One thing I wondered about MacBooks was that they liked omitting standard fare. The average PC comes with second mouse buttons, 1.44 drives and 28.8 modems. But with a Mac…? You get a single mouse button, no floppy and no modem. You want those, you pay extra.
Now, Steve Jobs releases the latest product in his arsenal, and woah… is it missing a grand deal. Check out what’s castrated from the MacBook Air:
Deprived RAM slots
Okay, so it’s got 2GB of RAM. That’s enough for half the population. But what about for graphic and sound manipulators like myself? I want… no, I need at least 4GB so I can edit 512MB sound clips while watching the latest episode of Battle Star at youtube. Since the MacBook Air can’t accommodate new chips, I doubt CAD, Audio and Video mavens would make it their toy of choice.
Wimpy Hard Drive
Okay, so the MacBook Air is the only unit to offer a 1.8″ hard disc- this keeps it nice and trim. But just 80GB??? Goodness, all my photos, videos and sound clips take 120GB! That’s not a whole lot of space to install apps or dual boot to Windoze Vista. Don’t you folks find it odd that the iPod Classic hefts around a 160GB disc while the $2000 MacBook Air doesn’t??
Invisible CD-Rom Drive
I like installing stuff. I also relish watching DVDs on my laptop on those longhaul trip. But the MacBook Air deprives me of this by leaving out the CD Rom drive. What where they thinking? That I’d download my tunes and videos solely from iTunes? Or perhaps they presume I prefer lugging around thumbdrives for all my digital knicknacks. Wait.Maybe they just want me to shell out $99 for an external Superdrive.
Monogamous
My core2duo PC has 4 USB ports. It flirts around with numerous USB devices simultaneously. Mouse? Check. Printer? Connected. Scanner? Humming away. Yep, ole PC likes to dance with lotsa ladies.
The Macbook took the Ten Commandments more seriously. It offers just one USB port. So that means it tangos with not more than one partner at a time. I never knew monogamy can be this infuriating.
So…. who’s got beef with the MacBook Air?
