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| Re: More obsolete digital music stuff we all can buy [message #93029 is a reply to message #93027] |
Sun, 25 November 2007 00:26   |
Tom Bruhl
Messages: 1368
Registered: June 2007
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>>Cheers,
>>> -Jamie
>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>James McCloskey wrote:
>>>> And they left out FireWire. WTF are they thinking??? But hey it's
thin
>>enough
>>>> to slice bread. What a joke!
>>>>
>>>> "TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>>>>> Never mind, I take it all back, it doesn't have ethernet. Nice job
Apple,
>>>>> leave out a ten cent part on an $1800 laptop so I can't use it in my
>>office
>>>>> to talk to my servers securely over a wire.
>>>>>
>>>>> TCB
>>>>>
>>>>> "TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Drive space isn't much of an issue, this would be mostly an office/travel
>>>>>> laptop, my music laptop is already tricked out with a 250GB drive.
>Also
>>>>> SSD
>>>>>> drives are just way to expensive now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll keep an eye on this. If they don't have any of the usual dying
>>batteries/cracking
>>>>>> cases problems that a lot of first gen Apple hardware has I'll give
>>one
>>>>> a
>>>>>> serious look.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TCB
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> TCB wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm looking for a new portable, and saw the hype on this. If I can
>>put
>>>>>> Debian
>>>>>>>> and XP on it I'd be sincerely interested, as long as the hardware
>>specs
>>>>>> aren't
>>>>>>>> too horrible and they don't have massive hardware issues out of
the
>>>> chute.
>>>>>>> HD is only 80GB (or 64GB if you want to spring for the solid state
>>drive
>>>>>>> option). If that's enough space to add Debial and XP, bootcamp should
>>>>
>>>>>>> support 'em. Or use one of the virtual machine setups if you want
>to
>>
>>>>>>> switch between OSs on the fly. CPU is 1.8GHZ I think. Slower than
>the
>>>>
>>>>>>> bigger/heavier laptops but still very capable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> -Jamie
>>>>>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TCB
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> New thin MacBook Air just announced. www.Apple.com
>>>>>>>>> The track pad is multitouch now. Optional solid state drive. A
bit
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> slower CPU than the other MacBooks but not bad.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It looks pretty cool for something that light. But right now I
need
>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> heavy lifter 17" HD res box, so it's not for me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also at MacWorld: Software updates to iPhone/iTouch, movie rentals,
>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> wireless backup system, and an iTV update.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No refresh for the other laptops (what I'm waiting for) yet. Dang!
>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> guess they'll sneak that update in sometime between now and NAB,
>>much
>>>>>>>>> like they did with the MacPro last week with little notice or fanfare.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm expecting LED backlighting on the 17", updated CPU and chipset
>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> more speed and battery life, and now I'm expecting a multitouch
>track
>>>>>>>>> pad! Hope it doesn't take months...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> -Jamie
>>>>>>>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>>
>>
>My point is that it shouldn't be necessary. Ethernet and at least one fw port
should be standard on any computer at this point. I have no clue why they
chose to exclude it.
TCB
"Ted Gerber" <tedgerber@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>Sorry - it's $29, plus the cost of a hub if you need other inputs simultaneously.
>
>
>"Ted Gerber" <tedgerber@rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>Here's a USB2 to Ethernet adaptor that Apple is supplying for $20.
>>
>> http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore. woa/wa/RSLID?nplm=MB442Z/A#overview
>>
>>I'm sure there are USB to Firewire adaptors available too.
>>
>>Adding adaptors is second best I guess...
>>
>>Ted
>>
>>"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Jamie,
>>>
>>>There's plenty of room for FW and ethernet, and those should not be considered
>>>luxury items. They're necessities on any computer these days. Why apple
>>didn't
>>>include them is beyond me.
>>>
>>>TCB
>>>
>>>Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Yeah, it's a lightened sub-notebook. No room for all that stuff. Great
>>
>>>>for the market they're aiming it at, presumably. But not what I need
>>>>right now.
>>>>
>>>>However the Air's optional external USB optical drive is interesting
to
>>>
>>>>me. Maybe I could take the int
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| Re: More obsolete digital music stuff we all can buy [message #93037 is a reply to message #93027] |
Sun, 25 November 2007 09:24 |
Neil
Messages: 1645
Registered: April 2006
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<Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Yeah, it's a lightened sub-notebook. No room for all that stuff. Great
>>>
>>>>>for the market they're aiming it at, presumably. But not what I need
>
>>>>>right now.
>>>>>
>>>>>However the Air's optional external USB optical drive is interesting
>to
>>>>
>>>>>me. Maybe I could take the internal DVDR out of my next MacBook Pro
>>>>>laptop and put in a second hard drive, that would be useful. And use
>the
>>>>
>>>>>external DVDR that was just announced today for few times I'd need it
>>
>>>>>with the laptop. Hmm.
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>> -Jamie
>>>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>James McCloskey wrote:
>>>>>> And they left out FireWire. WTF are they thinking??? But hey it's
>>thin
>>>>enough
>>>>>> to slice bread. What a joke!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "TCB" <nobody@ishere.c
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