Poll: Did you buy a MacBook Air?

The top of the line for me is perfect. I'll have three pounds of various Leopard spaces quietly on the run with me from 6am to quittin' time. Wirelessly connected to my network and the world at large, room for project specs, design revisions, workarounds, bright ideas, desperate reaches... spreadsheets with scaled block component cutting instructions, fabric swatch photos, layouts for pieced quilt backings... address book and calendars, email... lots of music, the Ratatouille movie, a few podcasts and TV shows, Sudoku widget, ideas for dinner, shopping lists, newsclips and photos, snapshots of stuff that piqued my interest while I was surfing for something else.. and a picture of my jealous Powerbooks, the poor tremblin' things.

Well I haven't been this psyched since I first clipped a shuffle onto my shirt. Even the iPhone didn't beat that moment for some reason. FREEDOM.

My MacBook Air will be here before Valentine's Day. I will have the heart stickers ready!

I did too. it's just too perfect for my needs to not immediately buy.

I do wish that SSDs were cheaper right now, or that there were other HD options larger than 80GB, but I suppose if it really is that easy to open up, I might be able to swap it out later when prices and availability are better. Or I could always get a new one and pass this one down to someone else in the family, like I did with my first MBP. Always a workaround for minor niggles.

Even if it didn't serve a glorious purpose in my life that has been making me jump at the mere mention of an apple ultraportable, the battery life and multi-touch gestures would have done it.

That and no stupid slot loading drive sounds when the computer wakes from sleep or boots :D
I always end up with the drive models that make the most noise :rolleyes:

Will not be buying one. Too slow CPU, too slow 4200rpm ipod harddrive and too little max ram. My next upgrade will likely be the Penryn MBP, and if its thinner and the optical drive is gone then sweeet.

I ordered one. I've got a 12" PowerBook which I'm now going to sell and replace with an Air. It's perfect for me as I've got a 5 month old iMac for anything heavier than the Air can cope with.

Will not be buying one. Too slow CPU, too slow 4200rpm ipod harddrive and too little max ram. My next upgrade will likely be the Penryn MBP, and if its thinner and the optical drive is gone then sweeet.

I don't think they'll ever take the optical drive out of the MBP. It's a Pro machine and I would think most of that market need an optical drive.

I ordered one. I've got a 12" PowerBook which I'm now going to sell and replace with an Air. It's perfect for me as I've got a 5 month old iMac for anything heavier than the Air can cope with.



I don't think they'll ever take the optical drive out of the MBP. It's a Pro machine and I would think most of that market need an optical drive.

ever is a strong word. at some point (soon), optical drives will go the way of the floppy drive. and we will embrace the new. we'll want it anyway.

No, the Air actually made me order the regular MacBook instead...

Interesting piece of hardware for sure. I actually like the Air - the specs are OK for my needs, I don't need optical on the go etc... But the weight/height difference compared to the MacBook is currently not worth the extra money to me.

I'll hopefully get the current version if the MacBook when the next ones come out. I can love without multi-touch for a fairly fast, fairly up to date mac. The air is far too much of a buisiness machine for my needs.

Not interested at the moment, but looking forward to future revisions and where they're going with this product.

I have ordered and will buy whatever that can be first-time available.

No plans to buy one, unless they cut the screen size down a few inches (and shave a little bit off the price). Otherwise I'm happy with my current Macbook.