Thin Is In at Macworld

I finally saw and touched the macbook air. Pretty cool, the price is a little steep, but considering I can put it in my backpack like a notebook and ride my bike to college, I think it's worth it. I haven't really tested the functionality of the air, and am looking forward to getting one. It would be nice to win a free one like the iphone I won at Iphoneprizes.com Any sites giving away macbook airs?

I think that a lot of people miss the point. The CDRom is dead; at least according to the market that Apple has targeted the new "Air." It is, a new wireless world. Everywhere you go people are logging on to wireless hotpoints at public places; air port terminals, Starbucks, etc. A lot of the detractors of this new machine forget that. When was the last time that people have used a floppy drive? The road warrior should not have to lug heavy tech junk with them where ever they go. As far as the battery is concerned; get the Apple Care (you should get an extended warrentee, no matter what machine you buy) and then get proactive by sending emails to Apple about the issue. This new machine will be copied, just as most other Apple technology by the "other guys" real soon. Only their work will be garbage. Third party vendors will step in once sales of the new "Air" reach decent numbers.

That machine has two ports, one for headphones and one USB. If you want to use a CDROM or anything else you have to purchase the dongle. Not to mention the battery deal. Only people who think they are cool with their iPods would buy one of these or be duped into thinking this is advanced technology. But, I have battled with the Execs of multiple companys when they demanded we purchase the little tiny Dell or HP because the guy next to them on the plane had one. Once we gave in they would complain for the next year on how slow it was or how annoying it was to have to plugin that external CD-ROM. Ah well, a tech suckers born every CPU cycle.

Gee, Apple finally catches up with Sony and Dell with a 3lb or under computer. But what happened on the way? They lost half of the computer or is this just Job's dictating to the world again that what he thinks is best for you is all you are ever going to get from him. And once again Apple screws the consumer by using a factory sealed battery that can only be replaced by Apple for 75% of the cost of a new machine. What a ripe off.

If they can sell a SSD version around $2000 by late summer, it might be better than people think becasue there are differences between 5.4 pound laptop and 3 pound laptop which is woman can cary one but not the other and Japanese will buy one but not the other.

Looks like Jobs is betting on a lot of people buying external CD\DVD drives, which they also had to do when he decided that we didn't need floppy drives...