Ishmael’s Blog

So I just watched the MacBook Air introduction by Steve Jobs at MacWorld’08, and was pretty impressed. I read an article about the machine so wasn’t surprised when I seen it, but there was some stuff I didn’t know about.

It seemed a let down that there was no CD/DVD drive, but I realized that I barely use the DVD drive in my laptop. Also, the fact that it can wirelessly “borrow” the hard drive of a nearby PC or Mac is pretty awesome, and makes not having that drive more than tolerable. 5 hour battery life, and a full-size, back lit keyboard are certainly a plus.

I think I was even more surprised when I seen that they start at $1800. I certainly couldn’t justify spending that much as a student, but I think it’s a reasonable price.

I couldn’t help but watch a few parody ads while I was at it. This one was particularly good. I think the BSoD did it for me.