January 15, 2008 6:43 PM PST
Photos: MacBook Air
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Apple Inc.)
I watched The Prestige (starring the always-excellent Christian Bale) this past weekend, so I was looking for the sleight of hand used by Steve Jobs as he pulled the MacBook Air out of that manila envelope at the Moscone Center earlier today. Jobs skipped the Pledge and the Turn, and jumped right to the Prestige (while oddly choosing Paul Otellini over Scarlett Johansson to assist him on stage). Still, it was an excellent display of consumer electronics magic. I've assembled a bunch of images of Apple's newest and thinnest laptop. Take a spin through this Macworld 2008 slide show to get a good look at the MacBook Air and find out which features it boasts and those it lacks.
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Will we ever be allowed to breathe the stuff again? Without a licensing fee?
Wonder just how much chassis flex it'll take for that slender LCD to go 'POP'. Guess Apple doesn't think much of Panasonic's bullet-proofing laptop marketing strategy. 'Air' vs. Toughbook...it's a Prizefight just achin' to happen.
notebooks and Apple isn't interested in going there.
Great! I can stream movies! But now I have to buy something extra so I can watch stuff if I can't stream it.
Love the touchpad gestures. Hate the Screensize. LOL! Even the cheapest Dell Laptop has a bigger screen!- AND it comes WITH a built-in CD/DVD player!!
- Air Fills a Niche
- by dc73p January 16, 2008 8:42 AM PST
- Interesting that the comments point out what the Air doesn't have or what it
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(4 Comments)isn't. The new MBAir may be the perfect computer for me. I travel. A lot. I have
a MBPro which is way too much computer for me. As a traveler I just want a
handy machine that I can get on the internet and check mail and do some basic
work. I don't want or need an optical drive, I don't need a huge screen, I don't
need ports of every kind, I don't need a complete computer. I have plenty of
those where I need them. The Air appears to be the perfect machine for a road
warrior like myself BECAUSE of what it doesn't have and what it isn't.