Apple: Macbook Air isn't suitable for simultaneous use of Xcode and external display

I had a first gen MBA for 9 months. Exact same kernel task issue - it was always hooked up to my 24-inch. Ended up going out of my way doing some undervolting to keep one of the cores from shutting down. It's not like it was actually overheating when it would shutdown one of the cores before my little hack. It was maintaining regular temperatures, even tested with a fan on it on a raised platform.<p>Anywho, 9 months was enough for me to realize I needed more juice and I've since graduated and hack from home full-time so I don't really need mobility. My new MBP+ Intel SSD is working just fine.<p>As for the MacBook Air.. I fell asleep with it one night and woke up to a cracked screen. After I got that fixed I took it to Apple for another issue and they returned it to me with a <i>german</i> keyboard. Huge mess up on their part, got it on the consumerist and such. They gave me a new one which I sold. /rant

Is it possible to a transcript from the court proceedings? I'm not familiar with NZ law at all. I'm mainly curious to see how Apple argued that plugging in an external monitor into an external monitor port and running an Apple-built program on an Apple-built computer could be argued as "inappropriate use". That's some crack lawyering!

My boss had serious problems with his MacBook Air using Firefox on JavaScript-heavy web sites all day. They refuse to fix it / replace it under AppleCare saying that using a web browser is inappropriate use! Crazy.<p>Obviously they can't afford to just come clean and admit the issues.

Interesting. I bought a (march'09 macmini) to run dual monitors both at 1920x1200. So far it's doing the job quite well. Xcode included. Though I had to upgrade (max out) the ram.

To understand the problem fully, you have to make a serious distinction between first and second generation Airs.<p>I have both, and the first generation becomes completely unuseable rather quickly, external display or not, when you push it even mildly. (Youtube (non-HD) alone will do it.)<p>The second generation is much more resistant, but if the room gets hot, with my 24" external monitor connected, I do see the kernel_task slowdown at times. (E.g., when a Time Machine backup kicks in, with 10-12 apps going, mostly in the background, and I'm doing something mildly computation-intensive in the foreground.)

Is there a version of whatever this is that <i>isn't</i> on scribd?

Amusing. My eeepc can handle a 24" display and a maxed-out CPU load without any problems. All for about $2000 less than the MBA.

I didn't bother reading all the legalese, but I have a feeling the external monitor has nothing to do with it.