| When I was going over the specs, it sounded to me like they are trying to get this thing to appeal more to business travelers & executives... Those that don't necessarily have time to mess with CDs, wires, and such. I'm sure they ran the whole gamut about pros and cons, and I'm sure they saw that if you want a little more you'll just go with the MacBook Pro, but for me, I think its brilliant for them to try to appeal to these people. It's lighter & smaller (easier to fit in your lap on an airplane & easier to carry amongst your magazines & newspapers), only one USB port (big deal, most of us who travel frequently for business alot only need one USB when you think about it). Its pretty clear that this system isn't meant to have several laser printers, scanners, dual monitors and such... In fact, as it was going through development I'm sure they wanted to target it to those that move around alot.
As for us, I'm pretty sure most of us are graphic designers like myself, IT Pros, developers, etc. there's is nothing that we can benefit from in purchasing the MacBook Air.
If you ask me, I think its brilliant. May not be very popular on the whole, but I think its awesome. Rather than more technical, it seems like they went more practical for a certain market... I don't think WE are in that market. |