The Macbook Air is here

The Macbook Air is finally here.
Weeks of speculation has finally been confirmed when Steve Jobs unveiled what is purportedly the thinnest laptop on the planet. I have to say that devil Jonathan Ive and his team of malevolent industrial designers have done it again — design a machine that elicits both lust and envy. I am quite impressed by how the Macbook Air looks and I bet it would be a joy to use.

I’m just not impressed with the specs. I have to say the Macbook Air’s specs are compromised because of the limited space for other peripherals. There is no DVD drive, only one USB port, a slower processor speed, a non user replaceable battery, non user replaceable hard drive and non user expandable RAM. Those are a lot of caveats, which really makes this a laptop for non power users and not a replacement for the Macbook Pro.

Despite all of these niggles though, I am pretty sure the Macbook Air is still going to sell like pancakes.

4 Responses to The Macbook Air is here

kingleo1 says:

January 17, 2008 at 2:40 AM

sure it’s not intended for the power users.. and sure it’s not a replacement (or even an equivalent) for the MacBook Pro.. it’s a new design for the MacBook, and i might as well add the word FANTASTIC to it.. having a multi-touch trackpad, a micro-DVI that can connect to almost anything with the right converter, the capability to use optical drives from a remote machine wirelessly, and the fact that you get all that in a 1.3kg portable model-like mac.. c’mon..

Apple just keeps impressing :)