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Happy Everything!
Jan. 15th, 2008 | 07:57
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AirJobs
Jan. 15th, 2008 | 15:52
GPS: 99204
zeitgeist: 
tired
now playing: “Jigsaw Falling Into Place” - Radiohead
Steve on the MacBook Air:
It's pretty. Real pretty. It's also really expensive for the SSD-based one. For me, it'd be cheaper to find a SATA SSD for the MacBook I have.
I also wouldn't be able to edit video on it--I have never and will never trust USB 2.0 with DVI footage. It's merely thinner, though similar length and width to the MacBook I already have, and my MacBook is slightly faster. It's nice, but the draw of the device is somewhat mitigated by my BlackBerry.
Allow me to elaborate: the MacBook Air has less functionality than my MacBook--removing the FireWire port removes the ability to do proper video editing, and removing that makes the computer more of a word processor/internet device--and my BlackBerry takes the place of a small internet/e-mail device (specifically, it bridges the gaps between cellphone, PDA, and portable computer. besides, e-mail's the thing I would use the internet for the most. Why would I choose an ultraportable when I can't use it for some of the functions that I might need when away from my main machine? Why choose it when it can be supplanted by a smartphone like the iPhone?
Also, while it may be nice to have an ultrathin ultraportable notebook, it trades some of the functionality away. I was also somewhat disappointed, as I wanted something smaller than a 13.1" screen--the size of even the current MacBook seeming large to me. I'd love something in the form of the old 12" PowerBook, but with a widescreen display. Shave an inch or two off the sides--the MacBook is too wide. Of course, any smaller than the MacBook, and the size of onscreen elements will become an issue. Apple really needs to get on that resolution-independant OS stuff now.
It's pretty. Real pretty. It's also really expensive for the SSD-based one. For me, it'd be cheaper to find a SATA SSD for the MacBook I have.
I also wouldn't be able to edit video on it--I have never and will never trust USB 2.0 with DVI footage. It's merely thinner, though similar length and width to the MacBook I already have, and my MacBook is slightly faster. It's nice, but the draw of the device is somewhat mitigated by my BlackBerry.
Allow me to elaborate: the MacBook Air has less functionality than my MacBook--removing the FireWire port removes the ability to do proper video editing, and removing that makes the computer more of a word processor/internet device--and my BlackBerry takes the place of a small internet/e-mail device (specifically, it bridges the gaps between cellphone, PDA, and portable computer. besides, e-mail's the thing I would use the internet for the most. Why would I choose an ultraportable when I can't use it for some of the functions that I might need when away from my main machine? Why choose it when it can be supplanted by a smartphone like the iPhone?
Also, while it may be nice to have an ultrathin ultraportable notebook, it trades some of the functionality away. I was also somewhat disappointed, as I wanted something smaller than a 13.1" screen--the size of even the current MacBook seeming large to me. I'd love something in the form of the old 12" PowerBook, but with a widescreen display. Shave an inch or two off the sides--the MacBook is too wide. Of course, any smaller than the MacBook, and the size of onscreen elements will become an issue. Apple really needs to get on that resolution-independant OS stuff now.
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Duty Now For The Future
Jan. 15th, 2008 | 18:19
GPS: 99204
zeitgeist: 
hungry
now playing: “Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth” - DEVO
The Third Transition involves item-printing, an internet-of-things, and lots and lots of black, shiny things. Cool fictions; views of the future in a post-cyberpunk-fiction, broken, futureless world. Watch it happen even while mourning your jetpack, space-ray, and flying car, because those are only what you thought you needed, not what you actually wanted.
via warrenellis
"Man, that's even better than making it a stupid art project," Ace enthused. "A stupid government project! Hey, those last forever!"
via warrenellis