I think these type of "thin" laptops are marketed towards the naive consumers who have a disposable income and care about aesthetics over practical functionality. There is a fine line between what is too thin and what is too thick in therms of portability and up to a certain point, the thickness of a laptop is irrelevant when one considers the purchase of a laptop. In the end, functionality and needed performance is what is important, not how it looks.
Originally posted by slickwill:
I think these type of "thin" laptops are marketed towards the naive consumers who have a disposable income and care about aesthetics over practical functionality. There is a fine line between what is too thin and what is too thick in therms of portability and up to a certain point, the thickness of a laptop is irrelevant when one considers the purchase of a laptop. In the end, functionality and needed performance is what is important, not how it looks.
I wonder what would happen if it fell off the table:P
Whether of not you think aesthetics is important now, it is a good step for portability. Once they can manufacture them to be affordable I'd be willing to purchase one.
You cant deny this would be a cool laptop to have, even if the price wouldnt be worth it now. Eventually SSD capacity will be large and cheap enough and optical drives will be obsolete. This will be all you need.
Quote:I work as an IT Technician for a hotel chain, and trust me the Air is nearly useless, without a bag full of peripherals and adapters. I've had corporate guests curse at me over not being able to use the ethernet cable in their rooms, because their machines lack an ethernet port.
What practical function is that? Playing GTA IV? Hardly seem what is in mind here. I can only imagine its going to be an ultra portable netbook. It seems like it would be useful enough for taking notes in class and travelers needing to check there email and such on the go.
Quote:Different people need different functions from their laptops. I don't even have a laptop, but I think I'd be fine without the optical drive. Even on my current desktop, the only time I use the optical drive is while installing legally purchased software. I'd imagine if I did have a laptop without a disc drive, that I would use an external drive at home to install whatever I need to install on there. Then for anything else, I'd use either no-cd cracks or make backup images of the disc and run them off of the hard drive. Unfortunately, this is something most normal people can't do.Quote:I work as an IT Technician for a hotel chain, and trust me the Air is nearly useless, without a bag full of peripherals and adapters. I've had corporate guests curse at me over not being able to use the ethernet cable in their rooms, because their machines lack an ethernet port.
What practical function is that? Playing GTA IV? Hardly seem what is in mind here. I can only imagine its going to be an ultra portable netbook. It seems like it would be useful enough for taking notes in class and travelers needing to check there email and such on the go.
The lack of an optical drive is another thing that doesn't help. I once had to lend my personal HP Laptop to a guest, because her Macbook Air, though twice as expensive as my 15.4" display Pavilion, lacked a DVD drive to play a DVD for her presentation.
I understand that the consumer that searches for the trendiest devices, will consider the Air...but the consumer that needs functionality, should consider another model and maybe won't even have to sacrifice aesthetics. If you do go for the Air, don't get out without your USB hub, external optical drive and USB to ethernet adapter.
Originally posted by bam431:Lol I want one that fits in my wrist-watch and projects the screen onto a wall:P
until it fits in my pocket i don't give a crap
Quote:im sure youll both find what you need in japanOriginally posted by bam431:Lol I want one that fits in my wrist-watch and projects the screen onto a wall:P
until it fits in my pocket i don't give a crap
Quote:Quote:I work as an IT Technician for a hotel chain, and trust me the Air is nearly useless, without a bag full of peripherals and adapters. I've had corporate guests curse at me over not being able to use the ethernet cable in their rooms, because their machines lack an ethernet port.
What practical function is that? Playing GTA IV? Hardly seem what is in mind here. I can only imagine its going to be an ultra portable netbook. It seems like it would be useful enough for taking notes in class and travelers needing to check there email and such on the go.
The lack of an optical drive is another thing that doesn't help. I once had to lend my personal HP Laptop to a guest, because her Macbook Air, though twice as expensive as my 15.4" display Pavilion, lacked a DVD drive to play a DVD for her presentation.
I understand that the consumer that searches for the trendiest devices, will consider the Air...but the consumer that needs functionality, should consider another model and maybe won't even have to sacrifice aesthetics. If you do go for the Air, don't get out without your USB hub, external optical drive and USB to ethernet adapter.
