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List of Members Waiting for their Macbook Air to Ship and Arrive and Photos!
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please please please post some interesing facts. it's agonising that everyone is just "WOW".... help!!!!
haha well thats a good thing thought
means no complaints at least lol
but yea post some interesting facts =) i can't wait for mine lol
Hot d@mn! Between being entertained by all the whiners talking about Apple "lying" about MBA availability (yes haters, it's two weeks to the day when the first was delivered from Keynote) and checking my shipping status, I've really wondered whether I need to head over to Crabtree Valley Apple store and take my chances on getting an MDA, cancelling my online store order when I have it in my hot little hands!
Apple must be prescient!
Just checked and my 1.6/80 CTO (with a Remote) is PREPARED FOR SHIPMENT! YEESSSS!
I ordered mine 1/16 at 3:09 PM PST and had the normal Feb 6/Feb 13 delivery. Looks like it's going to be sooner than that!
Off to Southpoint or Crabtree Apple stores to pick up my Superdrive for my Boot Camp XP installation.
This is a great community. Everyone enjoy theirs!
-Peter
Apple must be prescient!
Just checked and my 1.6/80 CTO (with a Remote) is PREPARED FOR SHIPMENT! YEESSSS!I ordered mine 1/16 at 3:09 PM PST and had the normal Feb 6/Feb 13 delivery. Looks like it's going to be sooner than that!
Off to Southpoint or Crabtree Apple stores to pick up my Superdrive for my Boot Camp XP installation.
This is a great community. Everyone enjoy theirs!
-Peter
Good to see a CTO not ordered on the 15th has been moved to prepared for shipment. Give us with an order date of the 17th hope -- did I mention that I'm still bitter that although I ordered early on the 15th, my ship date is the 17th thanks to Apple's handling of CC data.
Not really a review, just random impressions so far
I agree with everything being said, amaing build quality and design, I'm carying mine around all day with a leather portfolio, I oftne forget that I'm carrying it......
Wonderful keyboard and screen. Compared to other macs they are good, compared to most PC's they are great, compared to other ultra-portables they are miracles......a joy to use
For the person that asked: the preloaded software + Office 2008 (full install) left about 51Gb free on the 80Gb drive, would leave ~35 Gb on the SSD drive, all things being equal....
I am intriuged what may (or may not) be Apple's, deeper, longer-term plans for this platform. I like how it came in what was essentially a wider longer iPod box, same internal design and materials. For me it reinforced the notion of this as an accessory to our other computers: a more transportable carryalong with 80% of the capability of our major computers, perfect for running from meeting to meeting, or airport to airport. With the usual things I do during my work day (surf websites, read and reply to email, review and edit documents) the speed was peppy (I have the 1.6/80), never noticed much lag. Would I use it for heavy-duty photo editing, or hard-core gaming? No, but I've never used any lap-top i've ever owned for those purposes, only my more pwerful and much less transprotable desktops.
The use of shared disk drive for loading software was very straightforward: I loaded Office 2004 then upgraded to 2008 in about 20 minutes.
So , so far wonderful machine for my needs.
I agree with everything being said, amaing build quality and design, I'm carying mine around all day with a leather portfolio, I oftne forget that I'm carrying it......
Wonderful keyboard and screen. Compared to other macs they are good, compared to most PC's they are great, compared to other ultra-portables they are miracles......a joy to use
For the person that asked: the preloaded software + Office 2008 (full install) left about 51Gb free on the 80Gb drive, would leave ~35 Gb on the SSD drive, all things being equal....
I am intriuged what may (or may not) be Apple's, deeper, longer-term plans for this platform. I like how it came in what was essentially a wider longer iPod box, same internal design and materials. For me it reinforced the notion of this as an accessory to our other computers: a more transportable carryalong with 80% of the capability of our major computers, perfect for running from meeting to meeting, or airport to airport. With the usual things I do during my work day (surf websites, read and reply to email, review and edit documents) the speed was peppy (I have the 1.6/80), never noticed much lag. Would I use it for heavy-duty photo editing, or hard-core gaming? No, but I've never used any lap-top i've ever owned for those purposes, only my more pwerful and much less transprotable desktops.
The use of shared disk drive for loading software was very straightforward: I loaded Office 2004 then upgraded to 2008 in about 20 minutes.
So , so far wonderful machine for my needs.
Sorry.
First impressions. The box is heavier than the machine itself
but it's the nicest packaging for a Apple product that I've ever seen. The laptop itself is very nice. It was very cold when I got it but that's because it's been traveling in an unheated plane container and truck when I got it. I've seen lighter laptops but this is the thinnest I've held. It's almost feels like holding a legal pad as if you could carry it with you all over the place. I was afraid of it being too thin where I could snap it in two, but it's not that fragile. Just think of a macbook pro that was flattened.
The latch on the side snaps up and down and it's a lot less visible than I thought. The magsafe adapter is strange since the locking part is cylindrical rather than rectangular than before.
The keyboard itself feels like the macbooks rather than the macbook pro.
Trying to figure out how to use the remote disk is a little more challenging than I was expecting. The manual says to go into the sharing preferences and enable the CD/DVD sharing, but I don't see that option on my macbook air. The Disk sharing software that you're supposed to install on other computers is on the disc 1 of the backup disks you get which is a little disappointing because I don't want to be carrying that disc with me anywhere since it's so valuable.
Lots of updates to run as it wasn't updated with the latest iTunes and the security update.
Oh the lid closes like the macbook and doesn't really have a latch like the MBP.
I ordered the USB ethernet adapter but nothing worthy to note.
Anything else you need to know?
Sorry.
First impressions. The box is heavier than the machine itself
The laptop itself is very nice. It was very cold when I got it but that's because it's been traveling in an unheated plane container and truck when I got it. I've seen lighter laptops but this is the thinnest I've held. It's almost feels like holding a legal pad as if you could carry it with you all over the place. I was afraid of it being too thin where I could snap it in two, but it's not that fragile. Just think of a macbook pro that was flattened.
The latch on the side snaps up and down and it's a lot less visible than I thought. The magsafe adapter is strange since the locking part is cylindrical rather than rectangular than before.
yes screen yellowing? Fan noise, speaker...volume//// Please
The keyboard itself feels like the macbooks rather than the macbook pro.
Trying to figure out how to use the remote disk is a little more challenging than I was expecting. The manual says to go into the sharing preferences and enable the CD/DVD sharing, but I don't see that option on my macbook air. The Disk sharing software that you're supposed to install on other computers is on the disc 1 of the backup disks you get which is a little disappointing because I don't want to be carrying that disc with me anywhere since it's so valuable.
Lots of updates to run as it wasn't updated with the latest iTunes and the security update.
Oh the lid closes like the macbook and doesn't really have a latch like the MBP.
I ordered the USB ethernet adapter but nothing worthy to note.
Anything else you need to know?
yes yellowing? fan noise? speaker volume? Please
i dont' think there would be yellowing as it's metal instead of plastic that the macbooks uses
yea i'm curious about the fan noise and speaker volume also
and how fast does it boot?
Hey! Always nice to see a fellow Canadian on here.
I was in Van 2 weeks ago to visit a friend, and I heard a rumour that you guys were going to get an official real Apple store, is that true? Have you heard anything?
Yeah, it's too bad it takes 1 extra day to get stuff up here because if there's a weekend in the middle of that time frame you're screwed.
Monday sounds like it will be my happy day. We'll see! Might be yours too.
ohh i thought the yellowing on the macbook keyboards and stuff.. my bad
wow that sucks never heard of that before... did you get it fixed?
Hey! Always nice to see a fellow Canadian on here.
I was in Van 2 weeks ago to visit a friend, and I heard a rumour that you guys were going to get an official real Apple store, is that true? Have you heard anything?
Yeah, it's too bad it takes 1 extra day to get stuff up here because if there's a weekend in the middle of that time frame you're screwed.
Monday sounds like it will be my happy day. We'll see! Might be yours too.
yea it's true.. apprently somewhere middle of downtown too
but not for a bit i think.. maybe end of year hopefully sooner hehe
i'll be down there often if they open it up hehe
yea hopefully you get yours and i would get mine haha happy day for us at least lol
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
I changed my order to the SSD disk and now my ship date went from Feb 12th to Feb 25th!
I changed my order to the SSD disk and now my ship date went from Feb 12th to Feb 25th!
That's terrible. Been away from the world of Apple for a while, is that common?
yes i bought the fist MBP LED half the screen was yellow had to get it replaced many have had it look at MBP yellowing thread
Too early for yellowing, but it's steel like the macbook pro so I don't think it can
I can't hear ANY fan but I haven't stressed it yet.
Don't know about the speaker volume since I'm at a place with no internet and no movies/music on the thing yet.
they never called apple just said i would pay the 12 bucks for saturdayThanks for the number, Cybergypsy. I called them, they said I would need to get authorization from Apple, Apple supervisor said no, so I guess no Saturday delivery for me. Best of luck to you though!
Might want to check on that and make sure that your're not wasting your money. I tried this a couple of times in the past and both times FedEx said they had to have Apple's permission to deliver on a Saturday.
Weird. I guess it depends on who you get. I got a long speech about containers and staffing and Saturdays and so on. Maybe I'll try one more time?
Anyway, I'm all for planning for a big morning on Monday, sleeping by the front door, baking cookies, happy smells and soft sleeves, etc.
Does anyone know of a good backpack to buy for the Air? One that has a compartment in it for the laptop? I saw a cool Oakley one and it came with an oakley sleeve as well for the laptop itself. Im a student and also from ireland so if u know of any site or even a type of brand or a name or anything that wud be great!! They have to ship to Ireland too!! I wud get the oakley one but my friend has it already so i dont wanna get it!!!
Cheers.
Cheers.
Bag recommendation
On the case subject: I had one of these briefly for another laptop, and I see a version (size 6X) fitted exactly to the MacBook Air is about to be released. They also sell backpacks that this clips into.
Great protection in a semi-rigid (corrugated plastic + foam) sleeve--with handles, shoulder strap hooks, and a sling cushion to protect the bottom edge from drops. I don't like big cases--especially for an ultraportable--but I do like maximum protection. This is small--one big side pocket, no other nonsense--and I liked the construction of my last one.
Tom Bihn Brain Cell
http://www.tombihn.com/page/001/PROD/300/TB0300
On the case subject: I had one of these briefly for another laptop, and I see a version (size 6X) fitted exactly to the MacBook Air is about to be released. They also sell backpacks that this clips into.
Great protection in a semi-rigid (corrugated plastic + foam) sleeve--with handles, shoulder strap hooks, and a sling cushion to protect the bottom edge from drops. I don't like big cases--especially for an ultraportable--but I do like maximum protection. This is small--one big side pocket, no other nonsense--and I liked the construction of my last one.
Tom Bihn Brain Cell
http://www.tombihn.com/page/001/PROD/300/TB0300
Depends whom you talk to.
It worked for me. NO Saturday delivery. But, since they sent it from INDY to Memphis they will put it on a flight tonight for me to pickup on Saturday. No charge - very nice group of people.
Weird. I guess it depends on who you get. I got a long speech about containers and staffing and Saturdays and so on. Maybe I'll try one more time?
Anyway, I'm all for planning for a big morning on Monday, sleeping by the front door, baking cookies, happy smells and soft sleeves, etc.
It worked for me. NO Saturday delivery. But, since they sent it from INDY to Memphis they will put it on a flight tonight for me to pickup on Saturday. No charge - very nice group of people.