All, I bought one of these three days after they came out, the 11.6in model, I used it along side my new Mac Book Pro 15in model that arrived the day earlier.
I have subsequently returned the Mac Book Air, as it just simply isn't up to a days full typing. there's nothing wrong with the specification per say, its very fast, even on the low end Air.. what is the issue is that there's very little wrist resting area, so if you're a 10 plus a day hour user of one of these things you'll very quickly grow tired of your arms beginning to ache given they've very little room to rest etc. the keyboard itself is the exact same size as the Pro, however, the F keys are reduced in is, I found this irritating as I like to adjust the volume quite often, and having a smaller key for this slowed me down. I also don't like that they've removed the auto adjusting backlight on the screen and there's no back lit keyboard, i appreciate that this doesn't matter to all of us, but its a factor. the sound quality is good, and when comparing to the original Mac Book Air which only had mono, I'm glad to see that Apple has restored that situation by machine the new Air stereo. overall you'll be amazed at just how fin this thing is, ow quick it is and how well made it is, but, I'm afraid for me, having a bigger drive, little more power for the meaty operations I undertake etc, is worth it. one other thing to note, if like me you keep your laptop computers mains powered a lot of the time, I believe that the Air also doesn't have the new Apple chipsets on the battery, meaning that it will become more susceptible to over charging etc. conclusion, my Book Pro is staying. Neil Barnfather TalkNav. On 21 Oct 2010, at 13:25, Ricardo Walker wrote: The price is really driven up by the solid state hard drive. Those are still very expensive. You also have the build quality. almost every netbook I've come across feels cheap and flimsy. They also use inferior parts. This might not be a big factor to most but, Macs retain their value way better than windows PCs. Just something to think about. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Oct 21, 2010, at 7:28 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > No one's going to have one of these since they were only released yesterday. > > I personally don't really see the point; it's a portable mac with very > mid range specs with a good battery. 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