Is anyone else worried about Apple's obsession with being thin? This issue has come up before, but while last time around it was supposed to be serious, this time it's just plain silly. While Apple is crowing about releasing the world's thinnest notebook, nobody's thinking about the self esteem of all those other laptops and notebooks out there. Instead they're left... well, you can see above. Hilarious.
Has anyone considered the feelings of these bulky notebooks, growing up in a world that values computers so small and thin that they fit in envelopes?!? Worry not, little laptops. God Dell, Lenovo or HP made you just the way you are, and it's possible to be big and beautiful all at the same time. Well, not Apple beautiful (come on now-- you could definitely stand to lose that optical drive), but beautiful in your own big, bulky way.
The MacBook Air has nothing on *my* MacOS machine. It is 0.31 inches thick across its entire area and runs MacOS X 10.5 "Leopard". It comes with 802.11g wireless, audio out and (this is going to give it away) an iPod docking port. I can check mail, use the web, look at photos, listen to music, etc. And it costs half as much as your typical Windows laptop many times its size.
The iPod Touch really is a little MacOS X computer, and that fact will only become more clear as the SDK comes out next month.
F11 moves all your windows off the screen so you can quickly glance at your desktop. F10 shows you every open window in an application. F9 shows every open window for every application that isn't hidden or in the dock.
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William said 9:36AM on 1-19-2008
Lol, you featured Nalts' video :-p I saw the video about 20 minutes after he put it up, very creative.
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Peter Maurer said 9:37AM on 1-19-2008
Nalts is just great!
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Peter Maurer said 9:38AM on 1-19-2008
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brian said 9:42AM on 1-19-2008
You can clearly see he doesn't want his laptop to get damaged.
Poor made video IMO.
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Roberto said 9:53AM on 1-19-2008
Commercial with anorexic Justin Long coming in 3...2...1...
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Christina Warren said 10:01AM on 1-19-2008
Awesome!
And yes, I have had to reassure my MacBook that it isn't fat and that black is a very slimming color.
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Craig said 10:12AM on 1-19-2008
Wow, you're a really bad writer Mike.
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Dave Barnes said 10:18AM on 1-19-2008
Made my Saturday morning. Everyone should start the day off with laughing.
I especially loved the purging of CD at the end.
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Johnathon Zirkle said 12:20PM on 1-19-2008
Great video...I love the treadmill part!
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Sam said 3:41PM on 1-19-2008
The MacBook Air has nothing on *my* MacOS machine. It is 0.31 inches thick across its entire area and runs MacOS X 10.5 "Leopard". It comes with 802.11g wireless, audio out and (this is going to give it away) an iPod docking port. I can check mail, use the web, look at photos, listen to music, etc. And it costs half as much as your typical Windows laptop many times its size.
The iPod Touch really is a little MacOS X computer, and that fact will only become more clear as the SDK comes out next month.
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General Grant said 4:38PM on 1-19-2008
The thin obsession is going to backfire. A photographer in Australia refused to work a shoot with the MacBook Air and a runway model because they were too thin. http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/01/worlds-thinnest.html
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Stuart said 9:29PM on 1-20-2008
Best thin video I've seen. Hilarious.
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Joseph said 3:40AM on 1-21-2008
very funny :))
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paul merrill said 1:52PM on 1-21-2008
REALLY funny!
My favorite part was the purging-of-CD section. VERY creative.
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