On the MacBook Air

I admit to not being really excited about this year’s keynote. I’ve been so engrossed with work of late that I didn’t even know what day the keynote would take place. And I knew that most of the things that would be talked about wouldn’t excite me: Apple TV (don’t have a TV), iPhone stuff (you can’t buy iPhones in the country where I live yet), iTunes movie rentals (I don’t like the rental model, I’d rather own stuff). Furthermore, the machines which most interest me, the Mac Pros, were already revamped before the show started.

But I must confess, even though I am not in the market to buy any new Apple product right now, I am really impressed with the new MacBook Air. If I were to buy a laptop, this would be the one for me. I am not one of those people who wants their laptop to be their only machine; for these people the Air is not the right product. I’m a person who wants a portable to be portable; so for me the decision to leave out the optical drive is a very clever optimization. Ever since Apple dropped a 12" model from their line-up I’ve felt it was a gap. I still have my 12" PowerBook G4 (the aluminum one). It was a great machine and has never skipped a beat in all these years (over four years now, eons in computer time).

So if I were to buy a laptop, the Air would be the one. The most portable portable ever!