Apple new product: MacBook Air, iPhone v2, Time Capusle

[mcwkm]

who can live on 1 usb port and no ethernet port sure you can get a usb device to solve that but you use up your one usb port. in my main laptop i have one device esata and 4 usb devices also this has an optical drive so i dont need to have a usb port taken up by that too

[StarBuck]

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[Myst]

I haven't read much about the Macbook Air, as I've been traveling for a couple of months, but, in short, my opinion of it is that it's not really worth it.

It is very expensive, compared to other 'normal size' notebooks around at the moment. Of course, this is to be expected, given its form factor.

However, I don't really see that huge advantage in a laptop which is only thinner than a normal laptop. Especially given all the things that it sacrifices to be that thin.

The laptop can be carried around like, say, an oversized file from the office, but in terms of portability it isn't that much of a leap from the other standard-sized notebooks around.

Something like the EeePC, which, although it sacrifices a lot, is smaller and much, much cheaper than a standard notebook, and you can carry it around in a much smaller bag/case/whatever.

The Time Capsule to me sounds like a wireless router with a hard drive which has inbuilt backup capabilities? Sounds like a good idea actually, I'll be interested in seeing where it goes. I'm not sure that I personally would have a use for one, but we'll see I guess.

[clpo13]

The MacBook Air seems like a good concept that still needs a lot of work. Apple set out to make the world's thinnest laptop and they accomplished that while still managing to keep a 13" screen and full keyboard.

But it's certainly not a laptop for everyone. The high price and lack of what are, in my opinion, rather important features, is going to make it something few people are going to want to own. It's not cut out as a primary computer (no optical drive, no Ethernet jack, one USB port) but it's too expensive for most people to have as an alternate computer.

I've always preferred laptops with more power even if they are heavier. Of course, that's because I don't often carry my laptop around with me. Weight isn't an issue.
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[martinz]

Macbook Air is too expensive, it would be more economical to purchase an UMPC such as Asus Eee or Everex Cloudbook, they are equally light in weight and provide basic computing functionality.

I thought the combination to own a UMPC and desktop may be the best value for money option, offering both computing power at home and computing convenience during travel.