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OT: Slim Apple laptop expected at MacworldPosted by grafixjoe
New thinner laptops expected to be announced (half as thick as current Macbook units)...using flash memory instead of HD's:
[news.yahoo.com] When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
...and touchscreen?
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Since I hate phones, I've been very 'whatever' about the iPhone. Like, yeah yeah, very exciting, a phone/PDA thingy. Why would you want that? Probably never use it, waste of time.
Then I saw a mockup of the 'Macbook Touch', and suddenly the clouds fell from my eyes and I understood the stupid desire to own something that was just flat out COOL. I so hope they don't actually release one.
I'm with you Jude. I dont carry a cell phone unless I'm out of town. The idea of one just makes me crazy. I dont even know how to program numbers into it. I think I got 12 text messages waiting for me to read but I dont know how to get to them, let alone text anyone. But that iphone sure is cool.
Michael Horton -------------------
I don't text a lick...but I love my cell. I love the idea of the cell - to be able to call & receive calls pretty much anywhere there's a signal. I feel naked & alone without it...especially when I am in the supermarket and I lost the list. I have to call my Wife to recreate it
Also, I had a phone interview on Thursday evening @ 5:45 pm and I couldn't do it from my office suite (current employer wouldn't take kindly to me talking to someone else about a new gig). My entire 40 minute commute home up dreaded I-4 was an awesome job interview on my cell. Couldn't have done it without it - couldn't do without it. I probably will go with a iPhone sometime this year. To be able to pull up a Mapquest webpage while sitting lost in my vehicle would be invaluable. My Razr contract is up so I can re-up anytime. I LoOOooOOooOove technology. When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
...kinda meant college.
Just so you all know...it was announced - & here it is: [www.apple.com] When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
...just a thought:
I read this on the Macbook Air "wireless" page and thought..."what"?
...what? This is why this is not configured for pros at all. What about the gazillion DVD backups we already have? Can't broadcast them wirelessly to the new macbook air. That's just plain silly removing an optical drive trying to force folks rent wirelessly from the iTunes store & spend $300 extra clams on a wireless 500 GB "Time Capsule" backup drive ($500 for 1 TB). ...though the Time Capsule does look cool...hmmmmmmm.... When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
I agree that it's odd to not have an optical drive, but I think it had practical considerations over just forcing the iTunes rental issue (although it does seem like they are pushing the movement away from disc-based media). There's a physical limit to how high an optical drive enclosure can be, so it had to be sacrificed in order to make this sucker thinner than a pancake.
I think a lot of folks are going to buy the $99 Superdrive add-on, cuz DVDs aren't going anywhere. I also don't think this is a Pro machine for editing by any stretch. No FW port, no burner, slow drive. JK _______________________________________ SCQT! Self-contained QuickTime ? pass it on!
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