Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop - MB003LL/A (January, 2008)

This is a nice looking Macbook, thin, portable, and so sleek. It does all the basic things like web browsing, email, and most of your ilife programs, but that's all I thought it was good for. The most frustrating thing about the Macbook Air is the lone usb port (which is a pain to get to). Never mind using a wireless internet card with this because it will barely fit. Most have tried a usb hub to no success, as it has to go directly into the usb port. The intel graphic card is no good for photo editing or running most Adobe programs, but that's probably due to the video ram being low. You cannot install too many programs due to inability to exchange the hard drive with anything bigger, nor can you do a memory upgrade on your own. There is no dvd superdrive, so you will have to purchase that separately, and the one Apple makes is no good. You will constantly have to worry about the hinges, due to the known issue of them breaking easily.

So essentially, once you add the fact that you have to carry all of these extra items around: your external hard drive, external dvd superdrive/burner, & usb hubs, your bag is much larger than it would be if you just bought a standard Macbook or Macbook Pro. You might as well just lug a Mac Mini around with a small display, as it would take up the same amount of room.

The MacBook Air is quite an amazing laptop. It is literally as thin as my iPhone 4, and as always, is a beautifully made product from Apple. Some of my favorite features about this model are the thinness (you can literally fit it in a large padded flat rate envelope), the backlit keyboard, and the beauty of the design. I found a few things lacking in in this laptop. I really didn't like having only 1 USB port, and the hard drive was way to small for my vast music library, and the processor was a bit slow for my taste. I found that not having a CD/DVD drive wasn't a problem, a lot of programs today are moving to digital online downloads. Coming down to the bottom line though, unless you just really really like this model, I would save your money for a and equivalent MacBook Pro for the year, or buy the newest MacBook Air, which has a much better processor, hard drive, and battery. Do your research on other MacBooks before buying this one, I think in the long run you would be happier with a newer MacBook Air or a 13 inch MacBook Pro.

I bought me an Apple MacBook Air for Christmas... I did lot of research before because it's not an inexpensive product and there is a lot of variety "a lot cheaper" butttttt..... It all depends on your taste and needs... I like things to look nice, even though you could find this macbook with many extras sometimes you end up paying same price as a new one. But I paid half of the price for a new one and I can still have money to choose the extras I need and want.

For me Apple is the BEST, the price is always worth it even if it's the regular price. If you haven't try it, give it a chance. I have a friend that bought 3 laptops for her kids, and end up buying Mac because viruses are harder to get and kids sometimes doesn't know and tend to catch more viruses in computers.

So it's a 'computer' portable for every member of the family: home, kids and professionals. And you can do/edit/create more things with music, pictures. I found my iphoto has a feature to create effects on pics, tag names on it and add info on pics of exact location that drops a pin on a google map. So next time you don't know where you file certain picture you could search it by file names or place you've have already tag... that's neat for me that I'm not a pro at it!! And instructions and tips are very easy to follow as I said, I'm not an expert in computers, but I feel like one. Iphoto also have a direct menu button you can export you pics directly to Facebook (log-in), e-mail, etc. And syncronize with Iphones your pics, music and address book just by plug-in your usb or by bluetooth.

You could take a pic of yourself with photo booth at the moment and do everything already mention with this pic, make effects, turn it black & white, sephia, create a scrapbook with just one button touch, etc. Still learning fun things that you could not do with a Windows PC.

Hope this help some people that are not to computer friendly to know that this could be easier that a regular one.

This laptop is very light and comfortable to have on your lap, even for long periods of time. The screen is bright and clear. The keyboard is comfortable to use and the backlighting of the keys comes on automatically in low light. It is virtually silent due to its solid state drive. When the fan does come on it is hardly noticeable. I had an Apple Powerbook G4 for 7 years with zero issues - no viruses - no blue screens - nothing - I just wanted to upgrade due to a lack of video streaming capability with the old technology. The Air performs wonderfully. I would highly recommend it.

Compare to its siblings, MacBook Air has a low performance. But it's enough for me to browse the web, instantly editing photos, recording audio and type. For sure, it's will be a big lag to due with 3D graphics, but it's just acceptable.