MacBook Air

FirmTek targets MacBook Air owners with hub for FireWire, eSATAPosted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on Apr 14, 2008 7:27 PM Subscribe Alerts2 comments: Announced on Monday at the NAB expo in Las Vegas, the forthcoming SeriTek/SpyderHUB storage hub will support FireWire and eSATA drives and provide interesting capabilities including eSATA booting for Mac...[Read the rest]

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MacBook Air Diary-Day 23: Lovin' the F8 key: Apple's new, low-throw, "chiclet" style keyboard arrived to great controversy. First in the MacBook, then again when it was adopted as the defacto standard USB keyboard for all Macs, replacing... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 22, 2008 10:43 AM; 34 Comments
MacBook Air: Motion sensor 'bizarrely' enabled with solid-state disk option: MacBook Air owners will find that Apple's motion-sensing technology — to protect hard disk drives in notebooks — is enabled even on models with the solid-state disk option. [Read the rest]; Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Feb 21, 2008 9:40 PM; 8 Comments
Will the MacBook Air ruin the MacBook Pro?: Real-world tests of the MacBook Air sound good. But could the ultralight's success push Apple to slim-down the MacBook Pro, cutting its performance potential? [Read the rest]; Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Feb 21, 2008 6:27 PM; 13 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 22: Argh! Recessed headphone jack: It's almost as if Apple didn't learn anything from the recessed headphone jack fiasco with iPhone. The MacBook Air, my friends, also has a recessed headphone jack. While it's not... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 21, 2008 6:50 AM; 46 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 20: Cutting the cord: Yesterday, I blogged about traveling light and paring down my computer bag down to a MacBook Air in a simple sleeve. Today I want to ween myself off wired network... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 19, 2008 6:49 AM; 23 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 19: Traveling light: I finally did it. After almost 20 days of using the MacBook Air I'm now carrying just the MBA sans accessories. Like Linus with his blanket, I started by carrying... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 18, 2008 5:35 AM; 54 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 15: Temperature benchmarks: A big concern for anyone using a notebook computer for any length of time is the heat it generates. It actually came to a head a few years ago when... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 14, 2008 6:21 AM; 20 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 13: Installing 10.5.2: I generally wait at least 72 hours before installing any operating system updates from Apple but yesterday's announcement of 10.5.2 made me throw caution to the wind. I figured that... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 13, 2008 6:49 AM; 40 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 12: Tackling the storage issue: Being somewhat of a data packrat, the MacBook Air's tiny 80GB hard drive was probably its biggest problem for me. I got accustomed to having a fairly heavy Aperture (20GB)... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 11, 2008 6:02 AM; 19 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 9: Is the SSD overhyped?: Boy I am I glad I didn't pony up an extra US$1,000 for the Solid State Drive (SSD) option in my MacBook Air. While the temptation was there, sticker shock... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 8, 2008 6:38 AM; 28 Comments
MacBook Air SSD - Is it worth the money?: Is the $1,300 solid state drive (SSD) for the MacBook Air worth the money? Doesn't seem so. Sure, there are some gains, but you have to look hard to find... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 6, 2008 1:56 PM; 39 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 7: The best sleeve case: The MacBook Air is so tiny that you'll be tempted to just toss it into a portfolio, briefcase, backpack or whatever you happen to be carrying at the time–but I... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 6, 2008 12:18 PM; 14 Comments
Putting your HDD on an 80GB diet (Redux): (This is a follow-up to my original piece from 16 January 2008–Putting your HDD on an 80GB diet). As I pointed out last month: 80GB is not 80GB. It actually... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 6, 2008 5:36 AM; 41 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 6: Size comparisons: After you get over the size of the packaging you can't help but to notice the size of the MacBook Air itself (it is, after all, the thinnest notebook computer... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 5, 2008 6:07 AM; 23 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 5: Battery observations: Apple quotes the MacBook Air as having a 5 hour battery, but as with most OEM statements about battery life, it should be taken with a grain of salt. The... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 4, 2008 7:44 AM; 10 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 4: The packaging: After (finally) getting my data migrated over to the MacBook Air (hint: use Ethernet) I took yesterday off to watch the SuperBowl. The MacBook Air was the life of the... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 4, 2008 6:52 AM; 39 Comments
MacBook Air Diary-Day 3: Migration assistance: I received my MacBook Air on Thursday (unboxing photos here) and have spent the last few days learning a thing or two about Apple's Migration Assistant software. It's that handy... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 2, 2008 7:08 PM; 25 Comments
MacBook Air tear-down: Look inside but don't touch?: The Mac parts and servicing site iFixit late Thursday posted its teardown of the MacBook Air. The look inside Apple's super thin notebook is revealing but shows that only upgrade... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Feb 1, 2008 10:38 AM; 8 Comments
Gallery: MacBook Air Unboxing: Yesterday was a very happy day for me. I ordered a MacBook Air (stock 1.6GHz configuration) about 30 minutes after the Macworld Expo keynote address wrapped up. I received... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 1, 2008 4:34 AM; 30 Comments
Could the MacBook Air's trackpad support pen input?: Apple's new MacBook Air sports a larger, smarter trackpad and Mac OS X's built-in Ink text recognition engine. What would it take to make a pen digitizer out of the... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 31, 2008 4:34 PM; 3 Comments
Is Apple under attack from a whisper campaign?: With the political super-season gearing up, come accusations of "whisper campaigns," or the spreading of false, damaging rumors from unknown sources. Based on a casual comment from an acquaintance, Apple... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 30, 2008 6:00 PM; 92 Comments
Details surface on the MacBook Air: Some lucky stiffs have already received the MacBook Air and details are starting to emerge.Take for example Walt Mossberg's revelation that "it's beautiful and thin, but omits features." Mossberg... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 25, 2008 5:15 AM; 13 Comments
MacBook Air: Observations on its technical note: Apple recently posted the MacBook Air's technical notes on its Developer Connection site. While comparing and contrasting the new ultralight notebook with the MacBook Pro isn't fair, the differences between... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 24, 2008 7:09 PM; 59 Comments
Death to the glossy display!: (If you're a big fan of glossy displays, you can probably skip this post) I've been gushing about the MacBook Air to anyone that will listen for the past week,... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 21, 2008 10:12 PM
MacBook Air: thinnest but not lightest (Updated 2x): When Steve Jobs introduced the world to the new MacBook Air here on Tuesday he accurately referred to it as "the world's thinnest notebook." While that statement is true, it... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 18, 2008 12:16 PM
Why does the MacBook Air make so many so dumb?: Believe it, Apple's new ultralight notebook is perfect technology. It's an elite product, something that seems appears to drive populist Mac fans crazy. But this notebook will be Apple's next... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 16, 2008 11:40 PM