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Apple does it again!
« on: January 16, 2008, 07:19:36 pm »
Wow...   :bow2: :love: :inlove:

Macbook Air (a 3 pound 3/4" thick notebook) and the Time Capsule (802.11n base station with a built-in 500GB or 1TB disc)...



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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2008, 07:20:37 pm »
does it make Paninis???? 8)
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 07:36:19 pm »
Have another bite.   It's wafer thin.   :)

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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2008, 08:03:59 pm »
^^^^Heh..good one.  "wah-fer thin".....LOL....
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2008, 08:14:18 pm »
Too bad the SSD upgrade is like $1300. :(
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2008, 08:30:12 pm »
The laptop is wicked and the time capsule sounds so damn usefull!!!!!  It's also a wireless n router :)
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2008, 09:20:14 pm »
How big is the disk in the Macbook Air?  tiny and slow,only one platter
And importantly, how big is the battery and how long on a charge.  non removable

No ethernet, no optical drive,only one usb

may as well use a Blackberry and do ones real work at home


http://www.macworld.com/article/131624/2008/01/macbook_air_tradeoffs.html?t=204
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2008, 09:28:59 pm »
It's way better than a blackberry come on.  For non-power users this thing is excellent if you travel a lot.

I use my macbook pro as my main machine.  I've only used the dvd drive a handful of times and could have an external for home use (I've never used it on the road).  Only killer is the missing ethernet port but for $30 you can get a USB ethernet car from Apple so that's not a huge thing, at home I always use wireless but on the road I have had to use ethernet cables.

Battery is incredible, 5 hours with Wifi and Bluetooth?  My Pro lasts me 5 hours but that's no wifi or bluetooth with those on it's about 3 - 3.5 hours.

And the harddrive may be slow at 4200 rpm but heck my full sized compaq laptop came standard with a 4200rpm harddrive (which I upgraded once it died off) believe it or not many laptops come with 4200rpm drives, it does save on battery as well.

I think the air is great for the avid traveler, I'd consider if I travelled more.  I find my pro to be perfect though, small enough for travel and powerful enough to be my every day machine.
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2008, 10:59:18 pm »
Quote from: wing on January 16, 2008, 09:28:59 pm
Battery is incredible, 5 hours with Wifi and Bluetooth?  My Pro lasts me 5 hours but that's no wifi or bluetooth with those on it's about 3 - 3.5 hours.

If it is nonremovable as tpl says, it kind of kicks the "always on the go" person right in the nuts.

Then again its unlikely that this would catch on with serious business users.

Durability is another thing, plus how does the keyboard feel, etc. I wasn't super impressed with the kb on the macbooks I've seen at Futureshop, etc. but I only typed on it for like 10 sec.

And that time capsule thing better double as a NAS. No way am I dedicating 500GB to cover for "oops I deleted the wrong thing!". If it has decent NAS features then its not a bad idea, nice and compact.
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2008, 12:21:59 am »
Quote from: wing on January 16, 2008, 09:28:59 pm
Battery is incredible, 5 hours with Wifi and Bluetooth?  My Pro lasts me 5 hours but that's no wifi or bluetooth with those on it's about 3 - 3.5 hours.
I can get 7 hours with Wifi on my tablet.  Pentium M 1.5 GHz, 80 GB 5400 RPM HDD, 1.25 GB of RAM.  It's got everything a normal laptop has except a CD drive, which I never use anyways.

With Wifi off, brightness set to the lowest, and the CPU clocked to a max of 1.0 GHz, I can get 10 hours out of it.
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2008, 06:24:13 am »
Quote from: Squishy on January 17, 2008, 12:21:59 am
Quote from: wing on January 16, 2008, 09:28:59 pm
Battery is incredible, 5 hours with Wifi and Bluetooth?  My Pro lasts me 5 hours but that's no wifi or bluetooth with those on it's about 3 - 3.5 hours.
I can get 7 hours with Wifi on my tablet.  Pentium M 1.5 GHz, 80 GB 5400 RPM HDD, 1.25 GB of RAM.  It's got everything a normal laptop has except a CD drive, which I never use anyways.

With Wifi off, brightness set to the lowest, and the CPU clocked to a max of 1.0 GHz, I can get 10 hours out of it.

WHich brand of tablet do you have?
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2008, 07:51:06 am »
Yeah seriously I've never heard of a laptop that could go 10 hours -- is it a brick? 10lbs?

That's pretty slow though 1.0ghz I struggle with 2.2ghz core 2 duo :P
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2008, 08:13:02 am »
Neat little toy, can you do real work on it?  :)
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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2008, 08:36:00 am »
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2008, 08:44:59 am »
Quote from: Snowman on January 17, 2008, 08:13:02 am
Neat little toy, can you do real work on it?  :)

Its very useful for a person travelling all the time and showing presentations. Looks very nice.  ;D

4200RPM drives are not the norm these days (those do exist in the ultramobile laptops though). You can get one of those SSD equipped laptops even.

Very neat concept though.
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2008, 10:57:55 am »
Quote from: Careener on January 17, 2008, 07:52:27 am
And there I was thinking a sub notebook would cost less than a notebook.. Good old Apple ;-)

A sub-notebook is always significantly more expensive than a comparably spec'ed notebook.  It's not an Apple thing.  Making something as small and light as possible required more design work and more expensive components and that doesn't lend itself to selling it for less than the generic version.
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #16 on: January 17, 2008, 11:41:54 am »
I think it looks awesome.  :) Does it run Windows?  ;D

14'1 screen isn't a sub-notebook, usually sub-notebooks are have 12" screens, and good ones cost over $1500 still.
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2008, 12:07:11 pm »
The Time Capsule sounds like just the ticket. :thumbup:   I'll certainly consider it as long as its wireless side will not conflict with my soon to arrive DSL/wireless router from Bell.

I've decided that I want to eliminate as much paper as possible, starting with my newspapers.  I want to buy an "e-ink" device at some point.  These devices can get their data via WiFi.  I currently have electronic and paper subscriptions, electronic for the Gazette and paper for the Globe and Mail.

Having a wireless router as well as backup for my iMac and/or e-reader will be a very useful thing.
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2008, 12:10:47 pm »
The Time Capsule is a wireless router.....

Just plug your DSL modem into the WAN port and it willl work guaranteed :)
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Re: Apple does it again!
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2008, 12:41:09 pm »
Quote from: wing on January 17, 2008, 12:10:47 pm
The Time Capsule is a wireless router.....

Just plug your DSL modem into the WAN port and it willl work guaranteed :)

My point exactly.  I did this with my old wireless router but it was a dedicated device with no overlap in function with the DSL modem.  In the new scenario with the Time Capsule, I will have two wireless routers.

I need to make sure that the wireless portion of my soon to arrive router will not cause problems.  I'm not at all convinced that I can trust the assurances of the Bell salesman who handled the call who was definite that I can configure the modem from my Mac and be able to turn off various aspects of it.
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