Seems strange to "kill off" the optical drive when they have not yet even progressed to BluRay !! How would we make DVD's for viewing of our home videos ? Perhaps home videos will move to SSD ?
On 08/11/2010, at 7:09 PM, Eugene wrote: > Optical drive is going the way of the dinosaur. Like the floppy it appears > Apple is killing it off early but like the floppy it will die. > > Battery life is still better on the MBP > > Flash storage doesn't have as long a life in terms of write cycles compared > to HDs. > > No firewire (can't use target mode - techies hate this) > > 11" has no SD. > > Lower resolution > > No backlighting on keyboard (not a real problem) > > Half (11") to almost half (13") the weight of MBP > > 2Gb ram not 4 Gb > > Having said that I still think I would prefer the 11" over the other 2, it is > way cool!! > > Regards, > Eugene > <(null) 4.tiff> > > On 08/11/2010, at 6:11 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: > >> They are even better than they look. Very fast, very sleek. They don't feel >> underpowered or delicate. >> >> 128/256GB disk options make it useful for a lot of different scenarios. >> >> Sharing a DVD player from another Mac was very easy for software install. >> But it didn't work when trying to play back a DVD. >> >> >> Glenn Nicholas >> OM4 :: >> >> >> On 8 November 2010 17:53, Rod Blitvich <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi WAMUGers >> two different (Windoze) people asked me today about buying a macbook air. >> I've done a bit of homework, see below. >> Please do you have anything to add to either list or an overall opinion? >> ta >> Blitto >> >> AIR Plusses >> Flash storage - instant on!! Amazing! >> Flash storage - no moving parts! Less things can go wrong. >> Small and light >> Large multi-touch trackpad >> up to 5 hr battery >> External, plug in via USB CD/DVD drive only costs an extra $99 >> Very sexy!! >> >> >> AIR Minuses >> No CD Drive >> No DVD Drive >> Less storage - 64, 128 (extra $200) or 256 GB (extra $700) - this might be >> an issue if you are into movie making or storing thousands of digital photos >> at high res >> MacBook Pro come3s standard with 250 GB storage and options up to 512 GB >> storage for an extra $189 >> Might need an extra 2GB of RAM if you are into photo & movie editing (extra >> $135) >> No firewire port (if you have a firewire movie camera or external firewire >> hard drive) >> Doesn't have ethernet port (BUT does have wireless N) >> >> >> Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> 0409 681 256 >> [email protected] >> http://web.me.com/blitto >> >> I haven't lost my mind...... >> .......it's backed up on disk somewhere! >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
