"Once upon a time there was a Laptop (AAPL) that belonged to a mid-sized wazir of the realm. It was a rather large laptop as laptops go, with a big, roomy heart filled with all kinds of good things, an impressive collection of ports, and big, strong hardware that could stand the test of any ....."- teaser for a nice fable published by Stanley Bing on his blog with Apple MacBook Air as one of the main characters. MacBook Air notebook is depicted more like a starlet than a star of the story, where slender shapes and sweet lines trumps functionality . With this fable he draws a smile on our face and, arguing some good points, he reminds us the power that marketing and trends have over our buying choices. In the comments to this fable I noticed two issues. The USB hub that helps surpassing the lack of connectivity options that many are not aware of it's existence and the now forbidden possibility to bring spare batteries on carry-on luggage when we travel by air.
And now, for the big finish, I will reproduce a comment by Oz Crosby about what MacBook Air we dream to be (quote): “ … The Mac Book Aire is like an interesting concept car. Has some features i REALLY like, but it’s not ready for the streets i drive. What i wan to see, in the same case as my current MacBook Pro:More battery life, partially achieved by having a 500 gig hard drive with a 64-128 gig solid state drive sitting on top of it. the solid state drive will have the operating system and my every day tasks (email, word processing, etc) on it. Pictures, movies, music, TV shows, big spreadsheets etc will reside on the hard drive. There will be one more USB port, a 10-key pad in the setup (there’s room, just re-think the keyboard), and everything innovative the iPhone has brought to the party. And a truly faster, more efficient processor - not just another 6% incremental gain. Give us an entry level model, Apple, to keep that magic price point, then let us road warriors put about $1,000 of extras on to make the laptop of the future.” Now I will end this post about what MacBook Air notebook is not, and what we dream it to be and I want to announce a latter a short review about Air notebook the 14th place keeper in the today's best selling laptops list on Amazon.com.
And now, for the big finish, I will reproduce a comment by Oz Crosby about what MacBook Air we dream to be (quote): “ … The Mac Book Aire is like an interesting concept car. Has some features i REALLY like, but it’s not ready for the streets i drive. What i wan to see, in the same case as my current MacBook Pro:More battery life, partially achieved by having a 500 gig hard drive with a 64-128 gig solid state drive sitting on top of it. the solid state drive will have the operating system and my every day tasks (email, word processing, etc) on it. Pictures, movies, music, TV shows, big spreadsheets etc will reside on the hard drive. There will be one more USB port, a 10-key pad in the setup (there’s room, just re-think the keyboard), and everything innovative the iPhone has brought to the party. And a truly faster, more efficient processor - not just another 6% incremental gain. Give us an entry level model, Apple, to keep that magic price point, then let us road warriors put about $1,000 of extras on to make the laptop of the future.” Now I will end this post about what MacBook Air notebook is not, and what we dream it to be and I want to announce a latter a short review about Air notebook the 14th place keeper in the today's best selling laptops list on Amazon.com.
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