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As light as air, as expensive as pure oxygen

Advantages: Uber-light, ridiculously thin, very very cool indeed
Disadvantages: Lack of USB ports, expensive, barely average hard drive

...7. ENVIRONMENTAL CREDENTIALS Apple claim the Mac Air is made with a large number of recyclable parts. CONS: 1. RELIABILITY: It is a new product and there are always issues with new technology products on the market. Great to have it before everyone else, but that means you are the Apple customer finding out what they haven't got right yet. If you wait for the second generation model then someone else has done the glitch-curing for you. 2. LACK ...
...do everything on a memory stick then this might not bother you too much, but it does defeat the object of an ultra-light portable if you have to carry a separate bag with all the peripherals in it. The Sony Vaio was like this and it drove me mad having to take a portable floppy drive and portable CD drive everywhere too. What drove me even more mad was NOT carting the damn CD drive everywhere and then needing it! Nowadays this may be less of a problem, ...

sadoldbag 08.04.2008 · Read full review
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Fly in Air, MacBook Air

Advantages: Ultra thin construction, light weight
Disadvantages: Sacrificed some features to its size

...some basic accessibility features. Apple is a grandfather of laptop market, when they launched their super hit model MacBook Pro, rolled out market toward Apple. The main reason behind hitting market by Apple MacBook was its configuration and superb graphics quality. After the huge success of MacBook Pro Apple has decided to go for ultra thin laptop market, considering high profile market, and they have launched newly MacBook air, light weight ...
...graphics is more important and Apple is the main player for providing good graphics card in laptops but here they also sacrificed this in its size. Due to its ultra thin size, the graphics card also provided as traditional which we have seen in many previous models. And this graphics card is Intel GMA X3100 graphics (144MB of shared memory). Here is what means by shared memory?.. Shared memory means the graphics card will share memory from RAM, ...

gemsarchitect 17.09.2008 · Read full review
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Macbook Air, a look for beginers

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

...system. Macbook Air runs the Apple OS X 10.5 most peopel are familiar with something like Microsoft Windows XP or Vista, OS X runs in a different way, it looks and feels didfferent, and runs in a different way, it is considerably more stableand reliable, and is often the industrial choice those in the design, music and of creative specialists for it's effective industrial standard software built in and compatability. This perticular mac, the macbook ...
...options to upgrade (see the apple store) the macbook air does however lack an internal CD/DVD optical drive. however, there are ways around needing this, music film and software can nowadays all be obtained online, and in eceptional occations wheree this cannot be done, there is either the option to use another mac 's drive to do this wirelessly, or to use the externall CD/DVD drive avaliable seperatly from aspple. If using another computer, that ...

samclarkesurvey 16.07.2008 · Read full review
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Macbook: Just worlds thinnest notebook thats all?

Advantages: Great look and design
Disadvantages: No Disk drive

...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 ...
...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 ...

joshm12 31.05.2008 · Read full review
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The MacBook Air: Exceptional Power In A Diminutive Footprint.

Advantages: Small size, light weight, impressive speed, OS X
Disadvantages: No expandability, 1 USB port, limited storage/memory

The old adage is that one should never judge a book by its cover. Apparently an exception to that rule is when the proverbial cover is as geek sheik as that of the MacBook Air. Now in its second iteration, the MacBook Air is the de facto king of the thin & light laptop market despite Dell, Lenovo, and even MSI throwing their hats into the ring in recent months. Not much has changed on the outside of the gorgeous MacBook Air since it was introduced ...
...story. Gone is are old 65nm processors and the somewhat underpowered integrated graphics by Intel. In their place are newer, more energy efficient 45nm Penryn family CPUs mated to NVIDIA’s latest chipset featuring an integrated 9300m class graphics controller. The new CPUs are not significantly faster than their predecessors, but they seem to run a lot cooler. No longer will consumers have to avoid touching the underside of their MacBook Airs for ...

SilentSpectre 28.05.2009 · Read full review
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High quality MacBook!

Advantages: High quality, fast memory, good design, perfect durability.
Disadvantages: None at all!

== About Apple MacBook Air == Firstly, I would like to recommend this product for eveyone who needs a really high quality notebook. This one does not have incredible features but it works perfectly. It has 2GB of memory (RAM) and that's enough for working with documents, playing or even working with professional graphical programs. Most of new notebooks has more than 2GB of RAM but I can say that it is not a truth - the Apple MacBook Air works ...
...like the most about this Apple product is:=== * '''The design''' (I like the color and shape) * '''The quality''' (Its quality is better than other notebook with more features) * '''Amount of memory and hard drive space''' (It's more than enough for me) * '''The durability''' (I use it for more than a month but it works much faster than other mine notebook which has 4GB of RAM and more features) ...and a lot of more! I highly recommend this ...

vytas 21.05.2009 · Read full review
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MacBook Air: Specs as light as air...but heavy on the wallet

Advantages: Looks to Kill!
Disadvantages: Next to nil value for money

Let's get this straight...this will probably remain the "lightest" and "thinnest" notebook on earth for a while. But that's about all it has to boast of. The Macbook Air features a tiny 80GB HDD - the same as the one found on iPods; and even if you add the optional 64GB SSD, it still lacks serious storage. Also, the thinnest book in the world also sacrifices on other essentials such as an optical drive...and instead asks you to buy (and carry around ...
...It does feature some nifty features like the self-illuminating keyboard and all; but if you start weighing all its features against the hole to your wallet its going to make, you'd seriously need to decide if you need to spend _that much_ for a notebook you can pull out of a manila envelop and impress everyone. After all, looks aren't everything. ...

TruthSeekr 23.02.2009 · Read full review
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An ultra thin laptop with amazing capabilities

Advantages: Lightweight, Compact, Easy to Use, Fast and Efficient, Reliable
Disadvantages: No built in DVD/CD drive - needs an optional Super Drive

I've been a fan of the Mac for almost eighteen months now. I use an iMac at my desk and my MacBook Air goes everywhere with me. It's like a sophisticated friend that I can carry around with ease and it's performance is second to none. From working on documents using Pages (a superb word processing package which comes with the MacBook Air) to browsing the web, everything my Macbook air does is with elegance and speed. Like all Mac products this gorgeous ...
...have a bulky CD or DVD drive to weigh it down but, if you prefer one then this is simply remedied by the addition of the optional Super Drive, so it's not necessarily a disadvantage. The touchpad functionality is advanced too, allowing you to zoom in and out of images and documents with a simple stretch of your fingertips. You can personalize the way you use the touchpad to suit your individual preferences and, like all Mac systems, it's incredibly ...

maggiegratton 11.03.2009 · Read full review
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What is more sophisticated than Apple Macbook Air?

Advantages: very sophisticated, many great features, very light
Disadvantages: a little complicated

Why i choose Apple in the first place? Apple is brilliant in ipod and computers. I have been using iMac at home, ipod for my music player, and i want to get a notebook too! My heart chose the Macbook Air. The slim and sophisticated Macbook Air. Yes, i am so in love with it and it features. Jonathan Ive from Apple designed Macbook Air so slim and so light, at first he struggled with how to make this Macbook Air as strong as the regular macbook or ...
...to use and 39% bigger than the previous trackpad. It also has new four fingers gestures [a new feature]. And last but not least, Macbook Air gives you bigger internal memory-hard drive 120 GB and SSD 128GB. Apple is extraordinary creative and advanced, i recommend people to buy Apple notebooks! ...

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Mac book air is super light and super thin laptop today. Very versatile, ideal for a very busy professional. Recommended to all also. ...

simpaulguy 27.11.2008
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My Thoughts on the Macbook Air by Apple

Advantages: sleek, small, thin.
Disadvantages: outrageous price, not enough power

...the new macbook air by apple because i wanted a sleek portable laptop i could take with me on business. As most of consumers know, apple products are known for their software, easy user interface, and support. No different was the case with this computer, but i want to point out a few problems. First off the computer does not come with alot of power, for a lower price you can dish out a macbook with around 2 GHz of power while meanwhile this computer ...
...reasonable, no complaints in this department. I was a a little unhappy to find out the feel of the laptop. This may come to a surprise to most of you but when you have your wrists on the edge of the laptop after typing a long paper, it tends to hurt after a while. This is why i am giving this product a rating of satisfactory. ...

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The wonder's of Apple...

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.

...alluminium plated world of the Apple MacBook. I've never been a huge lover of Mac's simply because they support few Windows applications which is what a majority of people are using. However, after using a Mac i am stunned.. The GUI is flawless, running speeds are amazing and it is an unbelievably sleek looking laptop.. Being only a couple of centimeters thick it certainly is in the victoria beckham league of laptops. In my opinion the laptop is ...
...designed generally for gaming.. The Apple Macbook is the working class citizen's laptop, not a schoolkids source of 'The Sims'. Thw only major downfall i could pick from thid laptop is it's design to be specific.. it is so thin that it could truthfully snap in half if it is dropped high enough and then there is the price tag and lack of warranties that come with the laptop considering it is an insurers worst nightmare. This laptop is generally suited ...

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Mac Book Air

Advantages: speed, design, weight, functionality
Disadvantages: couldnt find any

As a regular mac user i was very pleased to be able to use one of the new mac book air laptops at work. The laptop itself is very thin but suprisingly strong and durable. Anyone who has used a mac before will find it very easy and those who havent and are used to windows pc's will wonder after a few minutes what they ever did without one. The speed of the mac is second to none, it looks superb and works as you would expect. Dont be put off by the ...

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APPLE MacBook Air Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz - 13.3" TFT

Advantages: Beautifull design, Integrated WebCam, thick and very cool indeed
Disadvantages: Lack of USB ports, no optical drive

...suitably enough so that if Apple as a call for the notebook in the world. Design and engineering of making MacBook Air extraordinary, to have more special product from the MacBook 13 "standard. As a note, MacBook Air only has a USB port and is not available in integrated (built-in) optical drives, FireWire, Ethernet and mobile broadband. Apple also is not complete with a media card reader and card expansion slots. MacBook Air using IDE hard disk ...

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Quick review of Apple MacBook Air

These machines must have came from the future. The cool design that often times I thought as one of the folders I bring to court. It has a handy feel that it fits right to the computer bag. ...

alreyouano 25.06.2009
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