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List of Members Waiting for their Macbook Air to Ship and Arrive and Photos!
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You will get 3 hours tops if you leave everything on and it is the first charge you hav ever put on the battery. My friends MB gets 2 hours if he's lucky.
My Macbook gets about 2 hours 20 minutes of run-time with wifi and bluetooth on. I can dim the screen almost all the way and get about 2 hours 45 minutes.
On the macbook page it says 6 hours depending on use
I'd imagine the macbook air's will get about the same if not slightly more (due to the LED backlight and slower spinning hard drive).
The macbook air pages say 5 hours, but they say that a lot all over the place and are proud to admit that number; therefore I would suggest the macbook airs will get 3-5 hours.
Once I get mine I'll do some tests.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
On the macbook page it says 6 hours depending on use
I'd imagine the macbook air's will get about the same if not slightly more (due to the LED backlight and slower spinning hard drive).
The macbook air pages say 5 hours, but they say that a lot all over the place and are proud to admit that number; therefore I would suggest the macbook airs will get 3-5 hours.
Once I get mine I'll do some tests.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
When the party's over?
So what happens when we all get our MBA's? No more emotional roller coaster? Will that be a let down (like post partum depression)?, or will it open a new thread for MBA war stories?
So what happens when we all get our MBA's? No more emotional roller coaster? Will that be a let down (like post partum depression)?, or will it open a new thread for MBA war stories?
It will definately begin new threads. Such as, Unboxing Videos, pics, problems, likes, dislikes, etc.
OT: love the pun "post partum depression"
Gee...... here I was about to add an item castigating you all for having no life, emoting endlessly about when the MBa you just bought will ship, where you'll be and what you'll be doing when it finally comes; and I just realized that I'm sitting here having no life, emoting endlessly about when my MBa I just bought will ship, where I'll be and what I'll be doing when it finally comes...
No wonder they want to wait and ship until 10.5.2 is installed, it is 380MB. No better way to highlight the fact that you do not have the option of a wired network connection than when you turn on your new toy for the first time and see an hour long download waiting for you!!
As far as the hours of life is concerned... I thought I read somewhere that the 5 hours was for usual productivity suite... web, spreadsheets, etc. but that watching a movie it would be reduced. Isn't that what the productivity disclaimer is about? OF course WiFi, BT etc. would also impact, but the implication of what I read seemed to me that the 5 hours included having WiFi on.
No wonder they want to wait and ship until 10.5.2 is installed, it is 380MB. No better way to highlight the fact that you do not have the option of a wired network connection than when you turn on your new toy for the first time and see an hour long download waiting for you!!
haha you mean like a ps3? LOL
i plugged it in and i had to wait forever to get the stupid update lol
No wonder they want to wait and ship until 10.5.2 is installed, it is 380MB. No better way to highlight the fact that you do not have the option of a wired network connection than when you turn on your new toy for the first time and see an hour long download waiting for you!!
Huh? 802.11g is about the slowest internal wireless networking standard you'll find today. Even that can move 380MB quickly. You'd obviously be limited by your internet connection to your ISP. At that point, it doesn't matter whether you're using wireless or wired internet.
I just cancelled my online order. There's no way it will be in my hands before it's in the store, absolutely no way. Two weeks from the Keynote is next Tuesday. I don't have a tracking number. I don't care if it's drop shipped from China, Taiwan or Mars, it won't be in my hands tomorrow, Thursday, Friday or Monday.
I'm paying tax on it regardless so I might as well walk 10 blocks up 5th Avenue, put my hands on it, then decide whether or not I want to buy. My EPP discount applies there too. There is also no shot in hell there will be a rush on these like the iPhone. Not even close. We're talking a $1000 difference in price and a PC product, not a consumer electronics product.
I think you'd all be smart to do the same and cancel as well if you're within reasonable distance of an Apple Store.
I'm paying tax on it regardless so I might as well walk 10 blocks up 5th Avenue, put my hands on it, then decide whether or not I want to buy. My EPP discount applies there too. There is also no shot in hell there will be a rush on these like the iPhone. Not even close. We're talking a $1000 difference in price and a PC product, not a consumer electronics product.
I think you'd all be smart to do the same and cancel as well if you're within reasonable distance of an Apple Store.
i would prob considered the same thing if i lived near an apple store
unfortunately i don't and i'm in canada
so it's prob still faster to get it from online still for me
I would except that service in my local store is horrible.
I do agree though that there will be plenty of inventory and no need to rush. Especially in NYC where you have a couple stores to go to.
you're making an assumption here that the machines will be in stores within 2 weeks of the announcement, which is just plain stupid. there have been plenty of times in the past when the number isn't accurate for shipping OR stores.
it's more likely you'd receive your machine about the same time they appear in stores... making an assumption they'll be in stores no matter what within 2 weeks isn't a good idea.
now when they don't appear in stores and people start receiving them early, you'll feel a little foolish.
Apple realizes that the pre-orders are "strong" as noted in the conference call earlier this week. These are some of Apple's most loyal customers and I don't think they would really screw them over. Also, there is really no way of knowing when the stores will be getting them in.
I personally don't care whether or not the stores get them first. I would rather have it delivered it to me than worry that the ones that shipped to stores would be sold out. Also, the closest Apple store is more than an hour drive for me.
I personally don't care whether or not the stores get them first. I would rather have it delivered it to me than worry that the ones that shipped to stores would be sold out. Also, the closest Apple store is more than an hour drive for me.
Don't beat up on him too bad, the idea of waiting until you can actually touch it does have it's merits. Besides, my bet is that those who paid for expedited shipping get them the day before they are in the stores and the rest of us get them a couple of days later.
Don't come crying to us when they start coming in before they start stocking them at The Apple Store near you.
he wasn't saying he canceled because he wanted to touch one in store first, he was saying that they'll be in stores guaranteed next week because it has been two weeks since the keynote, which is stupid.
as everyone knows, apple's "shipping in xx weeks" is rarely every accurate, and basing an order cancelation on it is foolish.
Please, I may be a newbie on here but I have been an Apple user for nearly two decades. Several times I have placed pre-orders and the item was well stocked instore before I received mine. Most recently I believe this happened with the first video iPods.
And excuse me, did someone say Apple isn't going to "screw the early adopters?" How about I waited in line to buy an iPhone on 5th Avenue (though thankfully only for a few hours) to find out that they had thousands upon thousands of them, way more than enough to meet demand. Oh, or how about less than 60 days after I dropped $600 for the phone, they drop it $200. No, Apple never screws the early adopters.
Delivery times
As I recall from the Macworld Keynote, Steve Jobs said delivery would be 2 to 3 weeks. Everyone hopes for two, but it might be a week from this Tuesday!
As I recall from the Macworld Keynote, Steve Jobs said delivery would be 2 to 3 weeks. Everyone hopes for two, but it might be a week from this Tuesday!
The machines are all sitting in China waiting for 10.5.2 to go gold. That goes for Apple Store units and those being drop-shipped to those who pre-ordered.
As for the iPhone, everybody knew that The Apple Stores in NYC would have plenty of stock. If they hadn't, Apple would have screwed themselves.
As for the iPhone, everybody knew that The Apple Stores in NYC would have plenty of stock. If they hadn't, Apple would have screwed themselves.
I would think having enough stock would be doing their early adopters a favor... better than being forced to pay way over MSRP from a scalper.