Apple is like a gorgeous girl who gives you an STD
No one can deny that the Macbook Air is an incredibly hot piece of aluminum encased circuitry. Its sensuous curves beckon you with a nearly irresistible force, but if you succumb to its sultry charms you’ll find, albeit several months later, that you have a nasty case of the Digital Clap.
That’s right.
The locked down battery and sealed case (effectively preventing upgrades) is akin to a disease gotten by ignoring reason and self-control and instead acting on sheer desire and impulsive passion.
Practice restraint, practice safe computing—
Don’t buy the Macbook Air.
OK, now i never thought this would happen – Tim (an ordained Mac evangelist) is not wholeheartedly endorsing an Apple product. What’s more surprising than that? i think i (someone who uses a Mac, but also owns, and regularly uses not one, but TWO PCs) might be more excited about this one. i know that it’s already being poo-pooed by a lot of people out there, but i think that’s because they are thinking of portable computers in a different way than i do. If you are looking for a laptop to be your primary machine, then i agree – avoid this one like the plague. But if, instead, you want a laptop that is ready to function as an extension of an office/home desktop, which is largely what i use a laptop for these days, i can’t be so quick to dismiss this one. And i am even thinking i might want one. Stunned?
Shocking that I’m against this one, right? Here’s where the rub comes in for me on your reasoning. You said,
If you are looking for a laptop to be your primary machine, then i agree – avoid this one like the plague. But if, instead, you want a laptop that is ready to function as an extension of an office/home desktop, which is largely what i use a laptop for these days, i can’t be so quick to dismiss this one.”
All well and good except for the $1800 + price tag. I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but if I’d probably seriously consider the Dell XPS 1330 over this. Not too seriously, of course…