Originally Posted by
anrkitec
I have yet to see any "anti-Mac" post here that was serious.
I thought that we were having a
discussion about the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Air. If on the other hand you are another Defender of the Faith orthodoxy I guess I understand how you see any discussion that questions anything Mac as being "anti".
Let me say it again, Apple and their efforts have been good for all consumer computer users and I sincerely hope that the Air serves well whomever here chooses to buy one. ^
With an Intel X3100? Well, I suppose - solitaire, Tetris, hearts...
Except WWAN.
Possibly - if you have all day and work in less-than HD resolutions. But then where do you store all of that edited video while on the road?
This gets my vote for understatement of the year.
When I see a group of geeks sitting on the curb slobbering and grinning from ear-to-ear all the while pulling their puds I call 'em as I see 'em.
Seriously, lighten up just a bit. ^
Seriously indeed. People should save getting riled up like this for important topics like strippers.
My current high speed data is either WiFi or USB modem (Verizon EvDO). I can also BT tether. Neither should be a problem with the Air. Basically, compared to my 13in PB Im giving up a USB port, a Firewire I never use, the capacity for a spare battery which I dont carry and an internal optical drive that I seldom use. Im also giving up the ability to carry the roughly 120 gb of music and Canon Raw images I have on my current PB which has a 200 gb drive. Im gaining not carrying 2 pounds. That is an easy trade for me. The smaller size is also nice. Well, actually Im not giving that stuff up since I will have the PB and can carry that if I need the hard drive space for some reason. Or put everything on there onto a 250 gb USB drive which weighs a couple onces and I can carry or not. Im pretty happy with the trade offs. It looks from the reviews above that the guts, CPU an bus, stuff like that are good. I can finesse the rest for the weight advantage.