I’ve had a Macbook Air now for 2 days. All I can say is “wow“.
Find out more about Steve Makofsky’s (a Chief Architect at Yahoo) MacBook Air feedback at The Air Has Landed.
It certainly is a compelling secondary machine for anyone whose primary machine is an iMac or Mac Pro, but for many people, the MacBook Air will serve just fine as their one and only computer.
Read the rest of John Gruber’s feedback at the Daring Fireball: The Appeal of the MacBook Air.
I’ve now been using the Air for some time as my only laptop. The Pro still hasn’t left the desktop and I doubt it ever will while I own it. My girlfriend replaced her regular MacBook with an Air as well. The verdict after extended use? L-o-v-i-n-g it. Both of us.
Read the rest of David’s feedback at The MacBook Air could easily be the only machine.
Read Guy Kawasaki’s story about how he spent $5,000.00 on the MacBook Air and other Apple products.
Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Year Old Women Swoon
InfoWorld has reviewed the MacBook Air saying;
Apple’s new ultraportable may not be for everyone, but if you want thin, sexy, easy mobility, and decent performance — and can live without a swappable battery and built-in optical drive — the Air is the answer.
Hot news from Apple’s website says,
“Customers who’d like to carry more music, photos, and videos with them now have new models of iPhone and iPod touch with double the memory from which to choose. The revolutionary iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499. It joins the 8GB model for $399. And the iPod touch now comes in a new 32GB model for $499. It joins the 16GB and 8GB models for $399 and $299, respectively.”
Walter Mossberg of Wall Street Journal has reviewed the MacBook Air and he concludes:
“If you value thinness, and a large screen and keyboard in a subnotebook, and don’t watch DVDs on planes or require spare batteries, the MacBook Air might be just the ticket. But if you rely on spare batteries, expect the usual array of ports, or like to play DVDs on planes, this isn’t the computer to buy.”
CNET Review Summary:
The good: Incredibly thin yet surprisingly sturdy; new trackpad gesture controls are very useful; remote optical drive makes living without a built-in drive much easier.
The bad: Very limited connectivity; slower than other MacBooks; SSD hard-drive option is ridiculously expensive and standard hard drive is small; battery is not user replaceable.
The bottom line: The design is revolutionary, but Apple’s MacBook Air will appeal to a smaller, more specialized audience than the standard MacBook, thanks to a stripped-down set of connections and features.
The Ars Technica Review summary: