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MacFans Up in Arms as Japanese Engineers Pan the Macbook Air
MacBook Air: Don't Try This At Home
The Mystery Of The MacBook Air And The Extra Screws
Full Of Hot Air? Macworld's Macbook Air Temperature Tests
MacBook Air a Compelling Option for the True Road Warrior
Speed up MBA System Installation
CNN Money Makes Much Ado About MacBook Air Batteries
MacBook Air: Motion Sensor 'Bizarrely' Enabled With Solid-state Disk Option
MacFans Up in Arms as Japanese Engineers Pan the Macbook Air
uberreview.com says:
I am not a member of the cult of Mac, I have never owned one but I have used one. They aren't bad, just not my cup of tea. I am a Windows man, but you know what? If you say something bad about Windows, I won't get my panties in a bunch. The reason for this is that while I might not be a beautiful and unique snowflake, I am also not my operating system. You can criticize my usage of Windows or Microsoft Word, or Adobe Photoshop or whatever games I like to play and I will remain truly unaffected. I don't care, I learned long ago to form my own opinions and not to put too much stock into those of people that I have and never will meet.
Recently a Japanese engineer panned the Macbook Air on Nikkei Electronics. Brooke Crothers, who lived in Japan and has a seemingly good command of the Japanese language seems more than a little miffed that a Japanese engineer claims the Mac Air is beautiful on the outside but junk on the interior......
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MacBook Air: Don't Try This At Home
Computerworld's Ken Mingis says:
Sure, when it comes to computers and other electronics Apple Inc. is known for its industrial design. But sometimes it's the look of what's under the hood that piques your interest.
First, you have to open the hood.
In this case, the folks at iFixit have almost certainly voided the Apple warranty by dissecting a new MacBack Air. But warranty issues weren't the topic at hand anyway; they wanted to see how Apple managed to cram all that hardware in such a slender chassis....
As someone who has, with much trepidation, ripped open a PowerBook- back then it was one of the early 17-inchers - to swap in a hard drive, I can attest to the fact that it's something akin to brain surgery. So I'm content now to let others do the dirty work and share pictures for me - and you - to enjoy.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/macbook_air_dont_try_this_at_home
The Mystery Of The MacBook Air And The Extra Screws
MacUser's Aayush Arya says:
The Nikkei Electronics Teardown Squad (which, apparently, is an entire squad dedicated just to tearing down gadgets) teamed up with some Japanese PC manufacturers and got their hands on a MacBook Air and, surprise surprise, tore it down.
After having a look at how the internal structure of the notebook was held together, they came to a disappointing conclusion. The Air, we now know, uses far too many screws for its own good. And that, my dear friends, solves the mystery of why the thing is so darned expensive. It's the screws. Why didn't we think of that!
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.macuser.com/intel-macs/the_mystery_of_the_macbook_air.php
Full Of Hot Air? Macworld's Macbook Air Temperature Tests
Macworld's Brian Chen reports:
In keeping with our theme of pushing out the latest findings from our ongoing MacBook Air tests, I'd like to focus on a subject near and dear to the laps of portable users - just how hot the MacBook Air gets after a fair amount of extended use. After all, having an ultra-thin notebook is great, but if it's too hot to sit on your lap, it's of limited use.
Fortunately, testing by Macworld Lab found that the MacBook Air is among the coolest Mac laptop on the market, finishing with the best score in the more critical of our external tests and finishing within a little more than a half-degree of the winner in our measurement internal temperature. This isn't surprising since it also runs on the slowest processor found in currently available Mac portables. Nevertheless, it's impressive that a notebook of this size managed to keep its cool.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.macworld.com/article/132216/2008/02/mbair_temp.html
MacBook Air a Compelling Option for the True Road Warrior
Low End Mac's Steve Watkins says:
I finally managed to get my hands on a MacBook Air (MBA) with the optional solid-state drive (SSD). I have read a lot of reviews of the MBA, but very little specifically about the model with the optional SSD.
The MBA is an impressive feat of engineering, although something of a niche player. If you're part of the market segment toward which the MBA is directed, it is well worth the investment.
Is the SSD worth the (significant) extra cost? The answer to that requires a bit more analysis.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://lowendmac.com/practical/08sw/macbook-air-compelling.html
Speed up MBA System Installation
Mac OS Hints contributor watling says:
To speed up system installation on the MacBook Air, create a disk image (in Disk Utility) of the Air's Install disks (both of them), and save them locally on your DVD-equipped Mac. Spit out the real DVDs, and open both the disk images. The Remote Install Mac OS X application (in Utilities) can serve these to the MacBook Air much faster than directly from the DVD.....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080213123453405
CNN Money Makes Much Ado About MacBook Air Batteries
MAcObserver's Bryan Chaffin reports:
Sales of Apple's new MacBook Air ultra-thin laptop could be limited because of the lack of a user-replaceable battery, according to an article at CNN Money. Citing analysts and company execs at third party battery companies, the article said that many consumers like to be able to replace their own batteries, especially the road warriors at whom the MacBook Air is aimed.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/02/22.1.shtml
MacBook Air: Motion Sensor 'Bizarrely' Enabled With Solid-state Disk Option
The Apple Core's David Morgenstern says:
MacBook Air owners will find that Apple's motion-sensing technology - to protect hard disk drives in notebooks - is enabled even on models with the solid-state disk option.
In his blog, developer Wil Shipley called the protection "bizarre."
For the full commentary visit here:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1334
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