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Apple Air….I told you so!

by David Kanda

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The release of the Apple “Air” was a shocking development. While huddling by warmth of my LCD, Steve Job’s presentation of the Air took me by complete surprise. Well, not entirely because I predicted its release about 2 months ago, but with that aside the Air struck me as an amazing product as it did the nerds at MacWorld. However, like every apple product, it has serious drawbacks.
Ewww, AIR

Pros
Amazingly light- 3 pounds (48 ipod nanos)
Soild State Harddrive-Quiet, Fast, and Cool
Backlit Keyboard- Type in the dark
Multi-Touch Finger Pad- Perform gestures for certain Apple Apps
Media Control Keys- Change or pause the song without moving the mouse

Cons
Lack of ports (Headphone Jack, 1 USB, and Micro DVI) Don’t try to use a USB mouse and Flash drive at the same time!
No CD Drive- Apple is implementing a remote CD system where it can read CDs in other computers but that’s nothing new really
Non-upgradeable Battery- Pay Apple more money to replace it when your battery starts to die
Slow Processor (1.6 ghz) Try racing a Macbook on boot times :)
Price- ($1,700) To get to a descent speed of 1.8 ghz and 64 Solid State, it’ll run you over $3,098

Verdict
Like all apple products, it really matters how much money you have (and once you spend said money a better toy comes around 6 months later for less). This machine is revolutionary, it boldly rejects the CD drive in the interest of weight and form. However, its slim design catches most buyers off-guard that they don’t consider the compromises.

In comparison to the MacBook the Air-
Is $700 more
Has a 20% slower processor
Has 1 Gig of memory More
Doesn’t have a CD Drive
Has 7 less ports
Will probably snap in half when dropped

So there you have it. In my own opinion, forget it and go for the Asus Eee Pc


Posted in General on January 19th, 2008

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