Apple Announces MacBook Air

Apple made four announcements at MacWorld Expo: the new MacBook Air, new features for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and movie rentals via iTunes from a TV without a computer involved. The new portable gets most of the attention. It is 0.76" thick at the thickest part, tapering to 0.16". It weighs 3 pounds and has a 13.3" screen and full-size, backlit keyboard. Its Intel chip is the diameter of a dime and the thickness of a nickel. The MacBook Air will cost $1799 and up. Its storage is either 80 GB disk or 64 GB solid-state drive. 2 GB of memory. It has no optical drive (an external one is available for $99) and features a way to wirelessly use the optical drive of any nearby Mac or PC with the proper software installed.

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Re:A few thoughts

[p0tat03]

I don't get the bashing here either, but can we refrain from childish AC name-calling? I'm as big an Apple fanboy as it gets, but your post is just incoherent and uncalled for.

Re:Wot no optical drive?

[spiffyman]

Strange...I've never hurt a soul out there when speeding, and I ONLY look at the speedometer when the radar detector goes off. Hate to flame, but you deserve it. Hey, ass hole. Do me a huge favor and stop ruining the world for the rest of us. Not only are your speeding habits inherently less safe than others' due to the lack of reaction time available, but you're also reducing your fuel efficiency pretty heavily. Of course I'm assuming you drive a regular ol' gasoline-burning car, but even if you're driving some ultra-green machine you could save a bit of energy for the rest of the world.

Seriously. You're like that ass hole who loaded his car up with tech goodies to cross the Continental U.S. and break some record; it was here on /. but I can't find the link now. WTF gives you the idea that you can go around putting others in both immediate and long-term danger?

Re:Wot no optical drive?

[packeteer]

There is no way your car got its best mileage at 70 mph. Read about hypermiling sometime. The energy requires to maintain your speed goes up exponentially with an increase in speed. 70mph is never going to be the most efficient unless you are comparing drafting to non-drafting.

Re:Wot no optical drive?

[T-Bone-T]

Last I checked, many people get killed in accidents that weren't avoided because someone was going over the speed limit.

Re:Wot no optical drive?

[cayenne8]

"Hate to flame, but you deserve it. Hey, ass hole. Do me a huge favor and stop ruining the world for the rest of us. Not only are your speeding habits inherently less safe than others' due to the lack of reaction time available, but you're also reducing your fuel efficiency [fightglobalwarming.com] pretty heavily. Of course I'm assuming you drive a regular ol' gasoline-burning car, but even if you're driving some ultra-green machine you could save a bit of energy for the rest of the world."

Well, I give a hats off to those who want to go green, and save the world. I'm not really that hung up on it. I can easily afford the gas I burn...and will continue to do so while it pleases me. My current car actually gets quite good mileage for me...about 23 city driving. My last one, a small german sports car I lost to the hurricane, got 10 mpg on a GOOD day....but, those were the most FUN 10 mpg you could get.

My cars I drive are pretty much all high performance cars. They can handle speed, turns and braking better than most cars out there. And when I posted above and said driving according to the conditions of the road...that also meant traffic condiditons too 'asshole'...No, I don't usually go 80 mph in heavy traffic...but, if it is light with little or no traffic, and for instance on the hwy with no one for miles...I'll crank it up to over 100mph....no problem.

So, I'll argue that driving the speed that is safe for the current conditions is not dangerous despite it being higher than posted limits. But, if you're hung up on energy conservation...well, I'm guilty of not doing my part, and I really don't care. I've owned nothing in my life but 2 seat sports cars (german one was technically a 4 seater, but, no one could really sit in the back)...and I buy and drive them because they are performance vehicles, and I take them out and enjoy them every day I drive.

I feel sorry for those like you that are so timid and worried about safety that you never get out and live, and get a little bit of an adrenaline rush. At least when I die...I can know that I enjoyed life closer to the max that many like you apparently.

Re:Expensive

[glittalogik]

I don't drive but I've been in a Merc or two, and IMO the Honda Accord Euro shits all over them.