Everybody is talking about it – Computerworld sounds off too:
MacBook Air: Ethereal or Unrealistic? | Computerworld Blogs
One of the more interesting quotes in here (to me) was:
In my view, Apple’s enterprise-oriented subnotebook would be roughly one-inch thick, be sized to the 13.3 screen, have the MacBook Pro keyboard, and come with most of the ports that that the MBP 15 offers. I also suggested that it be equipped with a 100GB hard drive (some readers scoffed at that, saying of course it would have that), 2GB of RAM, and start at $1,400.
As lacking in drama as that computer would be, it would sell many more units than the MacBook Air will.
Would such a device sell? Sure. But for $400 more you can get a true subnotebook in an elegant design that embraces the concept of ecotechnology. In my book, the ecotech approach is well worth the extra $400. I’m not convinced that the device Scot describes does significantly better than the entry-level MBA. Tech pundits are still too dismissive of the value of greening your tech.
As an aside, all the moaning about a lack of ports seem (to me) to be missing a point with a subnotebook: you don’t drag along a bunch of peripherals when travelling light – you want them when you are at your desk. Popping my USB hub into the single USB port solves myriad problems of ports. Firewire would be nice, but not an absolute necessity. I would most definitely spring for the USB ethernet connectivity though – sometimes you just need to be able to plug in.
Filed under: DGE, Greener Computing, Hardware
