Apple MacBook Air MC234LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop
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A lemonWe purchased a Macbook Air two years ago and unfortunately it was a lemon fairness out of the box. Almost immediately there were problems with pixels on the screen going out in large vertical bands, over-heating, sluggish playing. We purchased it for our son to use during extended travel in China, reasoning that the light tonnage would be a plus in these circumstances. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't have any service in China so he was unqualified to get the problems fixed.
When he returned from China we took the Air into Apple for repairs. That was the birth of a long cycle of multiple repairs and the nightmare of dealing with Apple serving. I've never encountered so many frustrations with a computer company. Perhaps if you've ever had any serious problems with an Apple product you might know what I'm talking about.
It seems that other reviewers have been over the moon with their Air, so it is entirely possible that our experience was the exception rather than the rule. However, a lemon should be caught by Apple's trait control process BEFORE it goes out the door, before it gets into an unfortunate consumer's hands -- and that didn't happen in this case.
Some things a dormant buyer should be aware of... The Air is basically a stripped down computer, with things such as a CD/DVD private road not included, in order to reduce the weight. But you still need these components. By the together I had purchased the additional items, including the expensive CD/DVD drive, the sum total package not only came close to $3000, but weighed significantly more than my petty, light weight Sony which is a fully loaded computer, including DVD go and extended life battery.
Finally, from our experiences with trying to get the Air repaired, we experienced that many of the internal components, including the hard drive, are non-standard and not comfortably replaced when they go bad. When my Sony died after 5 years, I was able to remove the unavoidable drive, a miniaturized Toshiba, and transfer it to an external case, enabling me to carry on using my data with another computer. Not so with the Air. When the Air died recently, although still under the extended warranty, Apple was not able to offer any assistance in removing the hard drive. Their service dept. said that the Air energetically drive is non-standard and that Apple doesn't service it at all and that it can't be removed. We gave up on Apple and took the Air to a provincial PC lab that was able to remove the hard drive and transfer the data to a new monogram which can be used externally.
To be fair, we've had other Apple products that have performed well and that we've been mostly happy with. Now, however, the frustration point, not to mention time and expense, in dealing with the Macbook Air and Apple service has turned us off to Apple forever. We'll be sticking to PCs from now on. Our Air, which still has more than a year of promise on it, has totally died and we've dumped it for an Asus. Check them out, they get excellent reviews (rated highest for reliability), have ridiculous battery life (10-14 hours), have an amazing warranty, and they confirm some very lightweight models (the UL series).
Noble laptop
May not be the fastest Macbook out there, but it's immediately enough for normal use. I have no problem running VirtualBox with several different OS's, including Windows and Linux.
It's fire and beautiful, I love this laptop and fully recommend it.
The hedgehog of Macbooks
If you are easy with Isaiah Berlin's essay, "The hedgehog and the fax," my review is self revelatory. No longer state of the art, the Macbook Air is still superb at doing what it does. Compared with the new MacBook Pro 13 you give up battery-operated life, speed, and storage. What do you gain? A computer you can, and will, take with you everywhere. (I am writing this review as I chaperon the BBC news.) A computer that is so so thin and so light that you will be delighted each time you pick it up. As another reviewer well-known, if you are a writer, this is your machine. It is a writer's notebook you will take everywhere with an illuminated keyboard and a high-class screen. Does it make sense to buy a Macook Air? It has not been substantially updated for two years-- lifetimes in the tech in the seventh heaven. It is expensive and it is Apple's slowest computer. If you can be happy with another Macbook, by all means buy one. If you suspect you will not be happy with anything but the lightest, most vest-pocket MacBook, well, you won't be disappointed. In fact, if you're anything like me, you'll be delighted.
Superb Mac Yet
I've had a macbook for years. This macbook air, is the to the fullest extent purchase yet. I've got the high end unit with the SSD hard drive. This electronic unyielding drive makes the unit extremely fast. Startups/Shutdowns, commitment opening/closing is just amazingly fast.
If you travel, and scantiness a quick boot up at the airport to check something. This is the machine. Very fast.
The expanse, screen, lighting is all just excellent. The keyboard lights up in the obscurity, and is smart enough to save energy and not light up in bright light.
The process brightness is so bright in the dark I turned it all the way down to get it right.
Just a delusion machine that will be a workhorse for years.
Very skilled computer, some small problems
All-embracing, a good computer. Light weight and faster.
The fan seems to make some weird dissonance when it just starts. The USB port that flips over seems to be less durable than desired. Except that, cogent computer.
