For an alternate view on the air, check out thePowerPage's Jason O'Grady's take on the MacBook Air here:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1467#more-1467

Have to agree with his assessment. But since I also have a maxed-out MacBookPro I can't complain.... I just like the (lack of) weight....

and I will just buy when I want the damn thing.... ;-)

It's a VERY small box dude...

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In any case, updated with the EFI 1.0 update for the Air. The earlier one released inexplicably announced that it was "not required" by my computer. Oddly, this version (which bears the same number) installed without a hitch. No difference noted but then again, there were no stability issues prior to the update. So I guess it fixes what wasn't broken in the first place.

Since buying my SuperDriveAir: I've used it exactly ONCE. That is to test if my version of Command and Conquer will play on my Air (it will but after playing on my 30" ACD, it hardly is worth playing on the little guy). Since then it has sat quiet and lonely in my bag. I do feel assured that it is there should I need it, together with my USB-Ethernet dongle (which gets some play in the various hotel room broadband jacks) although I must confess the AirportExpress seems to be faster.

In the weeks that I've had the Air it has travelled with me everywhere. Places where I'd normally have not brought my laptop. It's size and heft also makes typing on the lap amazingly easy. The lack of flex and weight makes it a completely different computing experience. I've also used the Asus EEPC. That while small is excruciatingly slow and because it's narrow and wide, is not suited to typing on a lap.

Besides, it runs on a strange version of Windows which does not even sit on the same league as OS9.

This post has been edited by MacDaNife: Apr 10 2008, 09:08 AM

Actually, the MBAir and MBPro are selling VERY well. Better than I'd have expected anyway. That's what I hear from MacStudio and VR anyways.

I would also think that it would be quite logical that people buying these items prefer to buy from a brick-and-mortar store rather than a guy on the internet. While you could save a couple of hundred ringgit but when compared to the price of the item: is it worth it?

So talk may be fun, and it occasionally is cheap BUT I guess some things are not cheap enough to justify buying from anything but a regular store...

Dude, I don't need to prove anything to you.... ;-)

This post has been edited by MacDaNife: May 17 2008, 05:59 PM

You're not into software? Wow, do you write your own? Learn to support the industry dude.

I've seen a speck hardshell case for the Air at Machines in the Gardens. IMHO however it makes you look like one of those guys who NEVER remove the manufacturer-plastic from the interior of your car. I've used my Air nude for a couple of months and it still looks pristine. I would be miffed if I were to scratch it but neither does that stop me from bringing it everywhere I go.

If you're just going to baby it - kinda defeats the purpose of having an ultraportable...

Why buy the Air if you want to run Windows/Linux? Why not buy one of the many (cheaper) Windows/Linux ultraportables out there? If you purpose is NOT an ultraportable but a machine that will run all platforms then you will be severely limited by the small harddrive of the Air and also the limited RAM expansion.