Comments on: Air http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/air/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 16 May 2008 20:23:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/air/#comment-3980 KF Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:09:19 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/air/#comment-3980 Ah, the Duo. That was a genius idea, but way before its time. Not at all incidentally, there've been rumors (apparently derived from an Apple patent application) of a forthcoming iMac-shaped <a href="http://gizmodo.com/339918/apple-docking-patent-works-perfectly-with-ultra+slim-macbook" rel="nofollow">docking station</a> into which one would slide a very thin notebook computer. Now *that* might be worth waiting a little longer for -- particularly if one could get the Air with the solid-state drive and the docking station with a more standard (i.e., big) hard drive and optical drive... Ah, the Duo. That was a genius idea, but way before its time.

Not at all incidentally, there’ve been rumors (apparently derived from an Apple patent application) of a forthcoming iMac-shaped docking station into which one would slide a very thin notebook computer. Now *that* might be worth waiting a little longer for — particularly if one could get the Air with the solid-state drive and the docking station with a more standard (i.e., big) hard drive and optical drive…

]]> By: meg http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/air/#comment-3978 meg Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:38:39 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/air/#comment-3978 The MacAir reminds me of the old Duo 2300, actually (which I had for a while, although I bought it used and obsolete). As a second machine, it looks just fine. I don't care about screen real estate, and I already have to carry a hub with me (although the release of the Griffin PowerDock is great news). I wish that someone would design a laptop that didn't require a whole separate bag for peripherals (charger, mouse, etc.). I would be happy to carry a wider machine if peripherals popped and/or spooled out of the sides when I needed them. The MacAir reminds me of the old Duo 2300, actually (which I had for a while, although I bought it used and obsolete).

As a second machine, it looks just fine. I don’t care about screen real estate, and I already have to carry a hub with me (although the release of the Griffin PowerDock is great news).

I wish that someone would design a laptop that didn’t require a whole separate bag for peripherals (charger, mouse, etc.). I would be happy to carry a wider machine if peripherals popped and/or spooled out of the sides when I needed them.

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