One of the first things I would like to rant about, since I have now found in blogger such a fantastic outlet for my personal views, is my rather strong disappointment regarding the new Apple MacBook Air. I was really counting on Apple to deliver a credible successor to my fabulous PowerBook 12", which I'm still using after more than three years since I bought it from the Apple Store in LA. I mean, this laptop has followed me all around the planet, in London, Paris, Los Angeles, Tokyo-everywhere. It's been my companion for all this time and now I'm quite worried by the thought it might pass out for some reason, either because the screen or video card will be showing signs of photonic fatigue, or the hard-drive will suddenly start feeling not-so-hard anymore... who knows!!
This new MacBook Air, as much as I'm a fan of both Real and Fake Steve Jobs, I must say, is just crap! Not being able to switch batteries on a long flight from London to LA or Tokyo is simply not acceptable. Precisely one of the reasons I had bought the PowerBook 12" in the first place was because a) it was just the right size to open almost-comfortably on a coach seat over the Atlantic and b) of course, I would always bring with me that extra battery I had been careful to recharge just the night before taking off. Now my hopes of replacing my beloved PowerBook 12" are dashed, at least for a while.
But that's OK-I actually need a computer with a real serious GPU now, so I'm gonna HAVE to splash $2,000 on a MacBook Pro 15" he he he :)
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