Apple announcement recap

[Kevin Callahan]

On Jan 17, 2008, at 11:44 AM, R.L. Grigg wrote:

> Maybe I'm a bit dim here but what is the intended market for the Mac  
> Book "Air"? Okay so its thin and weighs 3lbs. Well woop-dee-woo. So  
> what? Its really pricy and has the same footprint, and you cant  
> change the battery or the RAM or the hard drive. You cant do much  
> with a piddling 80GB drive anyway.

"Back to my Mac" ?

I can see having an iMac or Mac Pro at home or at the office and  
having an AIR for the road or around the house.  Provided WiFi becomes  
more pervasive and easily accessible, using "Back to My Mac" could  
prove carrying around a bulky machine a no-no.

The battery and hard drive thing is the price you pay for "thin".

I had a student here last night who works for MS - he was raving about  
the "AIR" saying how it's an amazing design .. "beautiful" a piece of  
"art".

He also said he's seeing more and more MS employees running around  
with Apple laptops -  as they run XP at work and OS X at home.
(yeah, pretty sure he said XP .. I'll have to verify)

K

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> And its' to big to embed into other devices like you can with the  
> mini. I suppose I was hoping for a 9" screen or a MacPDA or  
> something innovative. I really cant figure what I'd do with this  
> thing over a MacBook, so I must be misunderstanding what the  
> intended market is for it.
> Russ