Tag: macbook air
Japanese engineers diss the MacBook Air
POW! Apple’s MacBook Air has a “perfect, sophisticated external appearance, but its insides are full of waste.”
Brando claims their portable DVD drive is perfect for Eee PC or MacBook Air. O RLY?
Either something’s been lost in translation between Hong Kong and the Western world, or Brando’s Windows-only external DVD drive can really work on Apple’s MacBook Air, and ASUS’ Eee Pc as they’re claiming.
Yes, I am as confused as you are.
At $78, it won’t…
PC World/3 Mobile broadband offer now includes MacBook Air
Good news for anyone contemplating buying a MacBook Air, who is also looking for a decent mobile broadband package. PC World and 3 have announced that they’re extending their discounted PC offer to now include the slinky new MacBook Air.
Anyone signing up for the £35 per month mobile broadband service can now opt to get £250 off the new MacBook Air. That’s £100 less of a discount than other deals, but it’s still a saving worth having if you want the machine and were planning to make the most of the service as well.
As Stuart mentioned in the first announcement, it will otherwise end up costing you a lot more. Still, it’s not a bad way of getting hold of one of the most hotly talked about notebooks at a reduced price.
The InterOffice Envelope Sleeve – yet another hilarious and ironic MacBook Air envelope case
So. To recap. Last week we had the Studio Leung MacBook Air case. Before that we had the AirMail Envelope Case and then something from Belkin.
And now there is this – The InterOffice Envelope Sleeve. It’s another help-my-sides-are-bursting amusing take on the Steve Jobs manilla envelope revelation moment, only, brace yourselves, this one has a ZIP.
Shock! PC manufacturers come up with "almost as thin as MacBook Air" notebooks with… more features!
OK, even most hardened Apple fans (like me) know that the MacBook Air isn’t really that much thinner than some of its PC competition, and it packs a lot less functionality than its MacBook Pro brethren, so it’s hardly surprising to learn than PC notebook manufacturers are already lining up some Air killing variants of their own.
Apparently, PC Pro “is currently testing a notebook from a major manufacturer that is only a few millimetres thicker that the Air, but sports an optical drive and a handful more ports”.
Studio Leung's stylish-but-impractical MacBook Air bag
There’s an amazing ecosystem that surrounds every Apple product. It’s like a mini rain forest. Every time Apple sprouts a product, thousands of bottom-feeders and parasites all appear out of nowhere to feast themselves silly!
Within hours of the announcement of the MacBook Air we had the comedic Envelope Case, then something from Belkin, now there’s another little bird picking the fleas out of the hippo’s back – the Mac bag by Studio Leung…
MacBook Air battery CAN be replaced: take one screwdriver…
One of the early criticisms levelled at Apple’s new MacBook Air ultra-thin notebook computer is that the battery seems to be a non-replaceable part.
While Air fans have said that carrying round a spare battery defeats the object of the machine’s portability, if the internal battery goes kaput, it would be a lot handier to be able to pop in a new one without having to send it away to Apple.
It turns out a distinctly low-tech solution exists. According to AppleInsider, all that’s required is “a single size-0 type Philips screwdriver and some diligence.”
Belkin gets in quick with MacBook Air sleeves
When Steve Jobs says ‘Jump!’, all manner of accessory manufacturers say ‘How high can we set prices for new products based on Apple gear?’. Thankfully, Belkin isn’t taking the mickey too much with its just-announced range of MacBook Air sleeves.
OPINION: One MacBook Air or SIX Asus Eee PCs?
Gary Cutlack writes…
You could have one MacBook Air – UK price around £1200 – or you could get SIX Asus Eee PCs and leave them dotted about the house for the ultimate in connected futuristic living spaces.
Or you could just get one Asus Eee PC and have a grand left over to spend on doing up the house or buying a new TV. Or two new TVs. A 40″ for the lounge, a 32″ for the bedroom and an Eee PC. Or perhaps a different combination? Maybe you’d prefer two super-powerful Dell XPS laptops for the price of one MacBook Air? Or four decent Toshibas with the same spec only in slightly fatter cases?
Opinion: Genuine Apple fan seeks exciting Apple Keynote
I was hoping to write a glowing report of Steve Jobs’ Macworld 2008 keynote presentation yesterday, but (even as an ardent Apple fan) I have found myself disappointed.
Granted, it was always going to be difficult for Apple to eclipse last year’s iPhone announcement, but I felt myself wanting more.
Maybe I’m getting too old, but I find myself desiring function much more than form. Perhaps it’s not surprising, then, that the product announcement I was most impressed with was the Time Capsule. That’s pretty sad in itself, because it amounts to not much more than an upgraded Airport Extreme with a large hard drive in it, and existing software built in to OS X Leopard.
