As part of the Member-Written Review of the Week, the front page presents to you another review written by one of our very own forum members and posted in Reviews by Members for Members. This week I have chosen KeR's review of the MacBook Air. Pictures are courtesy of KeR.
"Everyone knows it’s thin, how thin you say? Well if I were a villain in a James Bond movie who killed people by throwing Notebooks at them, I’d be very efficient at it. In all honesty if one were to throw it like a Frisbee at someone’s neck, I think it would cut their head clean off their shoulders. Well maybe not quiet, but you get my point – it’s thin. At just 3.0 pounds, with a 13.3” LED screen and full sized illuminated keyboard the MacBook Air feels just right, especially when sitting on my lap. I can’t imagine much being improved, visually. As usual the build quality is on par with everything else Apple makes; top notch."
Continue Reading: Review of the MacBook Air by Ker
"Everyone knows it’s thin, how thin you say? Well if I were a villain in a James Bond movie who killed people by throwing Notebooks at them, I’d be very efficient at it. In all honesty if one were to throw it like a Frisbee at someone’s neck, I think it would cut their head clean off their shoulders. Well maybe not quiet, but you get my point – it’s thin. At just 3.0 pounds, with a 13.3” LED screen and full sized illuminated keyboard the MacBook Air feels just right, especially when sitting on my lap. I can’t imagine much being improved, visually. As usual the build quality is on par with everything else Apple makes; top notch."
Continue Reading: Review of the MacBook Air by Ker
Top review though, especially with the obvious Apple-love shown by the author haha.
umm.... everything apple makes is DEFINITELY not top notch build lol..... how bout the iPod nano, scratch city
Easy, college does not mean "poor" and im not even taking into account the parents simply buying it for thier kid. I see TONS of kids carrying MacBook Pro's on the local college campus (also the college I went too) and they cost MORE then the Air
As for the comments on peripherals, I don't know about most of you, but the majority of my data resides on the internet or my 4 GB flash drive. I myself own a MacBook pro and quite frankly if you took the DVD drive out of it I really wouldn't have any problems doing my daily work.
I dunno.... Add it to Mommy & Daddy's mortgage payment?
Last edited by Optix Illusion on 10 Feb 2008 - 16:31
AGREED! This isn't even a review! Its a first-look AT BEST.
This is a relevant review, and it's the best Neowin has for the MBA right now. I thought the review was good, but if you guys don't, feel free to buy your own MacBook Air and review it
Fixed.
battery problems.. 4 hours for a NEW unit, will only decrease..
i dont get it, he pretty much says it aint that great but then says any apple fan MUST have one. says somethign about apple fans doesnt it
oh yeah and i think the comparison to a supermodel is good, they are hell skinny, tooo skinny as far as i am concerned. supermodels cut back on food to be that skinny, apple cuts back on peripherals, id be too scared of breakign them (both the supermodel and the laptop) a lot of supermodels are on drugs, so are a lot of apple executives judging by this laptop..they are both all looks and no substance
God forbid you're enthusiastic about your Apple product. Be careful not love and enjoy it too much.
Granted, your review might not have been the most objective one, but you're enjoying a great Apple product, which for most (colossally shortsighted) people on this site is inexplicable. They just can't possibly grasp the significance of the MBA and what it means not only for us in the present, but for the future of computing.
Keyword: Many. Not only.
Is that so hard for you to "grasp"?
And if someone can find a way to "love" a laptop with no replaceable battery, no optical drive, no ethernet, and only one lonely USB port to connect all the things Apple didn't give you then good for them. It means very little for the "future" of computing.
If you want to discuss the significance of the MBA let's review Apple's stock history from the day MBA was released 'til now.
Numbers do not lie.
all they want is your hard earned cash, and doing it as effectively as possible for maximum long term gains
as for my personal opinion, its a bit of a gimick, because apple wants you to focus on the thinnnnnnest, rather than the under-powered cpu [meaning rivals ultra portables offer faster cpus] and low battery life [2.5hrs. a full 50mins off the average rival ultra portable]* that removes it from ultraportable section.
bottom line: IMO gimicky and a misfit
*http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141398/article.html
Most people in the market for a laptop will be more concerned with things like processing power, hard drive capacity, warranty, battery life, and other features.
The MBA seems like an ideal choice for those who only care about the thickness of their laptop.
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