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Old February 27th, 2008, 01:44 PM
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It works alright for me. At home, it covers the whole apartment as before, at work it's also working (even through two concrete floors, albeit only with one AirPort bar). Haven't tested much yet.
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Old February 27th, 2008, 02:32 PM
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Hello, Fryke! Seems like you haven't been here much in the past month.
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Old February 27th, 2008, 05:09 PM
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That's correct. Ever since I've started work in retail (Apple computers, of course), I've been less online, actually. I've been hovering over the site and sometimes closed or moved a thread and banned a spammer or something, but I haven't really communicated much. Sorry about that. Guess at least in the coming weeks I'll be on here more often again, since I just _have_ to break this baby in.
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Old February 27th, 2008, 08:07 PM
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That's correct. Ever since I've started work in retail (Apple computers, of course), I've been less online, actually. I've been hovering over the site and sometimes closed or moved a thread and banned a spammer or something, but I haven't really communicated much. Sorry about that. Guess at least in the coming weeks I'll be on here more often again, since I just _have_ to break this baby in.
Yes, speaking of the Air, I'd personally enjoy reading your review of it. I seek to understand its purpose in a power-hungry market.
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Old February 28th, 2008, 04:52 AM
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I've written it in that other thread. The purpose, in my opinion, is simple. And that "power-hungry market" is, in my opinion, just a marketing problem. Most buyers do _not_ opt for the 2.4 GHz iMac, for example. They rather buy more RAM for the 2.0 GHz version. Similarly, the lower MacBook Pro option is alright with most, it's what we're selling, at least.

My MacBook Air clearly is a _secondary_ machine, not the one I want to do all my work on. It's the _perfect_ typewriter, though. I can have it with me _anytime_. Heck: I could tape it to my back and go dancing without a doorman noticing it. Just kidding. What I mean is: Drop it in your bag and you don't really notice its weight. You _always_ know whether you have your MacBook or MacBook Pro with you. They're too heavy not to notice. The MacBook Air really _is_ light and thin.

Who is it for? Mobile professionals. If you travel a lot, you'll simply love the (lack of) weight. Rich students. You know they exist, and those who can afford an MBP can also decide whether a MacBook Air is good for them. Writers and journalists. They _do_ exist.

The MacBook Air is also a statement, in my opinion. I clearly value style and functionality over raw processing power.
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The "apple" key is, like on the new keyboards, called "command"
The Command key in OS X has always been misnamed/labeled the apple key. it's finally got rid of confusing thing of having two names for the same key.
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The Command key in OS X has always been misnamed/labeled the apple key. it's finally got rid of confusing thing of having two names for the same key.
But.... for children its much easier to say apple-q or apple-n, than command-q or command-n. If I would say: "now press command-o". then they would say: "wheres that key?"
but if I would say "now press apple-o". they know its the key with the apple.

I know that was a little confusing, but do you know what I mean?

Also I think its just part of the whole Mac experience. Without that key, its just like any other windows keyboard, so why use an Apple one (except the neat design)? The whole point of an Apple keyboard is, so you can use it with Apple products. But if there hardly is any difference between the keyboards, some people would think "why buy one? There is hardly a difference between ctrl-n and cmd-n." They'd stick with their windows keyboards.
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Well, but the menus always displayed that command-symbol, and in my head it's always been that (since 1987 in fact). The Apple on the key actually seemed like tacky marketing for me. But we digress. I miss the real enter-key. Now all we have is a return key that is an enter-key when combined with Fn.
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