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Fuzzy Logic Shock: Apple’s new crop a bit of a yawner...
Fuzzy Logic Shock: Apple’s new crop a bit of a yawner... | Shock: Apple’s new crop a bit of a yawner... |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Wednesday, 16 January 2008 | |
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“Thinnovation”, boasts Apple of their MacBook Air, the ultra thin portable Mac, which changes in ‘thinness’ from 0.4cm to 1.94cm (or 0.16 to 0.76-inches), has a larger touch-pad to allow easier ‘multi-touch’ gesturing, built-in 802.11 b/g/n and the option of a 64GB SSD hard drive. But it still has a 13.3-inch screen, meaning it’s really the same size as the existing MacBook. For anyone, including myself, wanting a MacBook with a smaller screen for increased portability, going thin is certainly an impressive feat, but it’s not the MacBook innovation that many were expecting. The 13.3-inch screen is glossy too, infuriating anyone who just doesn’t like a glossy screen’s ability to be highly reflective. It’s great for watching movies but not so great when doing actual work, at least for some users. Why can't there be a matte option?! This whole ‘thin’ thing is hardly new, either – plenty of Japanese notebook manufacturers have ultra-thin notebooks, and have had them for years. Apple’s is now a tiny bit thinner than theirs – but so what? If you’re already a MacBook owner, the MacBook thin definitely isn’t a ‘must-have upgrade’, but if you haven’t decided to switch to the Mac platform yet, at least you have the thinnest new Mac as an upgrade option. Wow, I'm clearly really not impressed by the otherwise impressive MacBook Air... what else just seems to make no sense in this "thinstrosity"? The gory details are on page 2... |
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