Comments on: More of Me Podcasting: TechCanuck Episode 16

By: David

David — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:13:32 +0000

Traveling across Canada 2x a year. Hopefully to Europe once this year and next year. Traveling to the west coast of the US sometime next year. Long trips…

By: WTL

WTL — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:52:27 +0000

Two more batteries? What the heck are you doing with your machine? I have two for mine, and almost never use the second one, although I expect I may have to use it on Friday when I take the train to Toronto.

By: David

David — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:56:43 +0000

I think it would be more valid if the price was better. I also don’t think thin is a great selling point, even to the Apple audience. I think Apple could have done better.

For my ThinkPad, I have 2 batteries. I intend on picking another two batteries up for my MacBook Pro soon.

It will be interesting to see how much of a success the Air is. Like I said in the podcast… people will buy it.

By: WTL

WTL — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:48:55 +0000

I pretty much agreed with your opinion about the MacBook Air until I read a review on MacWorld, and when friend of mine was very excitedly talking about it.

I asked her why she was interested and she said that because it was half the weight (nearly) of her MacBook, she wouldn’t feel so burdened carrying it everywhere.

I thought about how she used her machine, and she isn’t a power user, so the fact that it is somewhat slower won’t make a difference, nor will the lack of ethernet, or the fact that it has one USB port. When I asked her about the battery, she said that she would probably never use it on battery power for more than a few hours, so again, no big deal.

Do you have a second battery for your laptop, out of curiosity?

The MacBook Air certainly isn’t for power users like you or me, but I do think it fills a valid niche.