MacBook Air in the House, Unboxing Photos
Posted in Apple by Dan at 10:51 am
Look what the FedEx guy dropped off this morning. For your viewing pleasure the unboxing photos of the MacBook Air. Apple really paid attention to the boxing details of the Air, the box is REALLY well constructed, and very similar to the new iPod/iPhone boxes. Of note, it is amazing how thin the unit really is, we are booting it up now and benchmarking it later.
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Roger
Okay, I’m jealous.
Broke, but jealous. I’m hoping for an iPhone-style price drop on the solid state drive before I get another paycheck, what are my odds?
Jan 31st, 2008
chris
Yeah Me=Jealous too!
@Roger most likely at some paycheck point. Like 26!
Jan 31st, 2008
Evan
Okay, Dan, we need to talk about some company laptops or something.
Jan 31st, 2008
ClaMs
I love the Mac porn! The comparison with the jewel case is amazing. Does it feel delicate or overly light or fragile or the sort?
Btw, you have a funny power plug! :P
Jan 31st, 2008
Ian
I’m assuming you paid for this yourself, and it’s not a review machine?
Jan 31st, 2008
Dean Grove
The machine itself is actually pretty, but I wonder how the performance on it is.
Jan 31st, 2008
Wolfgang
Sorry for this question, but can you write the OS-Version? Is it 10.5.1 with update, oder 10.5.2?
Jan 31st, 2008
Jessica Hickok
Totally coveting your Macbook Air. Although I am saying that quietly (I don’t want my Macbook Pro to hear me say that!). :)
Jan 31st, 2008
Debbie Moynihan
ooooooooh… ahhhhhhhh…. lucky u!!!
Jan 31st, 2008
Eric Skiff
Wow - it’s actually thinner than I expected it to be. Seeing the side-by-side with the iPhone is really dramatic, thanks for sharing!
Jan 31st, 2008
Zak
omg.
i really wanted to see a macbook touch but this thing is so bea-utiful
i just want to..touch it
Jan 31st, 2008
valkot
he is really extreme thin
Jan 31st, 2008
Rafael Ruiz
Hi Dan..
I would like to ask you to test how much time it takes for the MacBook Air to do a full recharge of the battery, because in some tests and reviews they said that it could take up to 8:30 hours.. :/
There is a lot of discussion about that in Apple discussions forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1363063&tstart=0
The Macworld article reviewing the MacBook Air said this:
http://www.macworld.com/article/131864/2008/01/macbookair.html
“My attempts to recharge the Air’s battery took a surprisingly long time. Apple says that the behavior I witnessed doesn’t really fit with any of its testing; we’re working with Apple to get to the bottom of the issue and Macworld Lab will do further battery testing (inluding both discharge and recharge time) soon to help clarify the issue.”
And Gizmodo review said this:
http://gizmodo.com/348753/macbook-air-review
“UPDATE: A second day of battery testing shows the Air lasting 4:30 by lowering LED brightness from full to midpoint. An alarming find is that the 45watt Magsafe adapter (an ipod adapter sized brick) will charge the Air from empty to full in 8:30 with the Air in sleep mode. We’ve confirmed this twice. Will test with a Macbook Pro adapter to see if that changes anything. (I doubt it, but we’ll see.) UPDATE: Phew. Retests show the Macbook Air charges to full battery in about 3 hours with either charger.”
Tell us how much it takes to your MacBook Air to do a full recharge of the battery.
Also, ¿it’s HD or SSD version?
Jan 31st, 2008
dry
i really need to know about the speaker. is it any good. does it make any sense to watch a movie turning it on or do you need to plug in your ipod earbuds? please give some information on that asap!!!!
Jan 31st, 2008
Joochen
Ohmann, scheisse … ist das ein geiles Teil … :-)
Jan 31st, 2008
wonko
“Broke, but jealous. I’m hoping for an iPhone-style price drop on the solid state drive before I get another paycheck, what are my odds?”
SSDs have been around for a while, and yes, that’s what they cost, it’s not an inflated Apple price, so don’t get your hopes up on a price drop on SSD anytime soon, sorry. ;)
Jan 31st, 2008
Jack
Why would anybody be jealous? No ethernet, no cd drive, extremely over priced and horrible specs. This is the worst apple product since apple tv
Jan 31st, 2008
Sherif
Congrats, i orderd 1.6 + SSD so i was wondering which version you got because am looking forward for SSD Benchmarks :)
Jan 31st, 2008
Nic
are you going to run geekbench?
Jan 31st, 2008
Matthew
You get a 64bit Intel Core 2 Duo running at 1.6GHz, so processing power won’t be bad. The 4200 rpm is where the biggest bottleneck lies. This machine was built for solid state. For Apple it’s a great way to make a product out of a “concept”.
I can see other laptops following this kind of trend.
The packaging is ridiculously well done.
Jan 31st, 2008
Gradi
Hey could you test the built in speaker please?! a video showing it would be awesome!!!
Jan 31st, 2008
Shelly
I love that thing! I usually go for PC, not MAC, but if I had the funds, I think I would buy it.
Jan 31st, 2008
Kap
Do you want to get me one too???
Also, ditto to CLAMS’s question. How delicate does it feel?
Jan 31st, 2008
Vuong
Are you posting a review of this as well?
Jan 31st, 2008
Late
[quote]Btw, you have a funny power plug! :P[/quote]
Huh? That’s quite an ordinary plug methinks. :P
Jan 31st, 2008
Dan
Its doesn’t feel delicate at all. I will be posting a review after a few days usage to say how it really functions in a real world scenario.
Besides the speaker, anybody want me to test anything else?
Jan 31st, 2008
Pablo
DAN: could you tell us more about the battery? (How long it takes to charge?)
Jan 31st, 2008
Fiji
Out-fucking-standing! Damn, gotta git one of dem dere!
Jan 31st, 2008
Derek
Does it slide under your door?
Jan 31st, 2008
Gilles
Mine is in transit somewhere between Shanghai and Europe.
I took the 1,8 SSD, hope this charging time won’t be 8 hours …
Gilles
Jan 31st, 2008
Brad
How do you load OSX on a Macbook Air without an optical drive? I suspect it comes preloaded with Leopard, but the owner would have to take it to an Apple store to reload OSX in the event of a crash. What about 10.6 (Ocelot?), how will the user load the big updates? Maybe Apple will actually let us purchase downloads of big OS updates in the future.
Jan 31st, 2008
JJ
I want to know the average number of gorgeous, single women per night who crowd around you in public and ask if they can see it. How many giggle and squirm when they feel how light it is?
Jan 31st, 2008
barlo
Air is the new Cube.
Jan 31st, 2008
Dan
I actually have more luck with the iPhone, they ALWAYS want to touch it.
Jan 31st, 2008
Brad
I was wondering if you could take a better picture comparing iPhone thickness to the MacBook Air, or CD Jewel Cases stacked etc,. or for a more accurate, could you stack actual CDs/DVDs?
Thanks!
Jan 31st, 2008
David Becker
Sweet, so awsomely sweet. I believe them,in that it was built for the 64SSD instead of the single platter, there, will be, where we will see it at it’s speediest.
I await some reviews of the latter and maybe a comparo of the two.
Apple ROCKS my 59 year old head
Cheffy Dave
Jan 31st, 2008
Mike R
I don’t quite get the hatred that a lot of people have towards the Air. While I would like a bigger HDD, pretty much nothing else bothers me.
I’m a professional engineer, working in a research lab, so I’m assuming that I work my computers as hard as anyone else. That said, everything is on the netowork. I haven’t used my DVD drive in 6 months. I know this, because it broke 6 months ago and haven’t felt the need to fix it. I plug my iPhone in to sync and very occasionally find someone who wants to give me data on a USB drive, but the Air can handle these situations with no problem. I’ve stopped carrying my extra batteries in my laptop bag because they just weigh me down and I very rarely needed extra juice.
I’m not saying that the Air is for everyone. But really, some people don’t need 8 USB devices plugged into their computer all the time and aren’t burning DVDs on the road while carrying 15 lbs in batteries because it’s been a month since they’ve seen an internet cafe with a spare power outlet. (Hint: a 3 outlet splitter costs and weighs a lot less than an extra battery.)
Apple has created the sports car of notebooks; a single purpose machine that is very good at doing what it does and that compromises in other aspects. But I think that the Air is for the cutting edge user, not the person still burning CDs.
Jan 31st, 2008
Chris
@Dry
I seriously doubt you could tell the difference between the, likely terrible, mono speaker and the iPod headphones
Jan 31st, 2008
ClaMs
@Late
Here we have the UK power plug, hence it looking strange in my eyes :)
Jan 31st, 2008
Insomniac
Can you post a system profile of the MacBook Air - or send it to me via email?
(just start System Profiler.app, then use Save as…)
I’d be very interested in the innards of this baby :-)
Jan 31st, 2008
Scott
Meh.
Jan 31st, 2008
Dean Grove
Just to test,how do other OS run on it?
Jan 31st, 2008
WOOOSH
keep your money and get a eee! there is a really good wow factor when you hang in a cafe with it! eee is way smaller and lighter… xandros is super cool for usual stuff like email, office and movie watching! 299-399$!!!!
and then you can wait the Air price drop next year! ;P
Jan 31st, 2008
Tom
@ Brad
The lack of Optical drive is supposed to be overcome by either using a USB2 drive you can buy, or use a new network application, one for PC’s, and one for Mac’s, that shares their optical drive, using either ethernet or Wifi at 802.11n Spec. Dan, I’m curious to see how the CD via network works. fast enough to run a DVD off of? I realize that 300 mbps isn’t consistent, just max available. Let us know. Maybe try installing Windows for whatever variant of Dual booting you use.
Jan 31st, 2008
Leop
@Brad: To install new software, you have two options:
1) Get the Optical Drive
2) Netboot via Remote Disc to your other Mac.
Jan 31st, 2008
Weon
@ Mike R
The voice of reason. It seems that people are hopping on the “Put Apple down” bandwagon in almost the same way that they used to hop on the “Everything Microsoft is rubbish” bandwagon. It’s horses for courses - the sports car analogy is great.
I personally think the Air is a great invention and if I could justify it even slightly I would buy one!
Feb 1st, 2008
sachin
very delicious photographs.
Feb 1st, 2008
Djesko
It sucks …
Feb 1st, 2008
Johan
I think I’ll have to go and lay down for a while now. Or perhaps a cold shower is what I need.
Feb 1st, 2008
Justine
This is so hot…..
Feb 1st, 2008
Kn0x
NOT jealous at all. I don’t think it will stay in one piece in my backpack. No ethernet, one USB port : NOT at all tempting.
However, despite all that, AWESOME LOOKING LAPTOP.
Feb 1st, 2008
MarsViolet
“I don’t quite get the hatred that a lot of people have towards the Air.”
Ugly people hate beauty.
Feb 1st, 2008
Derek
Want one just to have a thin Apple toy :)
Feb 1st, 2008
Justin
It looks nice! Maybe I buy one when they drop it $400 by September XP
Feb 1st, 2008
Arlen
nice, but u know its too thin.i think when i angry and push my hand on the keyboard then its broke and i lost my 1800$ :)) .i choose Sony Vaio TX series. becuze i need O.D.D and minimum 2 USB gate.
Feb 1st, 2008
jonathan
The sports car analogy would work if this thing had more horsepower. It’s kinda like buying an ‘08 Corvette with only 4 cylinders, but you still had to pay full price…
Feb 1st, 2008
Björn
Laptop=VAIO / ASUS
Mobile= SonyEricsson :D:D:D
Feb 1st, 2008
Dave Zatz
Fanboi! ;)
Feb 1st, 2008
DATmafia
I can’t wait until the hardware and overheating issues start to come out based on it’s design. Since most Mac fans prefer style over function this purchase makes sense. Macs are great for video and photo production but for the average user it seems to be just an expensive status symbol. This will be the most stolen laptop of 2008 by suburban Meth addict teens and collage aged kids. “Airbook - coming soon to a pawn shop near you!”
Feb 2nd, 2008
ُSemaho
:) Mobarake!, ( in English : congratulate!) ;-)
p.n: that was Persian!
Feb 2nd, 2008
Dri
That thing is thin for sure. Check out the dimensions of that beauty o_O
Feb 3rd, 2008
Tronguy
Toddler survivability: about 36 seconds.
I have a two and a six year old kid, so I think about stuff like this, especially since my laptop’s primary function is playing DVDs for the kids on road trips.
Yes, it looks sexy. It’s also almost impossible to service, unexpandable, and sorely lacking in ports which, yes I use the ports on my laptop.
I’ll keep my eight year old Powerbook G3, so when it finally meets and untimely death at the hands of a three year old, I’m out $150 and not $1800. And that’s if the G3 gets smoked bad enough that I can’t easily fix it with parts from eBay. For a while there, Apple understood that when you spent three grand on a piece of hardware, you expected it to be completely and easily serviceable and expandable. Then Steve Jobs came back..
Feb 3rd, 2008
jet
I want one so bad! need to head down to the apple store to check it out..
Feb 4th, 2008
Dan
The “Air” came out long after the Asus EEE PC:
http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm
I would have thought Apple would be more up on that arena. And the price of the EEE is only $400… ???
BTW: When the EEE came out, 10,000 units were sold in two weeks. I’d be interested to know how many Airs sell in it’s first two weeks…
Feb 4th, 2008
Chadine
I have a Macbook and Im thinking of buying the Notebook But I don’t see any CD drive and I hope the speakers aren’t as poor as the mac. Lucky you!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 17th, 2008
Abra
I’m really jealous.
I love the macbook air.
By the way, for those who plan to buy it, this is worth seeing: http://www.maconair.com
Feb 22nd, 2008
jonathan
i’d hate using the EEE with its 7″ screen and tiny keys. once its open and in use, Air feels practically like any other notebook…
Feb 27th, 2008
angryKID
Its fantastic! Firstly I didnt want to buy it, but when I looked through this site (http://www.maconair.com), I had changed my point of view and bought it! Rly enjoyed this model
Mar 7th, 2008
wright
great laptop indeed
i can advise you more on how and where to buy
wriken40atyahoo.com
its awesome.
Apr 12th, 2008
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