Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 29th Feb 2008 15:41 UTC
The envelope had been lying there on the minimalist desk all throughout Jobs' keynote. The rumours had been clear: Apple is going to launch a subnotebook, a sort of MacBook Mini. Despite the rumours, the collective gasp of amazement was clearly audible when Jobs pulled the MacBook Air out of the envelope. I have to admit, even I was all wowed. Consequently, you can imagine I was delighted when Apple NL agreed to loan me a review unit as soon as they had the MacBook Air in stock. Read on for the review.
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I think Thom's point was simply that wired connections are still much more common than wireless - and that the lack of built-in ethernet will be an inconvenience for users in many situations.
In my personal experience, I've also found wireless networking to be less reliable and, often, much more hassle to get working. For a simple thought experiment, imagine a random sample of 2 typical laptop owners and stick them in a room with their laptops and a crossover ethernet cable. Then ask them to try to connect their laptops to one another via an ad-hoc wireless network, and then do the same using the x-over cable.