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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism It's the softest of the commercial hardwoods. The definition of soft and hard wood originally referred to conifers (cones) and angiosperms (flowering), respectively. Since Balsa is found in South America the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Is carbon fiber a better choice for structural integrity with such thin pieces. Polycarbonate is very strong but the MB casing seems thicker than the aluminium on the MBP. Balsa is the my favorite hardwood…
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud $1,800 ($2,000 after tax in many places) for a laptop with those specs is ridiculous! I don't care if it's made out of balsa wood and solar powered. What does it take to make Apple realize that they need to pr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Originally Posted by NYCMacFan I think the point of caring about sound is more relevant when you are at home alone on the couch or better yet sitting in a hotel bed in Tokyo trying to watch a movie or som…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism If someone was watching a movie or listening to music on their notebook without headphones I would ask them to stop. If they didn't I would close there machine. I'm not sure what I'd do after that as it's nev…
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Interesting to me. You have a single speaker under the keyboard. No review mentions sound quality at all. Even once. I mean you are watching the film in your hotel room or streaming audio. No purchaser has even a slight interest in this que…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sandro Mossberg is a genius! If you turn all the power saving features off, the battery life goes to crap. What a discovery. No wonder he's the Tech columnist fot the WSJ.[/sarcasm] Right, which in practice he is AL…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheCrow I find the list of cons from each of the reviewers just plain silly. The Air is not meant to be your one and only computer. If you need huge storage, or want to watch movies on it, or import CDs, etc...this is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tony-in-japan2 Okay, I admit, maybe the ?buy-an-iPod-a-year? pattern applied to the MBA was unrealistically stretching it a little, but I do think ?change your Macbook Air every 2 years? would be a more realistic marke…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM It's not much difference, 7.26" vs. 7.05", a difference of about 3%. But the 13.3" is 1.6" or 16% wider. Yeah. I know it is not a practical difference. But I have a Dell D420 12inch widescreen (from work) …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism You can get a 1.6GHZ with the SSD, if you wish. I'm getting the slower processor for the extra battery time, but waiting until I see real world results between the two stoarge types. Exactly my plan as wel…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM That's because the people that are drooling over SSD bought into the hype. It is way too soon to expect a cheap solid state drive. You'll probably have to wait for Macworld mag to test it. I don't expec…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core As you stated, "?in the interests of accuracy?" it was with the, "?spinning hard drive>" I am very curious on this difference. I presume that an SSD with a 1.6htz processor may be say 20% longer live…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM The 16:10 13.3" is almost as tall as the 12" 4:3 but wider. For people who use word, powerpoint and internet surfing, this is very telling. 13.3 inch widescreen actually gives us a touch less usable vertical…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell I'm not so sure what's alleged about its size. You make it sound as if their is some deception. In the keynote presentation Steve described it has going from .16 to .76. And described that as thinner than ever…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism The functionality and usability of the operating system is a major consideration. First time Mac users may be drawn to the aesthetics, but it's the operating system that wins them over. I can't imagine there …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ecking I'm surprised everyone finds the 13.3" screen to be a good thing. I'd prefer an 11" screen like that asus, if I'm trying to get as portable as possible it's screen size should be considered to be part of it's ov…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM "up to" should mean that it should be possible to achieve that. That's why I'd like stronger truth in advertising laws. If no one can get more than 3 hours in the most battery optimized settings, then claiming…
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[QUOTE=JeffDM;1203746][QUOTE=NYCMacFan;1203741]Not sure on this. Doesn't an SSD with an 1.8hertz processor consume the same power as a HDD with 1.6hertz. I was thinking it was comparable, but not sure. Would stink if 5 hours was a quote for SSD w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by djames42 I've never understood how anyone got close to 5 hours. My average battery life is about two hours, and this is on a new battery, not using the optical drive, and not doing anything particularly CPU-intensive. …