[color:blue]"No chance of this being an underclocked Montevina"</font color=blue><br><br>Extremely good question. <br>The odds are very slim that it is a Montevina because Montevina isn't due out for another 5 months. <br>Montevina must still be in the last stages of development. <br>I doubt Intel would want to bring out even a sample of Montevina earlier.<br>I doubt Apple would want a chip that isn't tried and true.<br><br>One other thing makes me think it is a Merom... The MacBook Air has DDR2-667 SO-DIMM ram which is supported by Merom.<br>Montevina will support DDR3-800 memory.<br><br><br><br>

I can't think of a larger waste of money than the MacBook Air. No media drive, no net-boot ability, no battery changing (without losing your laptop for a week), tiny hard drive, no Firewire port, no ethernet port... and the list goes on.<br><br>And for all the lack of features, you get to pay nearly twice as much as a standard MacBook which has all those features and more - simply to save what amounts to very little in the way of weight and thickness.<br><br>OK, so you get multi-touch. Sorry, but that's just not enough. I have to wonder just what market Apple is truly targeting with this product. I'm sure it's a great machine for what it is, but I just don't get it.<br><br>The Graphic Mac for your Mac and graphics news, tips and more.

I have to agree.<br><br>Meh.<br><br>

The MacBook Air certainly has a "Wow!" factor for a lot of people.<br>Even anti-Apple news sites seem to think it's very innovative.<br>My Mac friends are showing an interest in it.<br>Nagromme, Poly, and FSM seem interested in it also.<br>Cost seems to be the biggest prohibitive factor.<br><br>My biggest problem is probably the no FW port.<br>But I wasn't planning on buying one anyway. Maybe in a year or two.<br><br>I like my 12" PowerBook. <br>I've heard a lot of people say that they too like their 12" PowerBooks and they are not going to give them up until Apple comes out with a notebook at least as small as or smaller than their PowerBook.<br>Voilà! - The MacBook Air<br><br>The question now becomes... are people going to buy it?<br><br><br>

And non-user-replaceable RAM!<br><br>- alec -

Don't get me wrong, it's certainly very cool that they got it into such a thin machine. But why? What purpose does it serve to be so small AND so under-powered and under-featured?<br><br>The Graphic Mac for your Mac and graphics news, tips and more.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want one, I just bought a Mac Pro.<br><br>The MacBook Air would be great to travel with, easy to carry around. Isn't that the main purpose of a notebook?<br>And it's cool. It would impress your friends.<br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>And it's cool. It would impress your friends.<p><hr></blockquote><p>Only if you're friend was impressed with blinking lights and overpriced worthless gadgets. My friends would laugh their asses off if you showed up with this thing knowing how much you payed and what you got for it. <br><br>The Graphic Mac for your Mac and graphics news, tips and more.

To me, the MacBook Air would be great for:<br>case workers who need portability but not the bulk - every social worker that I deal with has these huge clunky PC laptops that get heavy after awhile.<br><br>People who deal with apps that are non-graphic intense - stuff like PDF's, Word docs, etc. that aren't into the video editing. People like lawyers, doctors, nurses, writers, students, scientists, etc.<br><br>The idea is that it is an ultra-portable device, not a work horse machine. To say that "simply to save what amounts to very little in the way of weight and thickness." sounds like you haven't had to carry a laptop around for work. And no, I'm not talking about around the house or to work either.<br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>No media drive, no net-boot ability, no battery changing (without losing your laptop for a week), tiny hard drive, no Firewire port, no ethernet port<p><hr></blockquote><p>They do sell an external optical drive. Net-boot? How many times do you use that with your laptop? Yeah, user-replacement battery change is a drawback, but at least you can get it done, and they might be able to do it at the Apple Store in person. Tiny hard drive? Sure, but it's not designed for pro users who work with huge files. That's what the MBP is for. I agree with the firewire port..that would have been nice to have. No ethernet? So? It's wireless but you can still get the ethernet dongle.<br><br>And under-powered? Sure, it's underpowered if you are trying to edit HD movies or HUGE photographs or big PS files....but then again you would probably want to get the MBP, not a macbook. This is meant for people other than those types.<br><br>Price is a little steep. I won't be getting one yet. <br><br><br><br><br><br>my photos

i think carp would argue that the slim design helped to make it more featherweight. for folks who want portability then this thing is light. i actually like it, but i would much prefer a 12" or 11" model that had a little more bulk (if necessary). size is my thing as i like to be more stealth when i use it. but i also think i am not a large audience and that i don't represent much of the market while this new Air probably does fit a need. and, i'd take one over my Blackbook . . . i think. ehh, maybe not.<br><br><br>