What’s all this crap about the Macbook Air being a compromise and test of cloud computing?
Get a life!
I’m probably writing this in the wrong place because many of you here will know this already but just in case someone is worried about buying an Air thing – You don’t actually need a dual-core 3.0Ghz processor, 15″ screen, 160GB HDD, a CDROM, 4 USB ports and an Ethernet (what’s that anyway?) to scan the sub-100Kb contents of Techmeme and write ‘Top 5 reasons why Starbucks is my favorite office.’ posts. In fact, you don’t need that to get real work done either. Take my efficient dual-screen office setup on the right for example. Its not super-fast but for 90% of my daily work, it would be good enough. [*1] There are many other examples too. 350,000 EeePC owners can’t be wrong either.
As for the ‘cloud’, many of us that monitor and participate in the ultra mobile PC community know that using the Internet for productive work is not just about offloading processing and storage. It’s about mobility, availability, efficiency and even security. Millions in the developing world will be testing the cloud in the next few years, not a bunch of Latte-sipping rich-kids.
Sorry. I just had to get that off my chest.
*1 [Note that I don’t use this setup anymore because the ultra mobile PC died and I never did find another with such a great docking solution. I use a 1.6Ghz 1GB/80Gb notebook now – Same spec. as the Air.]
