<![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It's for ejecting the battery. There is no "inject" button, so you can't put it back.

But seriously, Ctrl+eject will let you quickly "Restart", "Sleep", "Cancel" (for people who try in the middle of something important) and "Shut Down"

ManoaHI

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> I think you can use it to turn off all of the TVs during someone's presentation.

SFM

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> That's not an eject button. It's a pause button lying down.

For the times you need to say: "wait up macbook air, $3000 and I have nowhere to put this Space Balls DVD?"

CribbageLeft

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> That is the Battery Release_ It's how you get the battery out when you go to replace it_

uberfu

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Well - the EJECT Key also works for disks other than CD/DVD Media_ Mounted Firewire/ USB Drives_ Network Drives_ Wireless Connections_ Floppy Disks_ Flash Media_

uberfu

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @PEREC: i would have to totally agree with you, since when does no optical drive mean useless? or inferior, to me its ahead of the game with wireless optical drives,using older more obsolete machines to do its bidding. (except for the MP, which is the beast of them all) this laptop is the epitome of the basic college students needs in the apple realm. it has leopard, and all that OS's great features plus a bit extra.

Apple has made what any college student would need. the ability to do school work with internet, music videos all wrapped into a laptop,(when you wirelessly install word ofcourse. if it weren't for the fact that im blowing major money on the new mac pro... i would get one to replace this crappy vista laptop im on. or atleast get one for my gf. its a beautiful machine for people who don't care to upgrade.

quicksilver8478

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> "Forces internal battery to self-destruct, eliminating the need to change it."

lol4real!

Out2gtcha

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it ejects unfunny excuses for comedy

mikevillain

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects Gizmodo crew from CES!

Mongoose

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> I hope it doesn't eject anything... there'd be nothing left in there.

pardyhardy

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @SchruteBuck:

I'm with you - it ejects the drives, ethernet port, and battery hatch. They press it in the factory before packaging.

Lauren

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @SchruteBuck: HAHAHA probably.

my guess is either remote drive or removing the laptop itself from a still-unannounced docking cradle.

rimplestultskin

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it helps you eject poo
>.<


keyjey

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Just utterly amazing. Just goes to show you that no matter what you put into text, people will read what they will :)

How about I try it again?
1) I think the MBA is too expensive
2) I don't think it's stupidly overpriced, just a bit overpriced.
3) yes, I know about the m1330. I was putting together one during the keynote just for such a spec comparison
4) I like apple. I would not call myself a fanboy, but for my particular work (network security in a heterogeneous environment), it seems to work the best. I still use windows, linux, and solaris pretty much on a daily basis.

I'm sure someone will read this and immediately think "riled up" or "a fanboi".

raleel

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> What about the enter key?! Am i only the one who cant see it ??

eXniTheR

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It's for the next version carbon-fiber "Code Name = Mircrotube Radar" that doesn't use an external disk drive but merely lets you hold up to four DVDs to the screen which after two seconds of parallel burning, releases the vacuum enough that you can lift the disk back off the screen. When you are not doing that, you use it to unglue your forehead from the screen to view the translucent 3D scan of your brain, in which tumors show up red, which is Apple's plan to get huge cuts from from the insurance industry and family planning clinics in China. That it sees through walls and dresses too, anywhere in a wirelessly interconnected city, well, that's more of a feature than a bug, eh? That iHealth will actually cure most diseases too, at a molecular scale will be announced next year. That the screen also acts as a solar panel, a 12 gigapixel camera in any wavelength, or a focused laser projector (or self-defense weapon) means that Apple will start to have some of it's patents classified by DARPA and we have to start waiting about 50 years for new feature to appear on the consumer market.

NikFromNYC

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> The eject key is for my dick.

gary_slamson.

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Hose, Damn it.

UrbanDEV

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects a small hole for rectal insertion...it then pumps hot air directly into the users ass while looping "boom" once for every dollar you spent.

UrbanDEV

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Im pretty sure it ejects the virtual drive that it uses.

Jaivee

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects the money from your checking account into Apple's hands.

alexmg2420

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects any functionality you've come to expect from a laptop.

SchruteBuck

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @mitchhellman:
"2. It turns your innie into an outie."

HAHAHAH!!!!!

tomoliveri

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @aphex:
Yeh that 'ejects the last dollar in your wallet' call was gold

tomoliveri

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> The eject key changes the keyboard keys from black to silver- the way it is supposed to be!

Ztealth

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> After hitting eject, you hear the sound of Job's saying "Boom!"

OldCrow

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @maclaptop6: Shhhh, you don't want to set Raleel off again: He's having a bad day because we don't all think it's the-best-thing-ever....

Mandatory_Field

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Provoques??
seems as though maybe someone has a few too many oreo crumbs lodged under his "k" key.

Suzi

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> "It ejects the last dollar in your wallet."

You sir have just made me laugh the hardest I've laughed all day.

onlycodered

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> see isnt it to open this thing?... (click on link)
[mackauf.de]
theres a better image on the apple web page but I dont know how to find the link to the image... which there probably isnt one but oh well.



jklangager

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Yes, but it's Apple Air...tsk....tsk.....

maclaptop6

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @Mandatory_Field: And it asks you for a $500 activation fee.

maclaptop6

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Isnt the Eject button made to open up the hatch with the usb port headphone jack etc? Theres a video under the features page on the macbook air part on the apple website that shows a video of the hatch opening and revealing the usb port headphone jack etc... theres really nothing else to open on the macbook air right? I mean its so thin!

jklangager

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @madog: so, you can add another $900 to your MBP and void the warranty.

congratulations on missing the entire point of the post, i.e. raleel's challenge of finding a fully-featured SSD laptop for under $3000. and $500 isn't exactly chump change.

i decided to look on the US website, and it has an even better deal. even faster processor + better graphics and it's cheaper than the canadian version. damn you lucky USAdians.

this comment system really needs an edit button.

willyolio

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @madog:
you forgot the SSD.

willyolio

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @willyolio: "you can easily get something cheaper. the dell M1330. [...] you still get a full multitude of ports, including LAN, and USB. and don't forget the optical drive! it's still only $2500 CAD [which means, what, it costs 2500 US?]."

WOW! That's SO much cheaper! Just like you said! I'm sure I could, like, maybe, get a MacBook Pro for that same price that would have a 15" LCD, 2GB RAM, a "multitude of ports", optical drive[!] and @2.4Ghz with all the wireless built in with a camera AND software! Or, you know, I could go for something that is COMPLETELY different and get an Air Mac.

Jackass.

madog

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Oh! the Air is such a well behaved machine, the eject button is for you to control when it farts :)

Tohe

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> The Dell M1330 doesn't come with any software for free, you have to buy it, so you should probably include that in your cost estimate. With Vista ultimate and anti spam protection, with a photo management program, a movie maker, music creation software... etc. It all adds up to a LOT more that 500$ less than the top end MBA, which comes with iLife '08.

The MBA is LESS expensive that a windows subnotebook after you buy all the extra software that is already bundled with the MBA.

Come on, prove me wrong, add it up!

LodgerGiz

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> IT EJECTS AIR!

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @jsntrenkler: That is actually rather strange labeling from Apple as they used to have only backspace and no delete in their older, semi-compact keyboards.

ara

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Dang posting delay..

Jrsy

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @willyolio:
oh, wait. i just realized dell had a special deal on it too.

you take their pre-configured system, again upgrade to the LED screen, 3 gigs of RAM (preconfigured), SSD, wireless-N, bluetooth, 9-cell battery...

and it's $2450. woot.

willyolio

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects a plume of the pungent, heady aroma of SMUG so that all those surrounding the MBA user can gasp in the presence of greatness...

Jrsy

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects a small plume of the pungent, heady aroma of SMUG so that everyone surrounding the MBA user can gasp realize they are in the presence of greatness...

Jrsy

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @raleel:
you can easily get something cheaper. the dell M1330.

13.3" screen, take the 2.0 GHz processor, LED backlit screen, 2 gigs of RAM, and the SSD option. throw in the intel wireless-N card, bluetooth, and heck, upgrade the battery to the 9-cell.

you still get a full multitude of ports, including LAN, and USB. and don't forget the optical drive!

it's still only $2500. canadian pricing, anyways. $1500 is obviously a stupid exaggeration but there's no doubt the macbook air is overpriced for what it offers.

willyolio

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> xAppleFan: It's a self-destruct button for those who finally realize it can't do more than email and surf the web.

@xAppleFan: Call me crazy, but I think that's pretty much why they built it. I mean I could be wrong, but it seems to me that that would be the main functionality of that computer.

Honestly though, are you angry you can't play Crysis on it or something?

madog

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> and whoever dugg this post MUST be a fanboy fruitcake

gizmo_dude

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Am I the only person here thinking why the hell you guys are making such a big deal out of a eject button??

gizmo_dude

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @newgalactic: I don't know if it was quite riled up as much as it appears you think, but I am getting tired of the inappropriate comparisons to the MBA. Not that you said it, but the number of "I can get half a dozen EEE PCs!!" is amazing. Yes, you can... it's not even half the machine. It's more like 1/6th the machine :)

I just wish that folks would use accurate info on the thing. It's expensive, definitely. It's an ultraportable, and many don't have internal cd/dvd drives. Some do. There are totally valid comparisons to the MBA that are in the same class (13", 1.6-2.0Ghz dual processor, 64GB SSD or 80GB HDD, wifi) and make it look a little expensive.

As for the SSD, apple's are actually a bit overpriced compared to the ones you can put into a Dell, but no more than the normal apple premium ($1000 for apple, $900 for Dell). That might be in just how good a deal Apple can pull compared to Dell

I won't argue that the MBA is too much (I think it is, but not grossly so), and I think it's missing an exact niche. It's kind of for the business traveler, but not Apple's normal market. It's not a bad second computer for around the house, but very expensive for that. It's not a powerful graphics design workstation, so that's out. I was considering getting one myself, but I have a 15" MacBook Pro, and it's pretty decent... the only reason I would get one is that it's small and would fit better in coach :) But despite it's light weight, I'd end up with a usb ethernet dongle and the superdrive in a bag. The superdrive, you guessed it, weighs a near pound, and thus it's now in the realm of the cheaper 4 pounders that have built in drives, 3g, removable batteries and everything else just as good.

Hooray for the longest comment on giz ever

raleel

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Ejects the usb port...seriously...why cant i click on the drive i want ejected and press the button?

smeee

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Semen. Duh.

aquanetta

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejected the one thing that would of made it useful, an ethernet port. I don't know about the wireless situation around Cupertino but traveling around the rest of the nation means you need a hard line. Idiots. I don't anyone who cares about thin as much as weight. I want it smaller (remember those G4's that everyone loved so much they won't give 'em up? 12 inches) screen size, optical and a port for the hardline. At three pounds I don't see any reason to not get it. Wotta joke!

letchhausen

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it's obviously a sideways play button.

Alfonzo

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Alright, now that I know what it does, I've been pushing it until nothing but Air comes out.

BigSlide

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Someone needs to go easy on the cocktails ;)

Digital Freak

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Actually I got one of the first MacBook Airs a month early. I just pushed the button and nothing happened. BRB, something's running down my leg.

BigSlide

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> ejects macboy cream cakes...yes THOSE cream cakes

DataScream

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects it from Gizmodo's (Jason Chen's) pants.

DeadWriter

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Winamp classic has an eject button that opens up music files. Maybe it opens up media files with Apple's media player (Quicktime?)

sirscoobydoodoo

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Brings a troop home from Iraq.

TorkLugnutz

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> 1. Every time you press the Eject button, an angel gets his wings.

2. It turns your innie into an outie.

mitchhellman

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @--Tito--: That was the most immature thing i've seen all day.

Nd from reading all of the other threads posted today i've come to believe that it probably has the use of opening the chassis so you can do any upgrades to it.

Even if apple didnt leave enough space to upgrade it they had to think ahead into the future leaving it some space for some upgradability.

thats just me tho.

SneakerFiend

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects all the people who took this seriously and didn't realize it's for use if you have the external optical drive hooked up.

Padriac

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @raleel: More serious reply: the problem right now is that SSD's ARE pverpriced -- and that has noting to do with Apple. It's right now a question of scarcity, low yeilds and ramping up of manufacturing capacity. We'll see in a few months that the prices come down a fair bit -- thanks to Moore's law affecting all transistor-based devices. And that will make me very happy. In the meantime, as we've seen with the iPhone, being an early adopter comes with a steep price. I'm willing to wait.

Mandatory_Field

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @raleel: So you're saying that the key ejects ingenuousness?

Mandatory_Field

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> turns it inside out

AqueousBeef

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it probably does nothing, as it is there just for completeness. It is like people not wanting to buy green or blue ketchup. If it is not familiar, then it isn't as appealing.

mykalt45

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects more usb ports. They have to be somewhere inside it.

gamecrazychris

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects a $100 Apple Store Credit for early adopters, that way no posts are needed by Jobs saying that he feels sorry for dropping the price 88 days from now in a competitive ultra portable market, after the 88 days, the eject key will be removed from all MBAs produced from that point forward.

fusedinertia

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it ejects the optical disc drive... wait a second!!

kavendano14

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> everytime someone presses the eject button a drm encrypted mp3 plays iTunes, with Steve Jobs clamoring on on about how inovative it is to make a laptop "magically" fit in a Manilla envelope, despite not having an integrated optical drive. Also includes "Steve Jobs boom sound action".

CGrant

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @Windhawk: that's a good one. How the fuck did I forget about squirrel. Adding it.

Jesus Diaz

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @MagnoliaBoy: dude its the delete key

CGrant

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects little squirrel from catapult.

[gizmodo.com]

Windhawk

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @jsntrenkler: easy...
Function key [fn] + delete key = backspace.

nocar

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> The only purpose it serves is to use the keyboard combination "Command/option?eject" to put the little thing to sleep

pkfromLA

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects Bill Gates?

02

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @aphex:
Does the SSD model have this button too ?
If it does, it's really useless, as if you buy the SSD model you already don't have any $ left to eject.

Franssu

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects the deadly neurotoxin that kills everyone... Would you like some cake??

Crazysamz

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @perec:

great minds think alike! unfortunatly I can't type fast enough so I never saw your post until my browser refreshed.

Yeebles

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It causes a warning to come up on the screen to remind you the macbook air has no disc drive and auto-starts quicktime with a tutorial about how to use remote disc and auto opens safari to the apple store with the disc drive in the basket and ready to check out.

OR maybe more unreasonably it opens up the remote drives (quite cool for freaking people out) or it ejects memory keys/ hard drives

Yeebles

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @XAPPLEFAN:
explain to me the limitations of the AIR that render it so useless as to only serve as an internet browser?
Because it has no optical drive?
Please?

perec

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> They should have left it out and then charge more for it later as a hardware update.

xAppleFan

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It's a self-destruct button for those who finally realize it can't do more than email and surf the web.

xAppleFan

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> I would imagine that it would serve to eject any media (camera, ipod) that was inserted via usb, if it doesn't eject the wireless external drive that they are also selling.
Side note, I truly believe that the Air is ahead of it's time. Apple removed floppy drives from it's computers long before the rest of the industry gave up on them but eventually everyone did and eventually, perhaps in 3-5 years, the majority of computers or at least laptops will be optical driveless.
I can definitely imagine having a home setup where all my computers share one wireless HD and data and all my media is digital.

perec

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> or is it in preparation for a new macbook air with a dvd drive

Airbook

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @Townie: You are probably right. Has anyone who has seen the MBA Superdrive up-close-and-personal noticed an eject button on the drive itself?

John.B

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it ejects every dvd drive in the vicinity ideal for gizmodo when playing pranks a conference.

Airbook

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @bastewart: I'd have to say that's wrong. But only because if this computer EVER docks, you'd have to remove the Air from the larger docking computer to press the button.

sibertater

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @ACCORDION:
"when did the apple logo disappear from the command keys?"

I think that's recent, I think it happened at the same time the 'number lock' numbers embedded in the alpha keys disappeared from MB keyboards...

John.B

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It's a secret feature.
Tiny robots are ejected from a hidden port.
"Ravage- eject, eject!"

DeadWriter

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it ejects your dignity after you purchase that POS.

knappoleon

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects your purse wearing cat out of a random house window, into either your pool, or your neighbors' pool. While reciting Haiku poetry.

tamoko

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> design oversight, they just forgot to take it off.

rudeadly

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects your dignity.

hnkelley

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> hmm, airbag for the 4200rpm hyperdrive.

nym-ph

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> I'm guessing it ejects USB devices or ipod..

"safely remove" shortcut

Denver80203

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> its to eject more cash in to apple, and steves pockets. PS i want one kinda.

AstroWolf

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects your cum while you look at it. . .or it ejects your cat out of the window. .

--Tito--

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @raleel: Wow Raleel, Mandatory_Field really did get you riled up. I have to say, the Air is overpriced but uber sexy. I might like a super small form factor laptop to place in a random bag. And the Air would probably fill that need nicely. But I do have to say, I'd be super paranoid about breaking that thing. Thin + Wide = easy to break. I might prefer a laptop with a little more "junk in the trunk" to take the abuse that I may dish out.

...$1800 really is a lot of money.

newgalactic

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> i was thinking it ejects your ipod or iphone

israeli

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> My wife the iPod addict suggests that it could be to release the connection with an iPod or some other USB-linked drive.
Anyone who's ever unplugged an iPod or USB drive too early can tell you that this is one area where Macs are notoriously fussy, and I could see how a USB eject or release button would be handy at times.

blank

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Well im guessing that it ejects the super drive
even if it is external which is kind of stupid to me because i'd rather burn discs without having to carry another mac air size component even tho it is .76"

If not then its goin2 eject the esata port so you can connect all of your Sata ext hdd's so you can stream all of your glorious porn onto its 13inch gorgeous MAC SCREEN!

LMFAO! jk'inq im guessing it'd be for a future piece. or maybe to change the keyboard layout or keys. How about so you can see the insides of the computer?

SneakerFiend

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @raleel: What I was thinking...

ATTENTION PLEASE!

Can someone who has the money who bought this already and also bought one of those external disc drives hook the two together, insert a disc, and then press the eject key?

My guess is that it ejects the external disc.

easy2panic

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> In Soviet Russia, eject key pushes you!

YankeeDoodle14

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it might eject your external DVD drive...

Townie

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @aphex: LMAO NICE

gigermunit

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Could it be to eject the Air form a not-yet-announced docking station of some kind? Specifically like the one that Apple has the application in for currently...I could be wrong.

bastewart

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Its probably to pop out the side ports.

sprice82

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Airbag for the 4200rpm drive.

nym-ph

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Ejects cyanide for the macfanboys who bought this... thing.

Pinguin

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> ejecting soul

Zagan

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @MagnoliaBoy: That would imply that apple users make mistakes.

myotheralt

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> very strange… also…

when did the apple logo disappear from the command keys?

where did the ± key go [i don't use it, but my MBpro has one]?

Why is the fn key still in a terrible position, would be much better in the middle of the F[unction] buttons.?

Anyone else think the mouse button is too low down to be comfortable?

Accordion

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> @Mandatory_Field: Please show me a 64 gig SSD laptop (you quote me the $3k price, that's the 64G SSD model) that has a 13" screen, 2 gigs of ram and dual 1.8Ghz processors (or dual core) for $1500. Please. I'm sure everyone here would be putting down the credit card numbers in a heartbeat.

Now, I'm not saying that you might not be able to get pretty close to $1500 with the non SSD, and I'm not saying that with SSD you can't get something cheaper. I'm not even saying that there are not other ultraportables out there, and maybe even some you find as desirable for your particular usages, but saying that it's a $1500 laptop for $3k is disingenuous.

raleel

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects that 4200rpm POS while switching it for a beautiful 200gig 7200 rpm happy-faced hard drive! Right, right?

sisedi

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It Ejects the RIAA (from itunes)

nosauten

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it ejects your money as a refund for buying such an expensive machine

alin0steglinski

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it ejects a paper thin steve jobs!

alin0steglinski

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it ejects a black hole

alin0steglinski

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Gah! ninja'd

spatchpatch

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Eject key causes the eject key to eject.

danofthedead

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it ejects the buyers brain!

alin0steglinski

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> I believe its just that "delete" key ominously standing where the backspace would be.

spatchpatch

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> Hehehe, Macs don't have a Backspace key, just delete.

jsntrenkler

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects the buyers remorse that you feel when you suddenly realize that you spent 3 grand on a $1500 portable.

Mandatory_Field

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> I don't see a Backspace key, Apple keyboards have Backspace keys right? (please don't laugh at me ;-( Either that, or my guess is it controls media, looking at where it's placed.

MagnoliaBoy

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> um ya. wow. they missed the eject key?

Maybe it handles the remote disk, but eesh. that's quite the thing to miss in their vaunted design

raleel

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> it ejects tradeshow schwag!

alin0steglinski

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It ejects the last dollar in your wallet.

aphex

]]> <![CDATA[MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions]]> It's an eject button for the even smaller, thinner, Macbook Helium that slides inside the Macbook Air.

Serolf Divad

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