Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th Feb 2008 22:26 UTC
Ars posted their review of the MacBook Air. "Sure, there are other subnotebooks on the Windows side of the aisle that offer a variety of different configurations. There are ones with smaller screens that people love because they are even more portable. There are ones with built-in optical drives. There are ones with more ports. There are ones with more power. And there's nothing wrong with that, if that's what you want. But the MacBook Air is the only super-thin notebook that (legally) runs Mac OS X, and we feel that Apple did a decent job at figuring out how its users would use such a computer. It's not perfect by any means, and we hope to see Apple make improvements upon the Air with future iterations." AppleInsider has another review.
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>MacBook Air is the only super-thin notebook that
>(legally) runs Mac OS X
They forgot to mention that this comment only applies to the US. And they also make it sound like running OSX is something which can not. A more proper wording would be "Air is the only notebook you are allowed to run OSX on." to emphasize that its Apples weird licensing policy that makes this noteworthy.
Apart from that, isnt it, well, kinda weak to have the major feature of a product (running os x) be a solution to a problem you caused yourself (licensing restrictions)?