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Macbook Air review from Great Britain... PING!

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2 posted on 01/25/2008 7:43:59 PM PST by Swordmaker (We can fix this, but you're gonna need a butter knife, a roll of duct tape, and a car battery.)
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When I first saw this new ultra-thin Macbook, I was almost regretting my post-Christmas purchase of my Pro. I’m used to my little iBook, it really did fit in my purse! Then, when I really thought about it, I realized I would probably break such a little thing!

Not that I’m rough on laptops, and I certainly don’t let the grandkids use my new one (they get the old ones to play on), but I take my computer a lot of places...which is, I’m sure, the major draw of the Air. However, how flimsy is it? I mean, if a large dog or an inattentive spouse forgot it was sitting on the passenger seat and sat on it, would it break? Would it survive a fall onto the deck? (Hey, does Letterman still do that thing where he tosses stuff off a building?)

But the real reason I’m glad I made my Pro choice....the dvd player! No more schlepping a DVD player AND my laptop thru security at 5-6 airports! Only one item to pull out of the carry-on! So, I get the criticism about not having any kind of drive on it. I’m trying to get away from peripherals, not have to buy new ones!

4 posted on 01/25/2008 7:55:55 PM PST by blu
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Perfect machine for my wife who will use it at home or her office or classroom. She’s been begging for something smaller and lighter than her 15” Powerbook. And I can borrow it when I go on the road to give presentations. I’m tired of lugging my 17” Powerbook around airports.


17 posted on 01/26/2008 4:42:29 AM PST by jalisco555 ("The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history." Winston Churchill)
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Does it have a user-replaceable battery ?
... or do you have to back up the entire comp and send it in ?


37 posted on 02/06/2008 10:48:01 PM PST by RS ("I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling.")
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