That's right, Mr. Meader- don't look here for thoze rum0rz...

Sneakernet, yes, and also Time Machine--I back up my Air to an external USB drive. The latter use could be handled with an external dongle from the Thunderbolt port, I suppose; the former really couldn't (at least not conveniently).

Wired mouse (why bother with economically and environmentally wasteful batteries?) and iPhone. Sometimes a hard drive for backups.

ddt

Trackball, camera, scanner, USB backup drives, thumbdrives, time machine, USB headphones...

No USB = useless machine for me...

Hmm... I plug most of that stuff (kb, mouse, hd, etc.) into my cinema display, and switched from flash drives to email for file transfers a long time ago (though I suppose most people use dropbox now instead).

The idea that I wouldn't need a USB port if I had a Thunderbolt port would be like someone telling me that my car doesn't need a trunk because it has a trailer hitch.

I'd say it's more like claiming you don't need ethernet on your MBA because it has built-in wifi.

Do you think this sort of survey would be sent if Steve was still in charge?



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Yeah, I've received them in the past. About every third or fourth computer I buy from them seems to result in a survey, but they've seemed more generically "are you happy with your purchase." (Once I had a half-hour phone call about a MacBook Pro.) But this one seemed more focused on what I'd change or add.

I got a survey yesterday about my iPhone purchase experience. Gave me a chance to slam AT&T.

USB on the Macbook Air? Without it, how the hell would I charge my iPhone?

Oddly, did not get the survey.

With a wall outlet - just like most other electric devices.

So you don't mind carrying a spare USB adapter with you when you're on the road? I try to slim it down as much as possible.

When I'm on the road, it's usually in my car, and my phone plugs into the stereo - no laptop required. If you're going to haul around an MBA, power brick, and USB cable with your phone, you might as well keep the plug-sized adapter with you as well.

Well, everybody's saying that the next MacBook Pro's will have the MacBook Air form factor, no optical drive, SSD only, etc. I can't help but think that this will be the end of my MBP as a gaming laptop. SSD's are so expensive, so a volume large enough for my accumulated Mac junk and still have room for a large Windows partition for gaming would be unaffordable. Heat in that form factor will limit processor power and probably lead to a weaker GPU than a full-size MBP would have. My current MacBook Air can play some PC games, but the frame rate isn't great; it can't be my main gaming machine.

I know that laptops, especially Mac laptops, are never the best gaming machines. But I've really enjoyed the last few years of decent gaming on the computer I like best. I hope that era isn't ending.

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SSD's are so expensive, so a volume large enough for my accumulated Mac junk and still have room for a large Windows partition for gaming would be unaffordable.

You're supposed to be storing all of that stuff in the fog cloud!

Yeah, make the cloud as secure, persistent and fast as a hard disk and I will.

iFog.... luuv it

I'm already preparing to ditch my MBP. It can't remotely compare to a desktop for gaming power, nor the iPad for battery life and portability, and both of those combined cost the same or less than a decent gaming MacBook.

I really miss the old white macbooks. Functional and well priced.

If everything ends up in MBA format I'll be pissed.

I'm hoping for the MBA 15" and 17". But what's happened to drive tech? Hard drives were at 2tb 2 years ago and where we have we gone since? As for SSDs, I hardly see the prices plunging. Bit of a problem there, old Mr. Moore.