MacBook Air

[lparsons21]

I just got my refurb'd 11.6" MacBook Air - SWEET!!

Migration Assistant could have been of use if it was more controllable
and if I had lots of software and data to move to the Air. But that
wasn't the case.

I copied my Documents folder to a scratch drive and massaged it down to
3Gb or so. This data was all I needed, included was iWork, MusicReader
and Finale data files. I'll move over the usenet data when I go on a
trip, but for now it isn't needed.

I installed iWork, Finale, MusicReader and the drivers for my
scanner/printers as needed.

Then I let MobileMe sync do its thing. Everything synced up just fine,
but 'top hits' main screen in Safari is whatever it wants to be instead
of the setup I prefer. I'll fiddle with that later.

This Air is one slick box. Very fast powerup boot since it has SSD
instead of HD for a drive. The screen is very crisp and clean. I had
worried that the 11.6" screen would be hard to read, it isn't at all for
almost all things, and I can zoom for those times when it isn't.

While it is very light and slim, it feels very solid. Impressive build
quality.

 

[lparsons21]

Now that I've had it for a day, I have to say I'm very impressed with just about everything about this little box.

Because of the SSD drives, it seem much quicker at doing about anything. Selecting an application to run seems almost instant and the operation of the app is also very quick. I don't think this would be the right box for video creation/massaging, but for most other things it would be more than good enough.

And unlike it's larger notebook brethren, it runs very cool. After an hour running on my lap, it is just barely warm.

If I had to pick something to complain about, it would be that they don't put that little USB software load stick in some sort of a container that makes sense, instead of embedded in a paper sheet.