11-Inch MacBook Air Is Ultra Portable And Surprisingly Powerful [Review] By Leander Kahney Oct. 25, 2010
Apple's new 11-inch MacBook Air is astonishing. It's unbelievable. It's the most exciting consumer PC that's come out for years. It's a netbook, but it's not a PoS. It's blazing fast. It's unbelievably light and thin. It's beautifully made. Really beautifully made. It has an older CPU and skimpy RAM, but it is NOT underpowered. For users like me, who aren't editing Hollywood movies, it's more than adequate. Heck, it's a huge leap forward. Like Jobs said at the launch, this is the future of notebooks. Extremely thin and light, yet capable of running dozens of applications without bogging down. There are compromises, of course, but the most important things - portability, durability and functionality - are very much in place. Last year, I bought a 13-inch MacBook Pro, which I loved. But in comparison to the 11-inch Air, it looks like a bloated old relic. It's positively primitive: a porky throwback to a previous computing era. I know what you're thinking, "Cult of Mac. This guy's a zealot. He'll buy anything Steve Jobs tells him too." I admit, I'm a fan. But the Air is important. It's different. It's right up there with the iPad and the iPhone. This is a breakthrough product. ... http://www.cultofmac.com/11-inch-macbook-air-is-ultra-portable-and-surprisingly-powerful-review/65776 _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
