January 15, 200818 yr I think it may be my daughters next computer, when she leaves for college. I would like to wait for it to be out a while before jumping in. I'm more excited about Time Capsule. A 1 TB wireless hard drive.
January 15, 200818 yr Author I think it may be my daughters next computer, when she leaves for college. I would like to wait for it to be out a while before jumping in. I'm more excited about Time Capsule. A 1 TB wireless hard drive. agreed, time capsule is great
January 15, 200818 yr Another niche product which the mac fanboys will eat up Exactly! This will act as my music server for my mac mini/Duet. It will also be my notebook/Pico bedroom rig.
January 15, 200818 yr My dad has time capsule and loves it. That macbook air looks pretty cool, though I found a spelling mistake on their page, "So thin yet so expansive." ...that's expensive Apple, sheesh. [j/k] If I was to buy one, I'd definately put in the extra cash and get a solid state drive. How cool would that be?
January 15, 200818 yr That macbook air looks pretty cool, though I found a spelling mistake on their page, "So thin yet so expansive." ...that's expensive Apple, sheesh. [j/k]
January 15, 200818 yr My dad has time capsule and loves it. That macbook air looks pretty cool, though I found a spelling mistake on their page, "So thin yet so expansive." ...that's expensive Apple, sheesh. [j/k] If I was to buy one, I'd definately put in the extra cash and get a solid state drive. How cool would that be? He probably has Time Machine that comes with Leopard. Time Capsule is a wireless hard drive. Either 500gb or 1tb.
January 15, 200818 yr You might be right, all I know is that he has this external drive that is 1Tb, it's called 'Time Something', and it backs up his OS and allows him to turn his iMac into a pimped out Delorean...
January 15, 200818 yr You might be right, all I know is that he has this external drive that is 1Tb, it's called 'Time Something', and it backs up his OS and allows him to turn his iMac into a pimped out Delorean... That's probably Time Machine using an external drive. Time Capsule won't ship until February. It's a seperate wireless base station with the drive built in.
January 15, 200818 yr Waitaminnut... it doesn't have an optical drive!?!? That's dumb. $99 for an external or you can use another pc or macs optical drive wirelessly.
January 15, 200818 yr Waitaminnut... it doesn't have an optical drive!?!? That's dumb. Optical drives are getting old. I don't know the last time I used the optical drive in any of my computers. I have 4GB flash sticks, which are faster, and easier to use.
January 15, 200818 yr Todd - That's all well and good... it still doesn't have an optical drive. I don't care how 'wireless and free' you are, that is a problem. Mike - Yeah, it must be Time Machine. Whatever it is, it is pretty cool, but not enough to justify my dads unhealthy obsession with it. If you are plugging in peripherals, that sort of cuts down on the portability. How would wirelessly using another computers optical drive work? Christ, every time I try to submit my post there is a new message... Jay - Floppy disks are getting old, optical drives are here to stay for now. Flash sticks are all well and good, but sometimes you need to install new software or throw in a music CD.
January 15, 200818 yr Todd - That's all well and good... it still doesn't have an optical drive. I don't care how 'wireless and free' you are, that is a problem. Oh I'm not saying it's a good thing (in fact I'd never buy one) I'm just saying theres no way to get it that thin and still have an optical drive built-in.
January 15, 200818 yr Ok, we're on the same page in that case. I think that if I were to get a tiny laptop without an optical drive, I'd be looking at the EEE pc, but that is mainly because I'm a cheap bastard.
January 15, 200818 yr Looks nice, but for some reason, I don't exactly have high hopes for its durability.
January 15, 200818 yr Non-user replaceable battery is a killer for me. Hard drive seems to be a 4200rpm drive too...
January 15, 200818 yr aardvark want replaceable battery. aardvark no get $3000+ w/ the SSD option. Pffffffffft. The whole point of LED and SSD is durability....which is now moot. Apple snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.
January 15, 200818 yr It looks like it'll break into a million pieces when dropped. I think apple products are durable enough. My large and heavy ipod photo have dropped many times, and somehow always chooses to fall on hard sidewalk and never had a problem- even the screen. My macbook dropped from about 9 foot off the side railing of stairs onto granite floor, and other than a sorta-bent-wierd side, everything is intact, even thought it was on when it fell. The second time, I dropped it from around 4 feet with the screen open and on! (I was holding it up with one hand for some reason) It fell in the most awkward way and the screen started flashing and interlacing. Rebooted, and presto- as if nothing happened. I have yet to have any apple product break from dropping onto hard surfaces.
January 15, 200818 yr For $3k, I'll take the Mac Pro with 8 cores and 4 hard drive bays over this hunk-o-crap. SSD should be standard at the base model price. Goddammit.
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