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Macbook Air-Good Review


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 An excellent review of the Macbook Air, Rev. B. the latest model.  

I really like the screen. a lot less reflective than Macbook & Macbook Pro. Also, the tackpadjesters are real cool :)I agree with the author that 1 USB port is a bit of a problem.From the review:Shift your gaze north of the keyboard and you’ll be looking at the stunningly beautiful 1280×800 LED display. While technically a glossy screen, the fact that the Air’s display doesn’t have a panel of glass over it, like both its Macbook and Macbook Pro brethren, means that it manages to achieve those inky blacks without being overly reflective. It may not be the highest resolution screen on an Apple portable, but it is arguably the best.

Beneath the keyboard is the generously oversized trackpad. Apple has over the past year integrated gesture-based commands into its trackpads and while I didn’t really get the appeal at first, I now use these gestures on a regular basis. Place two fingers on the trackpad and click the button to get a right-click. Swipe with three fingers across the trackpad and you can browse backwards and forwards in the Safari web browser and use four finger swipes to move all of your open windows out of the way and reveal the desktop. Simple, intuitive, classic Apple. And while the Air did not get the excellent new glass trackpads of the unibody Macbook and Macbook Pro lines, it is the only Apple laptop that still ships with a separate physical trackpad button.Full Review:http://technmarketing.com/tech/mac/macbook-air-rev-b-16-hdd-an-in-depth-review/  

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 An excellent review of the Macbook Air, Rev. B. the latest model.  

I really like the screen. a lot less reflective than Macbook & Macbook Pro. Also, the tackpadjesters are real cool :)I agree with the author that 1 USB port is a bit of a problem.From the review:Shift your gaze north of the keyboard and you’ll be looking at the stunningly beautiful 1280×800 LED display. While technically a glossy screen, the fact that the Air’s display doesn’t have a panel of glass over it, like both its Macbook and Macbook Pro brethren, means that it manages to achieve those inky blacks without being overly reflective. It may not be the highest resolution screen on an Apple portable, but it is arguably the best.

Beneath the keyboard is the generously oversized trackpad. Apple has over the past year integrated gesture-based commands into its trackpads and while I didn’t really get the appeal at first, I now use these gestures on a regular basis. Place two fingers on the trackpad and click the button to get a right-click. Swipe with three fingers across the trackpad and you can browse backwards and forwards in the Safari web browser and use four finger swipes to move all of your open windows out of the way and reveal the desktop. Simple, intuitive, classic Apple. And while the Air did not get the excellent new glass trackpads of the unibody Macbook and Macbook Pro lines, it is the only Apple laptop that still ships with a separate physical trackpad button.Full Review:http://technmarketing.com/tech/mac/macbook-air-rev-b-16-hdd-an-in-depth-review/  

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Dang right iPhone & iPod Touch already pretty good "Net Books"

Apple already has a netbook, Infinite Loop

As we explained in January, the iPhone and iPod touch may already fill the space that would be occupied by an Apple netbook. The iPhone is a highly mobile device that lets you stay connected on the go, offering news, e-mail, the Web, and digital media, much like most netbooks. It arguably does so in ways that exceed other smartphones, as exemplified by the iPhone's sudden and explosive presence on the Web in comparison to other mobile devices. For example, in February of 2009, the iPhone made up nearly 67 percent of mobile Web browsing worldwide according to statistics from Net Applications, and in February of 2008, Google said that searches made from the iPhone were 50 times higher than any other handset.

Those are some big numbers that show the iPhone's unique position among the mobile world. So what would be the point of a netbook that somehow fits in between the iPhone and a normal Apple laptop? Netbooks are all about a particular kind of compromise: they greatly increase mobility at the cost of general usability. Let's be honest, the people who are performing actual work on netbooks out in public are largely the exception, not the rule. If all you need is a mobile Internet machine, why not just use an iPhone?

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