Macbook Air - Few Pics

I've been thinking about an ideal working setup. Lots of people fantasize about these things.<p>I used to have two 24" monitors with a pansy dell laptop to power them.<p>Now I have just a 17" MacBookPro. It's excellent, but I could use more pixels.<p>The ideal setup would be a MacPro with 2 30" screens, with something like MacBook Air setup to mirror my configuration.<p>It would be docked like my iPhone, auto-install software that I install on the desktop, auto-configure to match the relevant system settings, auto-update the local repository that I'm developing, etc.<p>Any time, when you need portability, you could take the Air.<p>I'm sure a simple script could get most of this done on a local wireless network. Too bad I don't have $13K to spend on it ... yet.

I see one major downside to this machine: it has memory soldered to the motherboard. In my experience, memory is a fairly high-failure item, and I've seen more than one laptop bricked by onboard memory failing. It's potentially worse with a very thin machine since the memory is less protected.<p>If you're planning to keep one of these beyond the warranty period, know somebody with SMT soldering equipment.

I don't know, but what's the big hoopla about it? It is very thin, and light, but at $1,800 you are paying very dearly for a machine like that it is not that powerful.

I think the best part is the mouse gestures. It doesn't actually add any functionality that you didn't have before but it makes the whole experience more organic and you forget you're using a computer. That's what apple does right.<p>This machine is a big step b/c it's shedding unnecessary historical devices like the optical drive. It's leaping into a world where there is always a connection between machines and to the internet. All the while they are meeting and sometimes surpassing old functionality with software that makes networking a lot easier (bonjour, time-capsule etc.) While slashdot is lamenting the lack of "options" apple is striving toward a machine with no ports and no keyboard. They want as little friction as possible between you and your experience. The macbook air is just a temporary stop-off on this trajectory.

Now that is a <i>sweet</i> looking machine.