Archive for January 17th, 2008:
Free wi-fi in Indiana?
So I was checking out the latest spam from Apple about new features on the Ipod Touch, and while e-mail, maps, weather, and stocks on the go are cool concepts, the Ipod Touch requires a wi-fi network in order to supply this data. The problem with this is that when I need a map I’m probably in my car, nowhere near a wi-fi hotspot like Starbucks. Sure, there are plenty of free wi-fi hotspots in Indiana (and every other part of the country), but there never seems to be one nearby when you need one.
Steve Jobs talks about the MacBook Air
What’s so special about the MacBook Air? Well, it’s the thinnest laptop of all-time for one, making it extremely light and ultra-portable. Second, the MacBook Air doesn’t have an optical drive (meaning CD or DVD drive). Why? Because as Steve Jobs says, it doesn’t need one. Apple has actually developed software that lets you use the optical drives on other PCs and Macs, so you can pop a disc into your desktop drive and run it on your laptop wirelessly.
Some people will love this concept and others will consider it an inconvenience, but I think we are slowly moving away from optical drives anyway. Why distribute content on discs when everything can be easily downloaded these days? Still, the option to use discs is still there, you just need to have access to another computer that has a disc drive.
The price for the MacBook Air, $1799, isn’t bad and I wouldn’t mind owning one myself. There are several things an Apple still does better than a PC, such as photo and video editing. Check out the video and see for yourself why this is sure to be one of the hottest selling laptops of 2008.
