Air

aicul · #1 February 11th, 2008, 01:53 PM

Hi,

Just unboxed my macbookair. Its wieght is absolutely surprising. Keep it on your lap no problem. It does heat but less than a macbookpro G4. It is a nice little marvel of technology. The touch options on the trackpad a pleasure to use.

Downsides:
1. the external battery indicatory is not present any more
2. Remote disk - easy to install but failed miserably for VMware fusion CD

Oh, and the boxing is first class...

**ScottW** · #2 February 11th, 2008, 02:20 PM

I went down to the Apple Store to take a look at one the other day. I for some reason expected it to be weigh less. Is is just 3lbs, but it looks like it should float, so I think I expected it to not feel heavy. No complaints, it was just my first impression.

Very cool machine though, if I could justify having one, I'd get one. I don't do anything that requires horsepower, 95% of the time, so it would be fine if I had more mobile needs.

Keep us posted how you like it.

Scott

aicul · #3 February 15th, 2008, 11:33 AM

Guess I must be the only person that has a MacBookAir....

Here is some more after a few days of professional and personal use.

Good
I have used MacBook Pro's and MacBooks in Gn and Intel flavours. The Air is surprisingly cooler than the rest.

Its soo light it does not pain the laps, even after 2 hours. Actually, I caught myself checking if I had not forgotten it more than once!

I got over 3 hours full usage on full batteries. Hard disk spinning continuously. Upon death it actually does a safe shutdown that recovers when power is available again.

It fits in my document pouch - 1 less item to carry to my meetings.

The transformer is smaller than other models.

It is dead quiet, cannot hear the disc or the fan when they operate. Good for bed time emails.

Less good
The trackpad's single finger action is too sensitive, you find yourself selecting things unwantedly. I had to deactivate it but left the 2 finger actions on, as well as swipe which is great for browsing big documents.

The USB port is somewhat cumbersome. It is connected to a door that swings open. Problem is, the door swings close when you try to connect a USB device. So you have to give the insert USB ove some attention.

The remote DVD is prone to difficulties when the disc is piracy protected. I eventually opted for a copy from DVD to local HD and install from there.

Very bad
The "apple" key is, like on the new keyboards, called "command"

Ferdinand · #4 February 17th, 2008, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aicul

The trackpad's single finger action is too sensitive, you find yourself selecting things unwantedly. I had to deactivate it but left the 2 finger actions on, as well as swipe which is great for browsing big documents.

So how can you do anything with the computer if you deactivated the one finger actions? How can you move windows, click on icons etc.?

aicul · #5 February 17th, 2008, 11:20 AM

Just like on the other macbooks that have a trackpad, you click...

Ferdinand · #6 February 18th, 2008, 12:25 AM

ohhhhh I get what you mean - because you just said "the trackpads single finger action is too sensitive", so I thought you also meant moving the mouse in general!
I guess I was very tired!

**fryke** · #7 February 27th, 2008, 08:57 AM

I just got mine.

And I'm veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery happy with it.

Ferdinand · #8 February 27th, 2008, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fryke

I just got mine.

And I'm veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery happy with it.

"Ich schmelze vor Neid dahin".....

So how does the wlan actually work, are the antennas strong? I mean how close do you have to be to a router etc. for it to get the signal?