MacBook Air… WoW!

For those of you who haven’t seen Apple’s latest unveiling, head over to Apple.com… NOW! Okay, it’s not that big of a deal – at least for some of you. Maybe it’s not going to change your life immediately like the latest session with Dr. Phil… hmm…is he affected by the writer’s strike?… but if it doesn’t make you at least mutter “Wow, that’s amazing” or something of that sort, you need to see a therapist, psychologist, or some other shrink-like professional, as your threshold of awe may borderline on beyond repair.

Apple just introduced a new laptop aptly called the MacBook Air. I saw this for the first time about 15 minutes ago, and I still am slightly dumbfounded. 0.16-0.76″ thin! Wow! That’s less than 1/4 of an inch at the smallest section and the largest part is still only about 3/4 of an inch… that’s about the size of my thumbnail. This sexy thing weighs only 3 lbs., too. That’s a good 2+ lbs. lighter than both the MacBook and MacBook Pro!

Okay, enough of the shouting and multiple !’s on my end. Now that my infatuation has been lowered from a rolling boil to a simmer, let’s take a look at what really matters: the inside. This thing may not be packed with the latest and greatest power, but remember to keep all this in perspective. All this power is packed into 3 lbs. With the starting price of $1,799 and the upgraded version starting at an astounding $3,089, the MacBook Pro may be a more attractive computer for the $$. For about $200 more than the base MacBook Air you can get an added 40GB of hard drive space (and a faster hard drive, I believe), an added 0.6 GHz of processor speed, about 2″ of added display space, an internal SuperDrive (CD/DVD-RW), a better video card, and a few other minor features. However you’d be missing out, aside from the weight, look, etc., on the multi-touch trackpad (yes, that’s what the iPhone is somewhat famous for) and possibly the solid-state hard drive. If you haven’t heard of these hard drives before, check them out on Google. I don’t have the space to talk about that here and now.

So if it was you, what would you pick? Sleak, lean, and sexy? Or powerful and semi-sexy? That’s a tough choice in my opinion. I’m just glad this wasn’t an option when I was in the market for a laptop for school.

It’s fascinating to see how far we’ve come in computer technology.

From this

To this

It’s exciting and I suppose somewhat scary to think about what it’s going to be like a couple years from now. My parent’s tell me how easy I have it now programming on the computer. Will I be saying the same thing to my kids? The possibilities do seem endless. Fold-able screens have been and are continually in the process of being designed (I found an article from back in 2005 telling about them!). Keyboards are being projected by laser onto any flat surface. Chips the size of my pinky nail are easily holding multiple gigs worth of information. I’m telling you the truth. Computers that include a comfortably sized screen that are able to fit into your jean’s pocket are really not that far away.

One last thing… check out the advertisement here. Again… WoW!

Until next time…

Note: These pictures are property of Apple Inc.

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