Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

[Tim Murray]

For the price of one mac air... I could buy three eePC's... and have Linux
pre-installed....

Is the Air Linux compatible?

Yes. Was that supposed to be a jab?

 

[zara]

As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a
customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure
up, but now Intel has learned to work at the level of Apple and has
again built a chip exactly to Apple's specifications.

The MacBook Air is the first to have this fast, super low temp chip.
Apple correctly says it's the world's thinnest Laptop, but they don't
mention it's also the world's coolest running.

A good read:

You may have wondered how it is possible that the MacBook Air is getting
a new Intel microprocessor - a processor that is so new that it has not
been available for any other product. We actually have seen other
examples of Apple being treated as a very special customer by Intel,
such as the exclusive availability of the 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon last
year.

A little investigation reveals that Intel actually did develop a
processor for Apple and its MacBook Air. And, if you are aware of the
background story, this special Apple chip makes a whole lot of sense for
both Apple and Intel.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35789/118/

you can learn more about the most powerful laptop for its size in the
world here:

COOL!

It's the same chip that's currently being used in the Nintendo Game Boy.

 

[Moshe Goldfarb]

For the price of one mac air... I could buy three eePC's... and have Linux
pre-installed....

Yea, but you would still have 3 underpowered PCs and even worse you would
have Linux.

Is the Air Linux compatible?

Who cares?
Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like OSX
and install a kludge like Linux.

 

[Tim Murray]

It's the same chip that's currently being used in the Nintendo Game Boy.

If you're going to lie, at least make it remotely believable.

 

[Gene Jones]

That and the rest of this is absolute BS.

actually, it's completely true. Intel had begged Apple for decades to
become a customer, but intel wasn't up to Apple's standards. Intel even
admitted that.

 

[StormDrain]

You got to remember these arguments are addressed towards appil retardees
conning the public out of money and better technology.
Seeing is believing. See www.youtube.com and search
for compix and beryl to see what you are missing out on if you
haven't bought into Linux yet.

I see lots of spinning desktops but nobody getting anything done. It's
all G with no UI. Maybe somebody can turn that graphics technology into
a UI.

Right now Apple's the only one incorporating new graphic metaphors:
expose', time machine, spinning to set app preferences, cover flow etc;
with an eye toward usability. I use those GUI devices all the time. The
gee whiz is gone and they are simply a much appreciated part of the
workflow.

--
SD

"This post was proof read by Mac OS X Leopard
running on a G4 933 with a little more than 700
things of ram. "

 

[Moshe Goldfarb]

I see lots of spinning desktops but nobody getting anything done. It's
all G with no UI. Maybe somebody can turn that graphics technology into
a UI.

Right now Apple's the only one incorporating new graphic metaphors:
expose', time machine, spinning to set app preferences, cover flow etc;
with an eye toward usability. I use those GUI devices all the time. The
gee whiz is gone and they are simply a much appreciated part of the
workflow.

Well stated Storm!
That is the part the Linux community seems to miss.

 

[Gene Jones]

Not so. The ordinary MacBook is the same size, but is more powerful.

Daniel loves to be wrong:

http://homepage.mac.com/alchemy8/earth/side2side.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/alchemy8/earth/aquarter.jpg

Daniel, don't be stupid, the MacBook is about twice the size, weight and
about the same speed. The MacBook Air is easily the thinnest, most
powerful laptop in the world, and will be for several years to come.

 

[Alias]

I see lots of spinning desktops but nobody getting anything done. It's
all G with no UI. Maybe somebody can turn that graphics technology into
a UI.

I am using one right now, Thunderbird. I also use GIMP, Firefox, Amarok,
Movie Player, Pidgin and many other GUIs. Oops.

Right now Apple's the only one incorporating new graphic metaphors:
expose', time machine, spinning to set app preferences, cover flow etc;
with an eye toward usability. I use those GUI devices all the time. The
gee whiz is gone and they are simply a much appreciated part of the
workflow.

The GUIs in Ubuntu have usability. Maybe if you were to run Ubuntu
instead of watching a YouTube video on Berly or Compiz Fusion, you would
realize that.

Macs are nice but overpriced.

Alias

 

[Gene Jones]

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/guidedtour/
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

I can just imagine the type of totally obnoxiously devoted Apple gimps that
I'm going to see posing with those this summer. I'll stick with the totally
functional and useful Thinkpad X-Series.[/QUOTE]

thinkpads are fine if you don't care about battery life, weight or
having less software. otherwise mac laptops are the way to go.

 

[Gene Jones]

Coupled with a religious cult.

and horrendous software. linux is for kids.

 

[Lefty Bigfoot]

Daniel, don't be stupid, the MacBook is about twice the size, weight and
about the same speed. The MacBook Air is easily the thinnest, most
powerful laptop in the world, and will be for several years to come.

Unless you want firewire.

Unless you want multiple USB ports.

Unless you want more memory capacity.

Unless you want more storage capacity.

Unless you want ExpressCard/34.

Unless you want multiple batteries to quick change on a long
flight or elsewhere.

etc.

 

[Tim Murray]

I can just imagine the type of totally obnoxiously devoted Apple gimps that
I'm going to see posing with those this summer. I'll stick with the
totally
functional and useful Thinkpad X-Series.

thinkpads are fine if you don't care about battery life, weight or
having less software. otherwise mac laptops are the way to go.[/QUOTE]

And that huge power brick.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

thinkpads are fine if you don't care about battery life, weight or
having less software. otherwise mac laptops are the way to go.

Erm, you obviously don't know what the X-Series is then, as they are very
light, and the battery lasts for up to 6 hours on mine. The new X61s lasts
for even longer than that. And as for 'having less software', are you
totally clueless? I'm not using Linux, well, not at the moment.

I used to use a Powerbook G4 a lot, and the battery did not last nearly as
long, and it was no lighter.

ss.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Unless you want firewire.

Unless you want multiple USB ports.

Unless you want more memory capacity.

Unless you want more storage capacity.

Unless you want ExpressCard/34.

Unless you want multiple batteries to quick change on a long
flight or elsewhere.

It's male jewellery for posing ponces. Sort of like the guys you see around
with iPhones. Dicks.

ss.

 

[Gene Jones]

Erm, you obviously don't know what the X-Series is then, as they are very
light, and the battery lasts for up to 6 hours on mine. The new X61s lasts
for even longer than that. And as for 'having less software', are you
totally clueless? I'm not using Linux, well, not at the moment.

macs run more software than any computer made, don't forget that.

plus the macbook air is quite a bit more feature rich than the x-series.

 

[Peter Köhlmann]

Gene Jones (OxRetard, the typical Mac using cretin) nymshifted again:

macs run more software than any computer made, don't forget that.

Except naturally windows compuzters, and even more linux computers.
But then naturally OSX will also appear somewhere on the radar, a very
distant 3rd or 4th place

plus the macbook air is quite a bit more feature rich than the x-series.

Yes. It has a lot a features lacking. It lacks *many* more features than
every other laptop its size. Not to mention in its price range. No other
laptop in its class lacks so many features

 

[Kier]

and horrendous software. linux is for kids.

How so? Are you talking about Sugar, the OLPC interface? That's certainly
*designed* for kids. Linux as a whole is meant for adults with minds of
their own.

 

[Mitch]

For the price of one mac air... I could buy three eePC's... and have Linux
pre-installed....

Is the Air Linux compatible?

I don't know of any Mac ever made that was not compatible with Linux.
Now, it's compatible with even Windows.

I can't believe anyone would talk about the Asus low-end laptop as a
comparison to regular laptop considerations. Come on, a 7 inch screen?

 

[Mitch]

I can just imagine the type of totally obnoxiously devoted Apple gimps that
I'm going to see posing with those this summer. I'll stick with the totally
functional and useful Thinkpad X-Series.

Are you saying that Apple doesn't make the same thing?

Or are you saying that Apple's hardware isn't serious enough for real
users?

Or are you suggesting that people only buy Apple to look good, or for
that stupid 'religion' comment from years ago?


All of that is junk not worthy even of you.

And the Air is still usable, practical, and decent, as long as the user
buys knowing the limitations.