'MacBook Air' Design Considerations | Thread profile

As the keynote approaches, it seems increasingly likely that Apple will be releasing a slim notebook at Macworld. We've heard more confirmations that the notebook will be called the 'Macbook Air' despite a significant amount of disbelief surrounding the product name. For Apple to launch an extremely slim MacBook laptop, however, there are a few design considerations that should ...

Mini DVI not DVI? HDMI a possible replacement for DVI? FW 400 will stay - this thing needs to boot into target disk mode to allow an external DVD drive with leopard to reinstall when there are issues.

Aaaaw, stop it! You're getting me soooooooooo excited Nice little article, can't wait...... only 28 hours to go!

oh I'm so getting one make that 2

hm removing the optical for sure would mean in some regards some size advantage .. the question regarding the 1.8" drives is more on the point of speed ... anybody knows the speeds those drives can get ? ... sure a laptop with both: a small solid state drive for operating system and a 1.8" for the files used as combination might be a solution thoug hthe space saved then wouldn't be as ...

This is almost as good as the iphone rumors last year. I'm excited!

The laptop would use Bluetooth, WiFi for communication, and have a USB and iPod style connector. Power can carried from the iPod style connector. A power button is on right side, further simplifying the keyboard area. The keyboard and much of the design cues would come from the new keyboards.

Quote: Originally Posted by aswitcher Mini DVI not DVI? HDMI a possible replacement for DVI? FW 400 will stay - this thing needs to boot into target disk mode to allow an external DVD drive with leopard to reinstall when there are issues. On Intel Macs, the FW400 TG issue can be accomplished with ...

Is it possible that Apple would get rid of the ethernet port? They were the first to do it with floppy drives, they've dropped the laptop-modems, it seems they are getting rid of the optical drive too - so is it too far fetched that they get rid of the ethernet port and rely on wireless? I don't think they'll do it (yet), but I wouldn't be surprised either. Just my 2 ører (Danish ...

Quote: Originally Posted by thefunkymunky On Intel Macs, the FW400 TG issue can be accomplished with USB2, which has a smaller footprint and more ideally suited to a thin(ner) notebook. ...however FW400 being removed from this new mac would stop many serious potential suitors from forking out the cash. i'd ...