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But the manila envelope still looks sharp!  |
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Goober
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said by Goober  :They'll all get worked out. No offense, but how can you work out a trapdoor USB port?
Redesign? 
Shouldn't R&D have seen this as an issue before build and shipping?
EDIT: I can also imagine this new machine getting many service tags for broken connections from various USB devices/cords putting stress on this poor door.
Credit where credit is due - it is a pretty machine.
Not worth the pricetag though.
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Dogfather
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I'm very interested in the MBA but after experiences with problematic early MacBooks will wait a while for these HW and SW bugs to be worked out. |
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clubs: | What does it have going for it?
It's a pretty machine, that's about it. If you want to pay for fashion, go right ahead. |
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA | Size. If you don't travel a lot and have use for a very thin and light notebook you are better off buying something else. |
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chakey
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clubs: | Nothing new here...
As with all Apple products, there are tradeoffs for the cool look. You know what you are getting into. As a second laptop, this seems like a great buy to me. I would not buy it as a primary machine and that seems to be their target market anyway. |
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Re: Growing Pains
A redesign eventually, yes. For now, the USB extension cable.
I don't know. I would like to have it for my traveling. The company I'm at now presently gives us Dell Latitude D420s, if they think we'll travel some. I'd prefer the Air. It'll never happen since we're a PC shop. But you know what I mean.
Edit: But you're right. Aesthetics took a front seat to usability with the engineers. They certainly should have foreseen this. |
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They'll have some lame extension plug or something just like they do for the iPhone headphone jack.
These add-ons will make having the world's thinest laptop moot.
Apple Art&D chooses form over function on occasion and it's unfortunate. |
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I'm not sure what's going on, but the iPhone and now this product have severe limitations. I think Apple has taken a page out of the Microsoft book and is more concerned with being first to market than putting their usual Q&A into the new products. (iPod and existing computer/laptops aside)
I played with an iPhone this week and the missing features are laughable. Now, before this unit has sold any significant quantity, people are already finding flaws. |
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But still the members of the apple cult wih continue to kneel and pray towards silicon valley 5 times a day. |
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Re: Growing Pains
said by dadkins :said by Goober :They'll all get worked out. No offense, but how can you work out a trapdoor USB port? Redesign? A dongle if necessary? Hardly "bulky" if this is the only long-term design problem that this article actually uncovered. The original MB and MBP releases had "heat problems" too, requiring a firmware update to increase fan speed. No big deal. When you purchase bleeding edge you have to expect growing pains, no company can sit on new technology for the time period that is required to uncover all real-world problems. |
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Re: What does it have going for it?
said by Dogfather :Size. If you don't travel a lot and have use for a very thin and light notebook you are better off buying something else. That would be great, but add on the weight of everything else you need to tote around to connect, etc, there goes the weight/thin arguement.
Form over function.
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Re: Apple is losing it
Hopefully the MacBook Air sales aren't as terrible as the iPhone with it's severe limitations. |
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BabyBear
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Boy buying a 1st Generation Apple product is getting to be like a 1st year Automobile model, something that should be avoided at all costs.  When they test this stuff maybe they should be logo-less through the 1st few iterations. That way the testers wont be blinded by the "Apple awesomeness". 
The spiral to the "Steve Jobs craps in a box at MacWorld, lines form to buy!" continues.  |
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RogerDucky
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Re: What does it have going for it?
Actually, if size is what you're after, there are plenty of manila-envelope capable laptops out there, some with built-in 3G modems, that people can use. E.g. Toshiba Portege R500, most of the Sony VAIO ultraportables, etc. Granted, none of them will run Mac OS, so I guess if that's a requirement, I won't be able to help... |
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Re: Growing Pains
said by dadkins :said by Goober :They'll all get worked out. No offense, but how can you work out a trapdoor USB port? Redesign? Shouldn't R&D have seen this as an issue before build and shipping? EDIT: I can also imagine this new machine getting many service tags for broken connections from various USB devices/cords putting stress on this poor door. Credit where credit is due - it is a pretty machine. Not worth the pricetag though. They'll get it worked out like Apple always works things out. They will sell to the faithful devices designed to fit in to their restricted USB port. At a high price, of course. And the Apple fanboys will shell out with smiles on their faces.
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Jerm
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Those who are buying this won't care about these small issues. Its all about the look! |
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dadkins
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Re: Growing Pains
Dongle defeats the whole "Thin and Light" idea.
Heat - this thing doesn't exactly have tons of room for air movement.
Poor video... replace the chip?
Bad design without forethought about what may happen in the Real World.
Bleeding edge? Uhm, no.
Other wafer machines were tried and didn't take off.
Only thing Apple has going for it is the fan base - that's it!
Flaws are flaws. These should have been thought out a little better for a "Bleeding Edge" machine.
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