MacBook Air is now available, and for people who have pre-ordered theirs, you might be using it now reading this post. The video above is from a regular person with regular desires. Obviously, for him the MacBook Air’s form factor is worth the $1799 price tag for him. For walk-in buyers, the MacBook Air may be a little scarce as some have reported.
Now for the problems. We won’t bother you with what have been obvious in early MBA reviews. Early adopters are already starting to notice jitters in the MBA’s design: MacBooks Air’s WiFi may have trouble connecting to 802.11n routers in “draft.” It could interfere with devices using 2.4GHz spectrum, so users may be forced to upgrade to new routers supporting 5GHz. MBA’s iSight may be a little unstable. One solution is to update Quicktime to version 7.4. Heat problems are back with a vengeance in Apple notebooks. You may experience spontaneous or, God forbid, random shutdowns when using MacBook Air for long periods. The MacBook Air deals with heating problems in other ways: one of them is shutting down one core and slowing down the clock rate of another. And oh, the head phone jack is recessed. Not all headphones will fit.
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Macenstein | MacBook Air already having problems?
February 1st, 2008 at 7:12 am
[...] Mac Complainer is already (you guessed it) complaining about the MacBook Air. It seems some early adopters are experiencing some issues, including “unstable iSights”, interference with 2.4 GHz routers, and overheating issues, which apparently cause the Air to shut down a core and decrease clock speed to compensate. Additionally, it appears the headphone jack is recessed, meaning not every pair of head phones is going to fit (something iPhone users have already (reluctantly) gotten used to). [...]
Don
February 1st, 2008 at 9:22 am
Ok, are you satisfied? You and your MBA has made me jealous!
Hope you have a great time with it. Thanks for the video.
aquageek » Archive du blog » MacBook Air : Pourquoi j’en veux pas
February 9th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
[...] est dificillement accessible, tous les écouteurs ne marcheront donc pas. Mais il y a plus! Selon MacComplainer, les Air auraient des problèmes pour se connecter à certains réseaux Wi-Fi, ils feraient eux [...]