MacBook Air Review

[phsycology]

Good review; short and sweet

Yeh it is sturdy and feels classy, though nothing can live up to the strength of the old iBook G3 shells (they were made from bulletproof material, according to apple). I had this for a few years, and my brother uses it now, and its withstanded a lot! At the moment, its sittingbunder the sofa, having not been used for at least 4 months.

[Ramesh]

So found this out today. And it pissed me off. Remote disk would work, but drag and dropping files WOULD NOT WORK. I tried EVERYTHING networking-wise. I was on a Linksys WRT54G - the most common router. I did have a Airport Extreme Base Station, but had sold it to a friend who had become an Apple convert (b/c of me).

Anyway - I ended up taking the 2 month old router back to Best Buy and picked up a AEBS. The manager let me return my 2 month old Linksys for full retail and put that toward the AEBS. So, $140 later my network is working just fine. A little aggravating, but the dude at BB did mention routing problems with the Linksys and multiple Macs. So, I just wanted to throw that out there....

[kokogirl]

Originally Posted by rxmxsh

So found this out today. And it pissed me off. Remote disk would work, but drag and dropping files WOULD NOT WORK. I tried EVERYTHING networking-wise. I was on a Linksys WRT54G - the most common router. I did have a Airport Extreme Base Station, but had sold it to a friend who had become an Apple convert (b/c of me).

Anyway - I ended up taking the 2 month old router back to Best Buy and picked up a AEBS. The manager let me return my 2 month old Linksys for full retail and put that toward the AEBS. So, $140 later my network is working just fine. A little aggravating, but the dude at BB did mention routing problems with the Linksys and multiple Macs. So, I just wanted to throw that out there....

Crap. I have a linksys router. Will I have to buy a new router for Air then? (if I buy it)

[Ramesh]

Originally Posted by kokogirl

Crap. I have a linksys router. Will I have to buy a new router for Air then? (if I buy it)

Well - it worked on every other setup. I bought a USB to Ethernet dongle and when it was hooked up via that, drag and drop was great. Wireless internet was fast and worked fine; even the remote disk was fine. It was just the drag and drop that irked me. So it'll depend on your setup and your needs.

[depthnerd]

I think you should've reviewed the "bang for your buck" option. It seems like a huge ripoff in my eyes. But hey - that's the Apple way.

[Ramesh]

Originally Posted by depthnerd

I think you should've reviewed the "bang for your buck" option. It seems like a huge ripoff in my eyes. But hey - that's the Apple way.

Eh, for me, the price point is a little high, but not outrageous. Just like the iPhone, we pay for the extra "cool" factor. Couldn't the same argument be made about the iPhone?

[Ramesh]

Originally Posted by kokogirl

Crap. I have a linksys router. Will I have to buy a new router for Air then? (if I buy it)

If you cruise over to the Apple forums, this seems to be a spotty issue, regardless of router. There are some workarounds that pelle have come up with though....

[depthnerd]

Originally Posted by rxmxsh

Eh, for me, the price point is a little high, but not outrageous. Just like the iPhone, we pay for the extra "cool" factor. Couldn't the same argument be made about the iPhone?

For me, no. I jailbroke it and unlocked it. Making it potentially one of the best phones on the market.

The MBA unfortunately is the same as other Mac laptops, even worse maybe. It doesn't see the same light as my iPhone does.

[Ramesh]

Originally Posted by depthnerd

For me, no. I jailbroke it and unlocked it. Making it potentially one of the best phones on the market.

The MBA unfortunately is the same as other Mac laptops, even worse maybe. It doesn't see the same light as my iPhone does.

Yea, I see your point, but keep in mind that I also agree with SOME of what you're saying. My point is that it's great as a secondary laptop, not as a primary machine. I use it mostly to screw around, and don't do anything cpu intensive on it. It's more b/c it's new, and the technology that's in it. Now that I have everything up and running, I'm very satisfied with my purchase. It's MUCH faster than I thought it'd be. My iMac is 2.16 C2D and I swear the MBA keeps up with the simple tasks (mail, internet, word, excel, etc). Now try to throw photoshop on it? I'll find out this week. I plan on putting it on there, just for kicks.

[jjvaldez]

the only thing that i dont like about it right now is that there is no battery indicator ... i know that it not a removable battery but i dont like that have to turn it on to see bat life.... they could/should have added a button on the bottom to see battery life bettter...