I haven’t dropped the cash (yet…) for a MacBookAir, but Ernie the Attorney’s review highlights its temptations:
It’s the thinnest notebook ever, and yet it has a full sized keyboard. And the keyboard is backlit so that when you work in dark places the keys light up. It’s got an 80 GB drive, which is plenty of basic storage (I keep my client data on an 80 GB external drive attached to my desktop so I really don’t need much on my laptop). And 2 GBs of RAM is a healthy dose. I know that there are lots of people who want a laptop that functions as a desktop replacement. The MacBook Air ain’t it. It wasn’t designed for people like that.
I feel like it was designed for people like me. And I’m quite pleased with it!
Sigh…
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I’ve had my MacBook Air since the day they were released here in the UK. It is a fantastic machine. The only problems I have encountered have been good old user error. Yet, I’m amazed by the number of people on commuter trains that have negative perception of the machine, several have voiced their opinion that it is ‘too thin’. I have you to receive a satisfactory answer to my counter question, “too thin for what?”