Why is it that whenever a new product is released everyone has to complain and moan about it's shortcomings? If the people who keep incessantly writing these negative posts are put off by a non replaceable battery or the lack of a built in optical drive or whatever, don't buy a MacBook Air. Please understand that Job's and Apple do not design each of their products for you and you alone. I like the portability of a smaller laptop but do like my built in optical drive and removable battery. Because of that I will probably stick with my nice little black MacBook. Does that mean that because I prefer those things that the MacBook Air is going to fail or is a piece of #*$&? No it just means that it is not for me. Since I mainly only listen to Audio on my iPod, I would love to use a Nano due to its small size, but I have an audio library of about 20+ GB therefore I have a G5.5 30GB iPod. That does not mean that the Nano is a piece of crap because they will not make one large enough for my needs. There is a trade off for everything and it makes me sick that people are bitching so much about the trade off's of the MBA. If you dont like it, you are not sitting there with a gun to your head being forced to spend your hard earned money on one.
On a similar note, I think it is pretty impressive that in less than a year we have gotten, the iPhone, iTouch, a new OS, new MacPro's, the update for
Tv, iTunes Movie Rental (you can argue that this is not a feat but to get all of the buy in they got from Hollywood is huge), Time Capsule, MacBook Air, and probably a slew of things that I forgot, all from one company is absolutely amazing. Almost each one of those things is a complete innovation in itself. I would challenge anyone to tell me what innovations HP or Dell or IBM have made that have had such an impact on the consumer technology market in the same time frame.
With all that being said, please understand that in terms of being a "Mac Geek", I am just a toddler and recent convert. I bought into the iPod concept with the 4th Gen iPod's, but I fought for a long time to stay away from the Mac. I got my first Mac about a year to a year and a half ago with my MacBook, and I only got that because I was having to design a network which would support both Mac's and PC's. But then I noticed that I was not using my PC as much. Then not at all as I installed Parallels and ran XP through my MacBook. So then I replaced my pc at home with the last of the non Aluminum iMac's (ticked me off when a little over a month later they came out with the new ones). Now at work I just added an iMac to my desk in place of any remaining hint of the PC world. Anyway, I am saying this because I am not a die hard Mac fan that would say that everything they release is pure gold because it is not. However, I do believe that they are one of the most innovative companies of our time and should be praised for all that they have accomplished in 201 days, not ridiculed because someone who reads a rumor forum is pissed because they did not do this or did not do that. If you want to have your voice heard, go get a job in Cupertino in the R&D division and stop your moaning.
Ok with that said, thank you all for listening as I have had a really horrible day and just experienced a moment of catharsis on this board.
Can't wait for MW2009. Who knows, maybe they will introduce iPort the first commercially available Teleporter, at that conference. But keep in mind that when the battery fails on the iPort, they will have to dispatch a band of Mac Genius' to your house to replace it and it will cost you ~$10,000 (is my comma in the right place?).
Have a great week.
Thom
