See, video if you’re confused. — peterwknox
star wars: last supper — szymon — sid05
Obvious reblog. Does he break bread with a lightsaber? And how does theology deal with TWO trilogies?
— peterwknox
Now that we can move icons off of the iPhone home screen, is anyone keeping the iTunes WiFi store on page 1?
My rejects, shifted to page 2:
Dear everyone who consistently fails to stop their car so that I can cross at the pedestrian crosswalk, or even fails to stop when I’m halfway across the pedestrian crosswalk:
Don’t talk on your cellphone when you’re supposed to be driving your car.
I’ve been using Apple laptops pretty much exclusively for the last ten years (all the way back to the 3400c), and this thing is, without a doubt, the sexiest, slickest, most tasteful laptop to ever exist ever. It’s going to be impossible to hold that thing next to a MacBook and not consider flipping the extra bucks (or taking the slower hard drive over the MacBook Pro).
We’re already shelling out $1500 to get the MacBooks in black. It’s priced as the gorgeous, chic up-sell to the dull MacBooks, and a cheaper, sleeker alternative to anyone who doesn’t need the power of the MacBook Pro. I’m waiting to see these start showing up with freshman after the summer, and be made ubiquitous over the next 3-4 years by jealous classmates. Expect to hear lots of pleads to parents about overweight bags and back problems.
I bet we also see it steer folks considering a new MacBook Pro towards an (ultra-mobile) Air + (big/fast) iMac combo for a few hundred dollars more.
Speaking of the iMac, one thing I learned selling computers at Tekserve: People are really convinced they need (or will even ever unplug) a portable computer, even if it’s just going to wind up sitting on their desk until they replace it. Probably for the same reason we always list “Travel” as a hobby. For all those shoppers lured in by the iMac’s sex appeal, it’s going to be really hard to put down the Air with its disproportionally large trackpad and screen staring at you like a puppy. And it gets really bad when the price comes down $100-300.
As for me, I’m still living/developing off one laptop, so the 13” screen is tough. I’m hoping the MacBooks eventually get replaced with a 13” MBP to make room for a 15” Air. That’s the day I wind up spending WAY too much money on a solid-state drive.
So far as I can tell, all of the early details have been positive:
The only caveats: No 3D gaming or firewire. With all my video coming off of USB and all my gaming happening on Xbox, I think I’ll get by.
Not only does this thing look magical, it does something that seems remarkable for something in the ultra-portable class: For most people, this can be their computer. The computer they take to school, take notes on, work from, sync photos to, and browse porn on. Not just a mobile companion to a desktop. A real computer, without any excess, that’s going to be REALLY hard not to fall in love with.
— david
Beyond the Macbook Air, the most important thing to take away from today’s MacWorld expo was the fact that Apple has reinvented the distribution mechanism for film and television, and everything from now on will be done through the web. No more need to buy DVD’s, and that means no more residuals for writers, as currently contracted. And you will notice that all the major studios are on board with Apple, which means that they all see the future, and are simply trying to avoid paying their piece of the pie. This is why the writers are striking. We shall see how this all resolves. — rubenfm
The Stevenote in 60 Seconds from TechCrunch. — marclafountain
From Gizmodo: Apple Introduces the thinnest case for the world’s thinnest laptop. — marclafountain
Valleywag has this great video from Kevin Nalts that looks at how the MacBook Air is leading other laptops to take extreme measures to become thin. — marclafountain
The second best part? This is nuts: The girl who owned the camera, who is visiting NYC from Dallas, TX, is friends with someone who reads my site every day. So it wasn’t even a crazy six-degrees-of-separation story. A girl lost a camera. Her friend reads the website of the guy who found it. Case closed.
The best part? She came by with four girlfriends. So I had the undivided attention of five very cute girls for ten solid minutes. And now this site has five new fans!!!
— jakoblodwick
