An Apple a Day
I’m often inspired by Guy Kawasaki. Lately I’ve been inspired by his Tweets. Today he pointed out some things, which I I think make an excellent point about the MacBook Air. It doesn’t come with any of the external things you need to make it a primary machine.
I’m an Apple girl at heart (although I’m typing on a PC, there’s an iBook right beside me). I also plan on buying a MacBook Pro this summer as a primary machine. But I don’t always buy into all of the Apple hype, which tends to save me money. Once I got past the initial ooohs and ahhhs over the MacBook Air, I decided it just wasn’t practical for my everyday work environment. For instance, it’s great that Apple thinks all software can downloaded or streamed OTA, but in reality, it can’t. Not unless you’ve got an insanely high-tech household AND want to go through the trouble of putting the install files on a separate computer to access them. Really, I just want a CD drive. If I’ve got a DVD, as opposed to a downloaded movie, I want to be able to watch it on an airplane. Apple has great ideas – they’re just ahead of their time.
To my point, here is Guy Kawasaki’s standard configuration for his MacBook Air:
And here is a humorous video he tweeted today, which is an ad for a lenovo Thinkpad:
