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MacBook Air: Beautiful, Compromised

Posted Jan 24, 08 4:28 PM CST in Business,  Technology 

(Newser) – If thin is in, Apple’s new Air should be the hottest fashion this season. The new subnotebook weighs under 3 pounds and is three-quarters of an inch thick—at its deepest. Like all things Apple, Air’s beautiful, simple, and evokes technolust among geeks and non-geeks alike. But, say reviewers who have had their hands on the machines, it’s not for everyone, especially at its base price of $1,799.

With only 80GBs of storage, no optical drive, and one USB port, Air can seem a lightweight. The omissions, says Newsweek's Steven Levy, "are troubling—especially to someone in a down-turning economy deciding whether to spend a premium sum for a computer with subpremium storage." Despite its drawbacks, though, with the Leopard OS, full keyboard, and a beautiful LCD screen, the Air was "a pleasure to use," says the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg.
Sources:: Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, USA Today

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This photo provided by Apple of the newly released MacBook Air in this photo taken on Aug. 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Apple, ho)   (Associated Press)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up the MacBook Air after his keynote at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. The super-slim new laptop is less than an inch thick and turns on...   (Associated Press)
This photo provided by Apple of the newly released MacBook Air in this photo taken on Aug. 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Apple, ho)   (Associated Press)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new MacBook Air after giving the keynote address at the Apple MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. The super-slim new laptop is less than an...   (Associated Press)
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