Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The four riders of the MacBook Air

Gallop, gallop... so Mr. Jobs finally give me a choice to replay my trusty 12" PowerBook G4. I had my prediction, was I right?

  • Similar form factor, thinner would be nice
    • I would say a profound YES
  • Proper keyboard, i.e. a MacPro not a MacBook keyboard
    • Another YES
  • Faster processors, my 1.33GHz is not coping well these days
    • 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz... not Flash Lightening, but much faster
  • 2GB Memory
    • YES
  • Better battery life (hell this is a wish-list)
    • YES
  • 2 x USB 2.0
    • NO. This is a real bummer, one USB... dude come on!
  • 1 x Firewire
    • NO. How exactly am I going to transfer my account info?
  • iSight built in
    • YES
  • DVD burner
    • NO
  • Line in
    • NO
  • Headphone
    • YES
So I think I got the key things right. Love how it looks, not sure I love only one USB and no Ethernet... but as the acid test defines it, I order one as the Apple Store opened... :-)