Apple announcement recap

[Paul Sargent]

On 18 Jan 2008, at 07:05, Tony Crockford wrote:

> Professional Photographers?  Corporate Road Warriors?
>
> anyone with a need to be at the bleeding edge....

I think Pro Photographers might be wary of the cut down processor, the  
2GB max memory (if they are photoshop users), the limited video card  
(if they're aperture users), and limited connectivity for dumping gigs  
of photos back to hard drives once back in the office. It might work,  
but I'd rather be on a MBP.

Road warriors I'll accept, but even that I'm not sure. Do road  
warriors have a machine at home/the office to partner an MBA with? I  
thought their laptop was their life.

I think a lot of people were wanting a smaller MBP. The 12" Powerbook  
had a lot of fans, and they're having to settle for MacBooks at the  
moment. The MBA doesn't change anything for them because the important  
dimension wasn't thickness, it was footprint/screen size.

Personally I keep thinking I could make it work. I don't *NEED*  
anything that isn't on the MBA, but I'm paying more to not have things  
when I don't perceive the thickness to be a big enough win.

It could be enough for my needs, but that's the wrong feeling to have.  
If I'm buying I need to be sure it's going to be enough.

I just wish they'd rev everything to have LED displays.