iTunes HD shows unwatchable on the Air??

[ishopukisfake]

Thank you very much. I think you are one of the very few people here that admits to the FAILURE of Apple with Macbook Air. I agree, usually Apple makes good products. I have a lot of friends with Macs and they are very happy with them. I thought it would be the same when I bought the Air. Honestly, I am not inclined to buy another Mac unless offers a considerable discount for a trade in or something like that.
I hope the second generation work much better

I was considering a MBA, but after hearing the poor performance and having many issues with mac notebooks I might just go for the new HPTX tablet pc, it looks amazing and does everything i envisaged apple doing in the future, touch screen, rotating screen and so on. So I can understand your disappointment with macs and your change back to pc's. I am using a macbook pro now and it is much better performance wise, but there are still screen issues.
BTW for anyone considering a macbook as an alternative to MBA, i was disappointed with the speakers at first, just to warn you, they are very tinny, and the graphics card isn't that great.

 

[costabunny]

BTW for anyone considering a macbook as an alternative to MBA, i was disappointed with the speakers at first, just to warn you, they are very tinny, and the graphics card isn't that great.

Isn't the MBA graphics adaptor the same as in the MB ? (X3100)?

 

[Redline13]

Isn't the MBA graphics adaptor the same as in the MB ? (X3100)?

Yes. There should be no difference between the two in terms of graphic abilities.

 

[ishopukisfake]

Not sure if they have the same graphics set up, but the only time i tried to play a game on the macbook it was very jerky and had limited expression. This might have been because it was a game designed for power pc, but i thought the new intel macs would handled it, not tried it in the MBP yet, so it may be a config conflict.
If thats the case the only thing I would warn anyone converting to mb is the poor speaker quality, but maybe they will be upgraded in october.

 

[Olvenskol]

This is also a big problem with the regular macbook, as soon as you start doing anything user intensive and using memory the fans kick in, which is really distracting. The macbook pro is free of this, you can do as much as you like and it stays quiet, which is great.

Ironically, my MB Pro gets hotter and runs louder than my MBA.

 

[RichardF]

Ironically, my MB Pro gets hotter and runs louder than my MBA.

Same here.

I love the MBA for the 60% I don't need to be running 25 apps simultaneously and SuperDrive. The best feature of the MBA is its design and weight.

 

[coupdetat]

Meh, well I think this is to be expected from a computer like the Air. It's made mainly for getting work done, not for media... the tiny hard drive and lack of optical drive should have clued you in at the time of purchase.

 

[impact1290]

I watched the SD version of the free 30 Rock eppisode, and then watched the HD version and saw no difference in quality between the two. Could this possibly be because I'm watching it on such a small screen? I don't have an apple tv or an HD tv yet so I didn't get a chance to see what it looks like on a big screen.

 

[hvfsl]

To those on Macs having issues playing HD video, are you opening them with Quicktime or playing them through iTunes? Because I have noticed things are a lot smoother played through Quicktime.

I just remove the encryption off the videos I download so I can play them in PowerDVD (has proper hardware acceleration) because even on my PCs (2.4Ghz Quad and 2Ghz Dual) iTunes videos can be slow.

 

[*Sandy*]

I had a Macbook Air, the minute they released, it's a beautiful piece of work, but for everyday use I sold it and went back to my MB.

I think its a great idea, but really the fans get on my nerves .