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A MacBook Air and an XO walk into my office...

by Michael Rose Feb 20th 2008 at 9:00AM

It may sound like the intro to a joke that would only be funny at WWDC, but for a few minutes this afternoon I had both a shiny new MacBook Air 1.8 SSD and a not-so-new but still cute as a button XO laptop hanging out at my desk. If they were high school kids in a '50s movie musical, one would be nicknamed "Peewee" and the other one would have to be called "Slim."

The MBA is moving on to its permanent home soon (the owner will be getting it next week, once we've -- ahem -- done our due diligence in testing), and the XO is on loan from iTransmogrify developer Joe Maller. It seemed like the thing to do in the presence of these two pieces of 21st century tech, each desirable in its own way, was to take a few snapshots for posterity.

Compare the Air to the XO



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michael

Thanks for the photos. The MBA is a good looking table top.

I am not sure about the other thing. I might be tempted to pick it up, take it some place that is feet or even miles from my home, and start using it.

We cannot expect companies to build computers that are so durable people will expect to carry them where ever they go and not worry about the damn thing falling apart.

Apple: Where Style Stomps on Substance since 2002.

February 24 2008 at 10:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SSteve

reminds me of this picture: http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/01/mcnealy-spotted-again-for-this-weeks.html

February 22 2008 at 3:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Genaro Rocha

Hey here is another interesting comparison:

http://genarorg.blogspot.com/

enjoy!

February 21 2008 at 1:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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chewbee

How does Negroponte expect kids to get that thing into a manilla envelope!!!????

February 21 2008 at 8:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
clmensch

I bet that XO's wifi range is about ten times the MacBook air.

February 20 2008 at 1:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
General Grant

Yes! Design must be at the heart of anything Apple. These garage sale photos set the Air back pre Macworld. Maybe even further before it existed inside a manila folder.

February 20 2008 at 1:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Genaro Rocha

So.. what's the point of this? this is stupid

February 20 2008 at 1:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Simon Arch

Your comment or the post?

February 20 2008 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
thomas barta

"Are these pics taken in your garage? Dirty cables thrown all over the place on some desk from Salvation Army...

This is no place for a Macbook Air."

MacBook Air Version 2: You have to promise Apple in writing you will hire an interior designer before you "unbox" it.

February 20 2008 at 12:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Simon Arch

In fact, before Apple will allow you to purchase one, you'll have to have a Lifestyle Image Consultant come and assess you, your living space, your work space AND your friends to see if you're hip and trendy enough to be allowed to buy one.

And it should go without saying that mingistech will have to personally vet any photos of the product you want to post online.

Apple has an image to maintain, after all. If they let just ANYONE buy/photograph the computer "for the rest of us" their hipster cachet would vanish overnight!

February 20 2008 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
NYMB

Why is there a lunchbox on the platter?

February 20 2008 at 11:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
General Grant

Worst possible photos ever! Like a garage sale of sorts. Photos of MacBook Air in the wild are better but way ridiculous. http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/02/macbook-air-ven.html

February 20 2008 at 11:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mingistech

Are these pics taken in your garage? Dirty cables thrown all over the place on some desk from Salvation Army...

This is no place for a Macbook Air.

February 20 2008 at 11:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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