I certainly would. That's 1% hotter than I can do at home which is rather why I used McDonald's coffee to clean my engine. For temps above 90c, 1 degree makes the difference is a big deal making the difference between being able to treat a burn in time, to not even being able to think about it before a 3rd degree burn. In case you don't know, 3rd degree burns are most dangerous because you can't feel them. It's been over a decade since I did food service.
The pressure increase is is 1 head ft :.433psi or 1 psi : 2.31 head foot.
However the biggest factor in those restaurant percolators is the fact that the coffee is poured right next to the heating elements, certainly more significant. Most significant are the styrofoam mugs, which AFAIK are NOT in use anymore.
So there you have it. Is it possible their coffee was served "significantly" hotter than at home. Absolutely! With styrofoam mugs, bottom poured percolators, and to a lesser degree 2-3 head feet of pressure. Note I never said it was served hotter than boiling, but at the time it was poured just shy of boiling.
Are you suggesting that McDonalds coffee is served significantly hotter than boiling? Sorry, but nothing in your post holds water. I am NOT suggesting it was "served" higher than boiling. I am suggesting at the time, it was their goal to serve the coffee as close to boiling as possible then put directly in their styrofoam. The use of styrofoam alone WOULD make it significantly hotter than coffee served at home.
Accidents with coffee at home usually don't result in 3rd degree burns. Second degree burns are rather rare.
To revisit what you said
Fact 0: Regardless of whatever temperature other places serve coffee, everyone who has a kettle at home makes tea and coffee at just under 100 C. It's just not possible for McDonalds to server coffee significantly hotter than it would be at home. Bottom pouring percolators are very rare at home let alone ones with 2 to 3 head/feet, and even then coffee served in a styrofoam mug with a sealed lid at home. Home drinkers usually use ceramic or glass mugs, which intently cool the coffee. Also you need to understand some of the fundamentals of brewing coffee.
Brewing temperature -- Pretty irrelevant to this issue. Holding temperature -- What McDonalds hiked up to a higher than normal level Serving temperature -- As others have pointed out 175 is a minimum holding temperature
It's just not possible for McDonalds to server coffee significantly hotter than it would be at home. Ummmm....
1) it went directly from from brewer to styrofoam mug. 2) Their commercial peculators are 5 to 10 gallons, enough weight to increase the boiling point slightly and is poured from the bottom. Home brewing is pored from the top typically. 3) Homes typically use drip pots, not peculators.
This being said, I was unaware how hot McDonald's coffee was until I ordered some and burnt my tongue. I was then told afterwards the coffee was not meant to be drunk in the restaurant but rather after 2 hours after work. However, when I was a teen with a crappy care I used their coffee to clean my engine. There was no way I could get water as hot as their coffee.
Didn't the Klu Klux Klan used to conduct similar "protests"?
Seriously, this is just harassment and persecution. "Watchtower Bible v. Stratton"
Anonymity--the ability to conceal one's identity while communicating--enables the expression of political ideas, participation in the government process, membership in political associations, and the practice of religious belief without fear of government intimidation or public retaliation.
http://epic.org/free_speech/watchtower.html
This means if I wanted to protest the Catholic Church, or Pope Benedict XVI, I can do so Anonymously. And you know what happens when you protest at a Catholic church? When I did, I got coffee and donuts. That's how you can test the difference between the listeners and the bigots.
I'm sure the KKK did do masked protests. That's the problem with free speech, you'll always find some hate mongering asshat group who you can't agree with. But at the same time it's a mixed blessing, if the haters want to make asses out of them selves and ruin their own cause, that is their right too. Everyone gets free speech, otherwise it wouldn't be free.
The difference is the KKK was an extreme militant group which employed threats, violence, and intimidation. They often focused on individuals and harassed people AT HOME. They wore masks to dodge accountability, not out of fear of retaliation.
Anonymous's actions can NOT be described as harassment and persecution as their target was an organization. Scientology's actions can be called harassment and persecution because they target individuals.
"There is NO WAY that legit access points or routers were running $20 in 2002. That is completely ridiculous and outright fabrication."
It would be hard to do as bigbox stores mostly used paper adverts at the time. But think about it
Circa 1999/2000 cheap SoHo routers started to hit the market. Cable & DSL were more sluggish to roll out than expected. 2002 time enough for older models to have been replaced by newer ones, and for some companies like Motorola to discontinue their product. An AP sale would result in sale of at least one wifi card. Big box stores offered cat5 cables with super duper markups.
I would often see routers and APs onsale for $20 to $50, though $20 was usually with the stacked set of rebates. When ever I needed one ASAP the best I could find was $50, but that's just poor luck.
I'm sorry, let me be clear on this. The bar code label on the products stated prices that were much, much higher. That's MSRP (Manufacture Suggested retail price). It's rare I've bought anything @ MSRP even in a bigbox store. Usually the price is lower, but in some cases the price is higher.
The websites were still selling these at full price. CompUSA was selling it at full price via their website, the bar code labels, and the shelf sticker. In 2002 the website price differed from their in store price. CompUSA always had advertised specials which often were not reflected on the shelf, more so on the first day of the sale. This is rather why when you shopped it was wise to pickup a flyer first. Sundays were always best.
The ONLY price that was different, was the price being declared at the register. This is NOT unusual.
So you are correct, that I could not know it accident since I did not have full access to their systems or interviewed every employee involved. I just strongly believe it was an accident. Hey you did the honest thing. You thought there was a price mistake, they refused to change the price to a higher one. In such a case, I would strongly suspect a close out. Some stores in the late 90s early 00s offered a kickback for pointing out a price discrepancy for the reason that mistakes happen.
The manager, shockingly, acted like a complete dick and stated that he had no control over the information in the databases and could not do anything for me. While they can change the price for a sale, they may not have the ability to change the prices. Keep in mind that while sometimes accidents happen, other times they under price something to get rid of surplus stock.
I would believe a $20 access point or router even in 2002 as they often were that cheap.
On the flip side of things, I know CompUSA often stocked older stuff but failed to mark it down in price.
The point was that I TRIED to deal with them fairly. On another note, maybe that is why CompUSA went out of business. I would think it would be the extremely competitive market and the popularity of online resellers like NewEgg. I mean lets face it, we are not willing to pay for customer service.
You, sir, are obviously sufficiently clued to find and install the Vista telnet client, and gain clearance past the idiot filter. You are thus largely unaffected. Telnet had no idiot filter really. It's presence with windows was largely unnoticed by most joe user unless they happened to own a modem which required configuration by telnet. Most new equipment uses http but older devices are still in service. My cable modem offers diagnostics via telnet.
If I had a working net connection, I could get a telnet application without any bother. But if my net connection was down, I might need it to troubleshoot to get back up.
That is rather the point... microsoft did a damned good thing including all of this stuff. Pre95 it was a case where you had to go out of your way to fetch this shit either in a store or online via dialup.
of all goddamn things, Windows telnet Yes, of all things, an important diagnostic utility. Memo to self, get a key chain jump drive.
we have brightly lit toddler magnets half full of broken down arcade games from the late 90's, and a slew of ticket spewing kiddy games a la Chucky Cheese. Chucky Cheese was somewhat a good idea. Many of their games were quite limited to boardwalks, theme parks, and carnival fairs, and that aspect of the of the business really hit their target demographic. I still enjoy Skeet Ball. The whole animatronic aspect was well, loud, annoying, and condescending even from a 8 year old's perspective. The prices were outrageous for food, and the quality was poor, but they had more older style analog arcade games which were fun and offered prizes.
Our local arcade is so dilapidated that they no longer even have a person working there... if a machine eats your coin, you're out of luck. Even the mall management won't take responsibility for the place. Yep, it's run by Namco.. I'm sorry your arcade sucks large rocks, I've not been to one in 10 years. I presume the following US style arcades are still around
1) Strip mall / Mall arcade - Even in the late 80s and 90s these were often not really staffed well. A great place to drop off your kid for a short time. 2) Mini-arcade like at a bowling alley 3) Amusement park / boardwalk / theme arcade - often video and redemption games such as skeet ball, crane, and coin waterfall. 4) Premium arcade - I think GameWorks might qualify. Often a whole building dedicated to games.
MIA are the corner arcades like mini-marts, pizza places and such. Usually like 2-4 stand up video games in a cramped nook. I'm rather empathic as for a store it's annoying to always have a non-paying customer pop quarters and be there for hours at a time. For a restaurant, it's hard to tell if a customer has left or if they are playing a game.
Japan is just now feeling this? I thought they were supposed to be ahead of the times technology wise than us. Keep in mind that Japan like many old school countries have a high population density and space is at a premium. Entertaining at home tends to be impractical due to space concerns. But with broadband and lower cost small hardware make it possible to play at home as well or better than an arcade.
While I live in the states and haven't been to an arcade in 10 years, I have to admit I rather hope a few stay around and actually embrace netplay. While spendy in the long term, it would be nice to taste games for dollars before shelling out for a WII or the latest graphics card, and better yet get together with other players.
But that's not what telnet is for. It's intended primary use is as a means of interactively logging in to a remote UNIX-ish host, not connecting to random TCP ports as a diagnostic tool. Whether or not it's the primary application, use as a diagnostic tool is well documented. It's like with other classic utils such as kermit. Kermit was damned useful for more than file transfer.
The first case is anything but secure. The second is perfectly OK. One should not use telnet on an unsecure network. I got hassled for using telnet when I was using it on a private network. I am none too worried about security when telneting to my cable modem and checking on its status.
And those who are sufficiently clued as to need it as a diagnostic tool shouldn't have any trouble finding and installing it if that's what they're really after. You would agree that those who need telnet on the internet they should upgrade to ssh. That's a given. So one doesn't use telnet/hyperterm on a regular basis, only for troubleshooting. The key would in troubleshooting is trouble. I.e. you might not be able to snag a copy in the event of trouble, or to config some modems.
(Although, honestly, putty or even Cygwin's telnet are far, far better.) Define better. One could argue that kermit is "better" for diagnostics than telnet. But even so, telnet is one of those rather minimal no frills applications.
6. Telnet is gone by default. Good. The security folks have been trying to get rid of it for years. Those who need it still have it available, and those who don't know better won't stumble onto it by accident. Telnet was a useful piece of diagnostic software. telnet port 80, 25, what have you. Telnet is still used on much network hardware for configuration. It's presence on the machine presented NO security risk in it self. It took up 74kb
Hyperterminal I believe is also gone, though I've not actually installed vista to see if it exists but just not installed by default.
Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer no longer have the "File / Edit / View" menu bars across the top of the window. Was this a big problem under XP? When the menus gave quick, two-click access to most actions that you could take within the application, was there a grassroots movement to have them removed? While I am somewhat critical of how Microsoft elected to implement this feature, I like the fact that they are offering a hide menu bar feature. My opinion is based on how Amiga software was designed, which in all fairness was designed to accommodate a 12-13 inch monitor. The file bar employed auto hiding and most applications supported a full screen mode. In the microsoft world, it's rare to find software that uses full screen mode, something that is mega handy for desktop publishing/word processing now one can mount their LCD vertically.
It is easy way to gain more desktop realestate, more handy these days with the wide aspect ratio. One doesn't actually "need" the file bar on screen at all times, and getting a bigger monitor costs money as isn't an option on a portable. I disagree with the choice that it's hidden by default, and would think it would be nice for it to behave like the start bar, if not always at least in maximize mode.
One thing I hate is that they sometimes open my peacefully sleeping laptop for 2 seconds Pre-9/11 when you could walk to the terminal without a ticket, I carried a pager. Perfectly normal and nothing to be ashamed of. It was classic Motorola alpha numeric. The checker asked if I could "turn it on" and I said "it is on". "Can you make it say something?"
These pagers were often configured with a welcome message, like welcome to at&T, or whatever pager network configured the device. I configured mine to say "Bugger off".
I just can't understand why they do this at all. Because they don't know any better. Really they don't.
I dont feel bad, my whole point is no one cared about volume until it became a selling point of the macbook air. I cared about volume for a time, bought a Compaq Contura aero way back when you could still kind of get away using DOS. Thing is, while a sub notebook it was still thick, so there wasn't really any usable space gained, well, except for toiletry's. In spite of some oddball issues, I enjoyed that laptop, but I carried about volume then.
Really, the MBAir/MBA is really for those who fly frequently for short trips and want only one carry-on. That's it.
My gripe is not so much that its a bad machine, its a good piece of hardware for some, I won't say they are groundbreaking, I won't even say I like the product. I will say the volume it takes up is pretty damned low, and if I was traveling I would consider something along these lines. Its volume is small, the CPU is decent for it's size, and the screen is huge for its volume.
I mean most people would think my UX is stupid I would find it frustrating as the keyboard is rather small, but not stupid.
How does the size of the cpu affect wheather or not its an ultraportable? My Vaio UX has a full size CPU and its 4.5" The Vaio UX (5.91"*3.74"*1.50") has a volume of 33.1551 in^3 vs the MBair which is 56.81 according to one estimate. That's a 24 in^3 difference, significant, impressive. But to be fair I would class the UX as a PDA, if not sub notebook which is about footprint.
It's using some ultra portable hardware. There is no reason to do that unless your goal was to reduce the size.
Ultraportable is all about footprint. 13.3 inches means you cant put it in a handbag, you cant carry it on a strap or on your belt and and it will always be glaringly obvious your carrying a laptop.
many similar machines have been made. e.g. the Vaio TZ, its smaller, very light, and has all the standard ports and a dvd burner. Ultra portable does not imply foot print at all. That would be a sub notebook.
Anyhow it looks like the Vaio TZ's volume is greater than the MBair
VGN-TZ160N/B 10.9" x 7.8" x 0.8-1.17" @ 2.7lbs. Assuming an average height of.8inches it's volume would be 68.016 in^3 so we can assume since it's average height is larger than.8inches, but close as IIRC it's the battery that puts it over 1.17inches high. Difference of about 11 inch^3 in favor of the MBair. Granted I would likely prefer the Sony TZ as it clearly has ports and the optical drive, but it simply isn't smaller based on current information.
What you and others are not grasping is something that is taller than wide/long by a factor of 10, a reduction along that axis is going to result in a huge reduction in volume. Don't feel bad, I was wrong as well.
"With shaving cream, tooth paste, and a razor you're certainly not going to be carrying that bag on."
Why do you think I claim a reduction of height represents more usable space:P. Though... you should check out the stuff they sell at the airport after the check point. I could have gotten a 10 pack of reckless swords.
On a side note, my last trip I forgot that I had a tile cutter in my bag, it passed inspection. It also had an electric razor in it.
"You're being ridiculous. If 17 cubic inches (roughly the volume of a wall-wart or a pair of socks) is that critical, there's something wrong with your packing."
Actually the volume would be 8.5x11x.18 inches or roughly equal to 45 sheets of 20lb paper. I don't know how many socks or light weight silk shirts that would be, or socks for that matter, but it is a significant volume which provides a practical space savings for those who want to fit as much in a single bag as possible.
I agree it's not much, but a larger screen & lower volume than both the Toshiba R500 & Asus Eeee.
But back to an old quote
you'll see the difference between the Macbook Air and the Toshiba is the difference between a real ultralight notebook and a pretender. I don't think anyone claims it's ultra light, but given the weight & volume I would call it an ultra portable. It's not a unit I'd buy as I would gladly give up a little volume for card slots, at least two usbs, and a cardbus/express slot.
And this old quote
The Macbook Air might have been an ultraportable ten years ago... it's comparable in weight to my old Libretto, though it's not as convenient to carry... but the goalposts have moved in the past decade. Volume wise, it looks like an improvement. It's made out of aluminum, so I can forgive it being somewhat heavy.
There are limits to what you can take as a carry on bag you see.
A quarter of an inch? You're being ridiculous. No i'm not. Assuming 9*12*1 a reduction in height by 1/4 inch represents 27in^3. A reduction of 1/2 inch on each side only represents 10.25inch. A reduction in 1 inch on each side represents 20 in^3.
Given the name of the MB"Air" (MBA) we can assume the target market is a bugger who takes business trips, who wants as much stuff in a single bag.
So, not only is the gain in volume greater, what is more usable space in a bag
No, because we were talking about 1/4 of an inch. I have been corrected on the size of the MBAir. The average height is UNDER 1/2 inch (.496in based on current estimates).
So you have the Toshiba R500 @ 11.1 x 8.5 x.77 = 72.6495 in^3 (do correct me if wrong) Vs the Asus Eee which I believe is about 66 in^3 (do correct me if wrong) Vs the macbook air which based on current estimates has a displacement of 57inch, though I'm currently skeptical. 12.8 * 8.94 *.16~.76in.
my 12" ibook is under 5 pounds and as much as i love this laptop, it's not an ultra portable. It is not what I'd call an ultra portable. Near as i'm aware that notebook is 11.2x9.06x1.35in. Its displacement i'm sure is above and beyond 120in^3. (136.4in^2). While there isn't presently a clear definition of ultraportable, reduced weight and size are clearly the parameters.
Examining the Air's cross-section, and calculating the top and the bottom back, front, and midsection separately as discrete elements, and accounting for the radius curves along the sides, I got a combined total of 56.81 cubic inches. Larger than 52.6, but still smaller than the Eee. So you calculate an average height as.496in where I guessed 1/2 inch at best. So it looks like I may be incorrect about the displacement of the Asus eee being smaller, still a good guess.
and lead me to search out a cross-section of the Eee, which isn't a simple trapezoid either. In fact, the Eee bulges rather sharply about a third of the way back to nearly its maximum thickness Well, I suspect your estimate on the Eee is closer to reality than the MBAir was before. While not a simple trapezoid its thickness is 0.9~1.5. The MBAir has very sloped sides where the Eee is more square. I would guess a displacement of 66 in^3 or an average height of 1.14 inches.
At 12.8x8.94x0.16~0.76, the Air takes up 52.63 cubic inches of space in a bag or briefcase. Your 12" PowerBook, at 10.9x8.6x1.18, takes up a whopping 110.6 cubic inches of space in the same container, or over twice as much room. I don't buy the Macbook's displacement @ 52.63 in^3. I'm not going to say you are wrong, but I'm going to wager that the average height is 1/2 inch at best, not.46 inches. I would guess it's between 60 in^3 to 80 in^3. The area where it's.16inches would seem to be so small that an average max/min height would seem to be inaccurate.
I would call it an ultra portable, but I would strongly suspect that the Asus Eee has a lower displacement.
Thinness is the ultimate measure only because Steve Jobs said so. I wouldn't say it's the ultimate measure, nor is footprint. But an ultra portable is reduced in weight and form, and a 1/4 inch off the top is significant, and to me represents the most usable space.
Who cares what someone who packs his computer with toiletries thinks? That is rather the point. A huge time saver is to travel only with a carry-on. If I was given one bag to travel with for a brief trip, toiletries while a time saver are lower on my priority list than a change of clothes or documents. You "can" usually get toiletries in the hotel or at the nearest store, which will consume.5-4% of a day if you know where the stores are at, or pick them up at the destination airport. Clothing takes longer, and most often are only offered 9-5, impractical for a business trip.
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"I would not call 1C "significant," would you?"
.433psi or 1 psi : 2.31 head foot.
I certainly would. That's 1% hotter than I can do at home which is rather why I used McDonald's coffee to clean my engine. For temps above 90c, 1 degree makes the difference is a big deal making the difference between being able to treat a burn in time, to not even being able to think about it before a 3rd degree burn. In case you don't know, 3rd degree burns are most dangerous because you can't feel them. It's been over a decade since I did food service.
The pressure increase is is 1 head ft :
However the biggest factor in those restaurant percolators is the fact that the coffee is poured right next to the heating elements, certainly more significant. Most significant are the styrofoam mugs, which AFAIK are NOT in use anymore.
So there you have it. Is it possible their coffee was served "significantly" hotter than at home. Absolutely! With styrofoam mugs, bottom poured percolators, and to a lesser degree 2-3 head feet of pressure. Note I never said it was served hotter than boiling, but at the time it was poured just shy of boiling.
Accidents with coffee at home usually don't result in 3rd degree burns. Second degree burns are rather rare.
To revisit what you said Fact 0: Regardless of whatever temperature other places serve coffee, everyone who has a kettle at home makes tea and coffee at just under 100 C. It's just not possible for McDonalds to server coffee significantly hotter than it would be at home. Bottom pouring percolators are very rare at home let alone ones with 2 to 3 head/feet, and even then coffee served in a styrofoam mug with a sealed lid at home. Home drinkers usually use ceramic or glass mugs, which intently cool the coffee. Also you need to understand some of the fundamentals of brewing coffee.
Brewing temperature -- Pretty irrelevant to this issue.
Holding temperature -- What McDonalds hiked up to a higher than normal level
Serving temperature -- As others have pointed out 175 is a minimum holding temperature
1) it went directly from from brewer to styrofoam mug.
2) Their commercial peculators are 5 to 10 gallons, enough weight to increase the boiling point slightly and is poured from the bottom. Home brewing is pored from the top typically.
3) Homes typically use drip pots, not peculators.
This being said, I was unaware how hot McDonald's coffee was until I ordered some and burnt my tongue. I was then told afterwards the coffee was not meant to be drunk in the restaurant but rather after 2 hours after work. However, when I was a teen with a crappy care I used their coffee to clean my engine. There was no way I could get water as hot as their coffee.
When was the last time you bought hardware at market price? Websurf and sunday papers.
Seriously, this is just harassment and persecution. "Watchtower Bible v. Stratton"http://epic.org/free_speech/watchtower.html
This means if I wanted to protest the Catholic Church, or Pope Benedict XVI, I can do so Anonymously. And you know what happens when you protest at a Catholic church? When I did, I got coffee and donuts. That's how you can test the difference between the listeners and the bigots.
I'm sure the KKK did do masked protests. That's the problem with free speech, you'll always find some hate mongering asshat group who you can't agree with. But at the same time it's a mixed blessing, if the haters want to make asses out of them selves and ruin their own cause, that is their right too. Everyone gets free speech, otherwise it wouldn't be free.
The difference is the KKK was an extreme militant group which employed threats, violence, and intimidation. They often focused on individuals and harassed people AT HOME. They wore masks to dodge accountability, not out of fear of retaliation.
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Anonymous's actions can NOT be described as harassment and persecution as their target was an organization. Scientology's actions can be called harassment and persecution because they target individuals.
"There is NO WAY that legit access points or routers were running $20 in 2002. That is completely ridiculous and outright fabrication."
It would be hard to do as bigbox stores mostly used paper adverts at the time. But think about it
Circa 1999/2000 cheap SoHo routers started to hit the market. Cable & DSL were more sluggish to roll out than expected.
2002 time enough for older models to have been replaced by newer ones, and for some companies like Motorola to discontinue their product.
An AP sale would result in sale of at least one wifi card. Big box stores offered cat5 cables with super duper markups.
I would often see routers and APs onsale for $20 to $50, though $20 was usually with the stacked set of rebates. When ever I needed one ASAP the best I could find was $50, but that's just poor luck.
I would believe a $20 access point or router even in 2002 as they often were that cheap.
On the flip side of things, I know CompUSA often stocked older stuff but failed to mark it down in price. The point was that I TRIED to deal with them fairly. On another note, maybe that is why CompUSA went out of business. I would think it would be the extremely competitive market and the popularity of online resellers like NewEgg. I mean lets face it, we are not willing to pay for customer service.
If I had a working net connection, I could get a telnet application without any bother. But if my net connection was down, I might need it to troubleshoot to get back up.
That is rather the point... microsoft did a damned good thing including all of this stuff. Pre95 it was a case where you had to go out of your way to fetch this shit either in a store or online via dialup. of all goddamn things, Windows telnet Yes, of all things, an important diagnostic utility. Memo to self, get a key chain jump drive.
1) Strip mall / Mall arcade - Even in the late 80s and 90s these were often not really staffed well. A great place to drop off your kid for a short time.
2) Mini-arcade like at a bowling alley
3) Amusement park / boardwalk / theme arcade - often video and redemption games such as skeet ball, crane, and coin waterfall.
4) Premium arcade - I think GameWorks might qualify. Often a whole building dedicated to games.
MIA are the corner arcades like mini-marts, pizza places and such. Usually like 2-4 stand up video games in a cramped nook. I'm rather empathic as for a store it's annoying to always have a non-paying customer pop quarters and be there for hours at a time. For a restaurant, it's hard to tell if a customer has left or if they are playing a game.
While I live in the states and haven't been to an arcade in 10 years, I have to admit I rather hope a few stay around and actually embrace netplay. While spendy in the long term, it would be nice to taste games for dollars before shelling out for a WII or the latest graphics card, and better yet get together with other players.
Hyperterminal I believe is also gone, though I've not actually installed vista to see if it exists but just not installed by default.
"I'm a Mac user, and I like puppies."
That's not a non-sequitur, that's a commercial for i-life. If it isn't, it should be.
It is easy way to gain more desktop realestate, more handy these days with the wide aspect ratio. One doesn't actually "need" the file bar on screen at all times, and getting a bigger monitor costs money as isn't an option on a portable. I disagree with the choice that it's hidden by default, and would think it would be nice for it to behave like the start bar, if not always at least in maximize mode.
These pagers were often configured with a welcome message, like welcome to at&T, or whatever pager network configured the device. I configured mine to say "Bugger off". I just can't understand why they do this at all. Because they don't know any better. Really they don't.
Really, the MBAir/MBA is really for those who fly frequently for short trips and want only one carry-on. That's it. My gripe is not so much that its a bad machine, its a good piece of hardware for some, I won't say they are groundbreaking, I won't even say I like the product. I will say the volume it takes up is pretty damned low, and if I was traveling I would consider something along these lines. Its volume is small, the CPU is decent for it's size, and the screen is huge for its volume. I mean most people would think my UX is stupid I would find it frustrating as the keyboard is rather small, but not stupid.
My Vaio UX has a full size CPU and its 4.5" The Vaio UX (5.91"*3.74"*1.50") has a volume of 33.1551 in^3 vs the MBair which is 56.81 according to one estimate. That's a 24 in^3 difference, significant, impressive. But to be fair I would class the UX as a PDA, if not sub notebook which is about footprint.
It's using some ultra portable hardware. There is no reason to do that unless your goal was to reduce the size. Ultraportable is all about footprint. 13.3 inches means you cant put it in a handbag, you cant carry it on a strap or on your belt and and it will always be glaringly obvious your carrying a laptop.
many similar machines have been made. e.g. the Vaio TZ, its smaller, very light, and has all the standard ports and a dvd burner. Ultra portable does not imply foot print at all. That would be a sub notebook.
Anyhow it looks like the Vaio TZ's volume is greater than the MBair
VGN-TZ160N/B 10.9" x 7.8" x 0.8-1.17" @ 2.7lbs. Assuming an average height of
What you and others are not grasping is something that is taller than wide/long by a factor of 10, a reduction along that axis is going to result in a huge reduction in volume. Don't feel bad, I was wrong as well.
"With shaving cream, tooth paste, and a razor you're certainly not going to be carrying that bag on."
:P. Though... you should check out the stuff they sell at the airport after the check point. I could have gotten a 10 pack of reckless swords.
Why do you think I claim a reduction of height represents more usable space
On a side note, my last trip I forgot that I had a tile cutter in my bag, it passed inspection. It also had an electric razor in it.
Actually the volume would be 8.5x11x.18 inches or roughly equal to 45 sheets of 20lb paper. I don't know how many socks or light weight silk shirts that would be, or socks for that matter, but it is a significant volume which provides a practical space savings for those who want to fit as much in a single bag as possible.
I agree it's not much, but a larger screen & lower volume than both the Toshiba R500 & Asus Eeee.
But back to an old quote you'll see the difference between the Macbook Air and the Toshiba is the difference between a real ultralight notebook and a pretender. I don't think anyone claims it's ultra light, but given the weight & volume I would call it an ultra portable. It's not a unit I'd buy as I would gladly give up a little volume for card slots, at least two usbs, and a cardbus/express slot.
And this old quote The Macbook Air might have been an ultraportable ten years ago... it's comparable in weight to my old Libretto, though it's not as convenient to carry... but the goalposts have moved in the past decade. Volume wise, it looks like an improvement. It's made out of aluminum, so I can forgive it being somewhat heavy.
A quarter of an inch? You're being ridiculous. No i'm not. Assuming 9*12*1 a reduction in height by 1/4 inch represents 27in^3. A reduction of 1/2 inch on each side only represents 10.25inch. A reduction in 1 inch on each side represents 20 in^3.
Given the name of the MB"Air" (MBA) we can assume the target market is a bugger who takes business trips, who wants as much stuff in a single bag.
So, not only is the gain in volume greater, what is more usable space in a bag No, because we were talking about 1/4 of an inch. I have been corrected on the size of the MBAir. The average height is UNDER 1/2 inch (.496in based on current estimates).
So you have the Toshiba R500 @ 11.1 x 8.5 x
Vs the Asus Eee which I believe is about 66 in^3 (do correct me if wrong)
Vs the macbook air which based on current estimates has a displacement of 57inch, though I'm currently skeptical. 12.8 * 8.94 *
I would call it an ultra portable, but I would strongly suspect that the Asus Eee has a lower displacement.