

My verdict:

Pretty, light, slow, super shoddy connectivity, no versatility, overpriced, overhyped, unreliable piece of (very pretty) crap.

Much like most Apple products it is a sleek and stylish toy. Not to be confused with a proper computer. For Apple (who can't even keep the temps in proper operating ranges on Mac Pros) to make a super slim laptop does seem a bit retarded.
Aren't you a bit of a mac fan, bertster?
No. I work for Apple. I know how rubbish they are.

The OS is quite nice. But it's too simple and restrictive.

 

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