The macbook air, is not the most pracitcal of laptops. Afterall, it doesnt even have a disc drive! However, opinions can be of two styles, a visual style, or a practical style. I for one prefer visual styles of practicality, but can definately see some key flaws in this product. Let's start with the disadvantages:
NO CD DRIVE The cd drive was removed from this laptop, simply to make the macbook air as thin as possibe. Apple chose "looks" over "personality" in this case. and i think they made a huge mistake. Most of the applications connecting computers with our daily lives, require cd roms. of course apple suggest that you buy an addition cd drive which plugs into one of the usb ports. but this is just a hassle, and seems uneccesary to start buying extra necessities for an already expensive product.
SECONDLY The macbook air, is rather slow, in comparison to its predecessors. When using it, i had 3 applications open: FINDER AND TWO SAFARI WINDOWS...and i felt that the computer had slowed down a GREAT deal. Of course we know its thin, so according to apple, it shouldn't matter how fast it is, as long as it is thin and beautiful.
THIRDLY the battery isnt replacable and the hard drive is very small with only 80GB (excluding mac interface). this is unlike mac's previous notebooks.
HOWEVER... IF WE LOOK AT THE GOOD STUFF.... macbook air has encorporated some of the technology found in the apple iphone such as pinching to zoom and swiping into the touch pad of computer.
on opening the notebook lid, the led lit backlight automatically turns on to full brightness giving a beautifully crisp picture which uses minimum battery due to led lights
it has an alluminium finish which gives it a stirdy appearence.
In the end i feel it is a good computer but does lack some key features..... i feel that this computer was made without thinking everything through
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Advantages: Mac OSX operating system, running windows/linux/etc. if chosen, style, compact and stylish design Disadvantages: lack of optical drive (in some cases), costly - but value for money
samclarkesurvey 16.07.2008 (16.07.2008)
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Advantages: Mac OSX operating system, running windows/linux/etc. if chosen, style, compact and stylish design Disadvantages: lack of optical drive (in some cases), costly - but value for money
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Advantages: fast loading, amazing GUI, fun applications, easy to navigate Disadvantages: can freeze, minimally compatible with Windows and can be very irritating for new computer users.
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