Comments on: Photos: MacBook Air

View photos of Apple newest and thinnest laptop, the MacBook Air.

[make_or_break]

So will Apple's legal staff now make...

...'Air' a trademarked, proprietary word? Sir Jordan will be SO disappointed.

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.

[veggiedude--2008]

Panasonic's Toughbook

I think Panasonic need not worry. They have cornered the Rambo market for
notebooks and Apple isn't interested in going there.

[MrRetardo]

Not too bad, not too good

Lack of a CD/DVD player seems like a downside.

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!!

[dc73p]

Air Fills a Niche

Interesting that the comments point out what the Air doesn't have or what it
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.