Well, not even a week after the MacBook Air was released, the first of the MacBook Air Parody ads had surfaced on popular video website YouTube.
There has been much talk on a lot of the forums about the new laptop, and it seems that people were expecting a hell of a lot more out of Apple’s new laptop.
Personally, now that I’ve had a good look at it, and factored how I would use it in my everyday work life, the laptop is really quite useless to tell you the truth.
The things that it’s lacking…
- Ethernet Port
- USB Ports
- Optical Drive
- Large Hard Drive
- Lack of upgradeability (Ram & Hard Drive)
To me, those are things that I need out of a laptop every day of the week. Ok, sure, it’s small and ultra portable, and certainly serves a purpose, just not mine…..
When you look at it, Toshiba did the same thing many years ago with the ultra portable 13″ laptops, and once again, you paid a premium for the device, and then had to spend about the same on docking ports and accessories.
For the business traveller who just needs a laptop to do Word, Excel, Email etc, I see that this laptop is ideal, but really, for the traveling photographer, video editor, podcaster, or tech like me, some things just can’t go without.
It will be interesting to see what figures Apple turn out for sales in the first quarter of this new device. For now, I’ll stick to my trusty MacBook until they release a 12″ or 13″ MacBook Pro.
Greg
