<![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Pfft. Everyone seemed to think the MBA was an underpowered sub-notebook when it was actually a freekin' ultra powerful thin client.

Meet the future. We call it a n-e-t-w-o-r-k.

This version had too many ports and that anchient throwback, the physical keyboard, but the one that came two models later got it right.

-posted from the future on a macTablet.

imrubber

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> I guess it's not yet time for me to stash away that external 8-track player.

ww2db.com

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> None of you are actual Mac Fanboys otherwise you would've asked for ADB and external nubus slots.

songs

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> 3.5" floppy?! haha!

shift_nismo

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Where's the Kool-Aid dispenser?

Beowulf75

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> You're missing a laser-disc burner.

Escamotage

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> the biggest downfall of the MBA is not that it is so unfunctional its that its so unfunctional and cost a BUTTLOAD.

for 500 bucks LESS you can get so much more from dells thin version including 250 SSD. The only reason i can see an informed consumer buyying a MBA is because there a man fanboy which then throws all logic out the window.

i dont know what would make the MBA better than this
[configure.us.dell.com]

plus you save youself some money that you can put to upgrading it even more.


nesphus

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Gimme a microhone port, pretty please with sugar on top.

knutars

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> only ONE ethernet jack??? and what about paralell and serial ports? i am disappointed...

Bodypainter

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> screw zip drive give me the new Macbook Airboat, with a bottom bezel thats attached to a rubber skirt and microturbine so that its not a laptop, but a hovertop, another ingenious, noisy $2000 addon coming from the greatest of money wasters, Apple

CrashingOut

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> For get about usb/floopy drive, the thing looks like a perpectly illegal driver use if it has built-in shaft. I will call that the executive model, especially those who spends most time on the green.

sh1nny

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @yogibimbi: You forgot the zip drive.

Ooooh, zip drives.

zimzombie

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @x23: You must live in a MacWorld then with these millions of businessmen who rock older Mac notebooks despite the fact that Apple, even with their recent surge, only account for 2% of the market. Lenovo alone is responsible for more overall computers than Apple and dominate the business market. That is not even counting the big guns, HP and Dell.

The vast majority of Mac users are not professionals, just because you might work in an industry where they are popular doesnt change the fact that they are simply a blip on the radar and a non-issue in the business market.

Of course, it couldnt have been built for the business market. If it was then it was the stupidest execution ever. Not including a built-in ethernet. No real enterprise allows Wifi and relying on someone elses wifi when traveling is horrendously unsecure and usually unreliable too. So no WWAN kills it too.

Not having the built-in VGA is a big sign it wasnt targeted to professionals. I know most people on Giz dont see the point but anyone who is in sales or consulting will know immediately.

Then there is the built-in battery. Not being able to carry a backup is strike 3.

archercc

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Given the average laptop heating issues, can it be used as a George Foreman Grill?

AmishJohn

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> B-but where's the cork screw? And the nail file? And-and those teeny scissors?!
XD

Empress

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Not thick enough.

UnearthlyB

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> I honestly think having the external video port on the real macbook air, is the dumbest thing ever, it's a ultra portable, so why the fuck would you hook it up to a external screen, honestly a second usb port would have been 100X more useful.

Zarian

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Where's the modem, eSATA and HDMI ports? How about the serial and parallel ports?

:P

Matt Freedman

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> This is a seriously funny picture, gizmodo. Congrats for finding it and putting it up on the site. My sympathies to the humor challenged on both sides of the aisle. Might I suggest it can also be used as a press iron? Just hold the lid down on your wrinkled garb for a few moments ... let the intel do it's magic and voila! Ironed.

lianna_g

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Apple just made some weird choices with the air, non-replaceable (without voiding your warranty) battery and no cd-r/dvd drive are bad enough. But 1 usb port? It should have at least 2 (how much weight could that really add?). It's like all other Apple products to me, pretty and shiny, but brings nothing new to the table (with exception of multi-touch) and severely overpriced.

And before all the fanbots point out the obvious, you're right, the air is defiantly not meant for me. I like to use more than one usb device and load software off a disc. I guess I'm just old-school.

RobotVampire

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> The location of the iPod is in the wrong place. It should be on the right side of the track pad so you can accidentally hit random buttons on it when you type. Also. the iPhone pad should be on the left side so you can use up minutes on it while your typing and listening to random songs. With the space between the USB and floppy, there should be an HDMI in and an HDMI out. The super drive should be either with a Blu-ray or HD DVD writer so that the other format can be on the other side next to the S-video, composite video, and a cable TV connector, phone (RJ-11) connector and all the card slots. As AMISHJOHN said, you could put in a scanner on the bottom so you could drag it over reports, and this could double as a punch card reader.

ManoaHI

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @Heartwork: perhaps this isn't the computer for you. they are not a compulsory purchase. FYI.

@archercc: millions of existing Powerbook / MacBook / MacBook Pro users have had to carry around a dongle already. either for DVI-VGA or MiniDVI-VGA. i know... because i have been plugging tons of them into various projectors for various meetings for various people over the past 7 years. i generally keep a few spares around for the people that forgot theirs at home... which is quite rare. i'll let the increasingly Mac-owning portions of my field (last meeting was close to 40% Macs where it was 5% or so 5 years ago) know that they are liberal arts majors living off their dad. i'm sure they'll get a chuckle out of your naivete.

x23

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Does it have a scanner built into the bottom so I can drag it over reports?

AmishJohn

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @Padriac:
Yeah, I should spend $1800 on a laptop with an unreasonable amount of USB ports and then be forced to buy a USB hub on top of that, instead of buying a laptop that has a decent number of ports to start with. Sterling logic.

残心

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> All that extra space added for components and still no vagina? Useless!

dna

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Apple's own C-5?

dragonmojo

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> But where's the 50in one card reader? Oh and he forgot the removable battery.

gamecrazychris

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> holy shit, i love u Gizmodo lol

kittenman

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Id be more willing to buy that than the actual Air

Luuey

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @Padriac:

Ok so now i have to carry around an extra Hub, and batteries for my fancy blue tooth mouse. Or is it the type of mouse with a charger, even better. Now i don't know much about USB hubs but suppose i want to run an external hard drive, does that mean i now need a powered hub? Awesome, I love carrying power bricks around.

It's not a ridiculous scenario. Some people like to have ports. Some people don't. Thats cool do what works for you.

Now I'm going to go add a USB expansion card or two to my PC so that i can run my mouse, 2 keyboards,3 mp3 players, an external hard drive, and my usb sex toy collection all at the same time. A hub would just be to damn convenient.

luciusad2004

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> it needs a built in all in one printer, fax, copier, scan ner.

boomersooner9133

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @snitch29: It's not a subnotebook. It's the same size as a laptop. It's just thinner.

Pope John Peeps II

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> here we go again with the MBA bitching again, after reading all these reviews i can't find one where they compare it to a subnotebook. People the MBA is not a laptop its a freaking subnotebook a entire different market. if your a laptop user it won't appeal to you, but if you just pay $2800 for a subnotebook from sony which comes with no optical drive ether, you will find the MBA to be a bargain and thats what apple is aiming at. and for the super drive to just cost $99 its really not that bad, try getting a USB drive for a subnotebook and you will see what am talking about, also the MBA has a 1.8Ghz core 2 duo chip, while most of the SNB have a 1.2Ghz chip

snitch29

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @geschmidtt: Hmmm, imagining BS scarcely clad or -god forbid- nekkid doesn't really rock my boat. Maybe 5 years ago. But only if she promises not to try to make conversation.
It's like Claudia Schiffer's 'me and David' interview, still makes my skin crawl. Some residual intelligence in a woman would be greatly appreciated;-) But I guess, there is a market for stewpitt blondes, if not, evolution would have them eliminated by now.

@Padriac: 1. USB battery charger
2. JVC digital camera (oK, not all the time)
3. phone cable (sync and charge)
4. GPS charging cable
5. card reader
6. external HDD

but you are right, just plug the whole stuff in a hub, and you're good, it's a lot more convenient, anyway. And most of the time I have just the battery charger, phone and GPS cable plugged in.

yogibimbi

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @Heartwork: USB Hub, champ. Why plug 3 things in all the time when you can just plug in one? Multiplied over the the time of your laptop, the hub will probably add an extra couple of hours to your lifespan not spent plugging things in and out.

@luciusad2004:
So why don't you just transfer the file from Flash Drive A to the hard drive, and then transfer from the hard drive to Flash Drive B? You're just trying to dream up ridiculous scenarios to justify the unnecessary USB ports.

And try a bluetooth mouse.

There: I just took you from 3 USB ports to 1 with no sacrifice.

Padriac

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Tray-loading superdrive? COOL! I can finally recover all my backup files from that miniCDs i bought eons ago!

wysiwyg

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> is this the international version? after all, us americans are hell bent on being the thinnest, smallest, and lightest while the rest of the world actually cares about...functionality

PS-for those hell bent on "where's the VGA?" the MBA has a micro dvi port with the option of DVI/VGA/S video, so I don't know why your whining about that

oh yeah, firewire all the way! even a 4 pin would have put a little bit of a smile on my face

discounteggroll

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> After seeing the most recent ipod nano, I wouldn't be too surprised to see Apple go in this kind of direction.

Tired_

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @Padriac:
1. usb mouse
2. Flash drive A
3. Flash drive B (transferring files between the two.)

That is three devices. Add one more and you have a need four 4 usb ports. I don't think its that unrealistic.

luciusad2004

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @Padriac: Oh, the Asus A8jS has 5. It's 14.1 inch and not really that thick.

Ypoknons

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Only three USB ports? WTF?

I think a better name might be the AirCraft Carrier.

timmcfarland

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @Padriac: Hahaha what? I own a laptop with 4 USB ports, and frequently find myself wishing there was more. Two iPods, my USB mouse, an external HDD...boom, there's no room for my MicroSD reader.

残心

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> 4 USB ports on a laptop is just ridiculous (and I mean in real life, not in the Aircraft joke). It is a COMPLETE waste of space. The amount of people plugging more than 4 things in on the go has got to be exactly 27... the whole world has 27 of you.

Even if you can somehow think of some crazy "would never actually happen in real life" scenario where you need that many USB gizmos at once, why the hell wouldn't you be using a USB hub? Even if my computer had 22 USB ports, I would still be using a hub so I wasn't plugging things in and out one by one all the time like a moron.... I'd keep them all pre-plugged into the hub and just plug in the hub.

I'd also like to point out that the Macbook Air is the Xbox 360 of laptops it can do pretty much whatever you want as long as you are willing to pay for an extra, dongle, adapter, or online service. Oh the irony...

Padriac

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> LOL. That's hilarious. I only wish he made the picture bigger, I'd make it my desktop picture - with permission of course. ;)

howdytex

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> The MBA is the Britney Spears of computers. I will let your imagination go from there.

geschmidtt

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> looks like some fanboys have too much time on their hands.

Ztealth

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> u forgot the slot that ejects free porn... :P

bdk184

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> macbook airhead--oops no ports and no removeable/replaceable battery. oh well, lazy richies will dispose of it next season...lets hear it for future landfill! apple is so not green.

chanmoss

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Oo interesting, it's now as light as the average American.

Mr_LaZy

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> I would put parallel, serial, and VGA in there instead of a floppy.

cmsjustin

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Does it run on like, regular unleaded gasoline?

Phineas J. Whoopie

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @squirgle: Dont worry, like the other macbooks it will spend more time in a dorm room helping it's stoned users make warped and mirrored pictures of themselves than it will in the hands of anyone who isnt living off of their parents and working at the GAP. They don't use powerpoints at the GAP and the mac owners are usually Liberal Arts kids so they dont do as many presentations as the B or E school kids so even those kids will rarely hook it up to a projector.

@willyboy: No, it was going to be called the "More useful and came before the Air ultraportable" but at the time there wasnt an ultraportable from Apple (or even rumors of one) so they just decided to give it a BMWesque letter/number designation.

archercc

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> hahaha

mettleh3d

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> so...if you really had to lug a bunch of usb junk around to use the extra ports, would it really be a big deal to bring a usb hub?

f1sh3r

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> I know just give me every type of port in existance... i love that form factor too. I would like a VGA port thank you very much!

and a VESA compatable mounting system!

alin0steglinski

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @Mio: So, the dell is called the "almost air"

willyboy

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @pek: Internal > External. As was stated before, function needs priority over form. Form is good, function is vital. In all honesty tho, the fact that USB can take over 100 devices to a port, you really could just get a hub. BUT then you have aother piece of hardware, and that goes back to my first point.

Con Seannery

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> if someone comes up with a neckstrap for this...you could use the shuffle with the aircraft closed. that's ingenious!

fisherKing

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> What, no SCSI?!?

Seriously, the Shuffle interface is pure genious. Pure, evil genious!

I'm digging the form factor too. Mold the bottom half of the case out of memory foam and you could use this thing as a travel pillow when your battery dies mid-flight.

Maneki Nico

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @archercc: An MBA hooked up to a business projector? (shudders at mental picture of unholy union.)

squirgle

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> How am I going to play my laser-discs on this machine?

kahrzdn

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> hideous

Zagan

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> No-where to plug the power cord in?
Could the future be use-once, disposable laptops? :)

Capricori

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> All it's missing is a serial port and a 5.25" floppy drive but I'm guessing they are on the other side. Nice werk!

blaerk

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> This looks great, when is it released?

videoCWK

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @pek: sorry, "floppy drive" instead of "usb drive"

pek

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> no funny...
nobody want an usb drive, nobody uses anymore firewire, no need for the ipod shuffle and so on...

what macair critics are pointing out is just the lack of usefull ports. i mean, why didn't they bundle the external ethernet and the external dvd?

pek

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Problem with traveling with WiFi is it isn't everywhere yet, and a lot of places it IS wants you to pay for it. F that. I'd rather pay $50 a month for unlimited (1.3mbps average!) access everywhere I go. Maybe that's just ME

adam12hicks

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @bsbeamer: No VGA out and no WWAN will hurt it too. I forgot to list that in my list of things my dell has and I couldnt go without WWAN.

Its more secure and reliable than trying to travel on Wifi.

And VGA may seem dated but 99.9999% of the business projectors out there ONLY have VGA input. Nobody wants to have to carry around a little dongle to lose.

archercc

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Where's the HDMI? I need an HDMI port so I can hook my Monster Cable up to my AirPort!

In all honesty though, this idea could be exactly what Apple needs to have the Air "take off" in the business world. Most business travel professionals want a docking station at work and a light travel. Making an AirDock like this would really solve a lot of those issues that are probably going to prevent many professionals from investing in the AirBook.

bsbeamer

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @Mio: Same here, my smartphone takes mini-SDHC and my D420 reads SDHC so its great for swapping large files back and forth between them (have a 4gb miniSDHC with an adapter).

Its also nice to have flash in the computer for a place to put my mission critical stuff, Ive never had a drive fail on me but better safe than sorry.

archercc

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @squirgle: I have the Dell "clone" of the Air. I have had it for a year now. Its 1"x11.6"x8.5". Its actaully smaller than the air and has a swappable battery (with 4, 6, and 9 cell options no less), PC card slot, SD reader, VGA out, 3 USB, gigabit ethernet, modem, firewire, and IR.

It also drops into a dock and in just a couple seconds recognizes all the ports and devices connected, including two 22" external monitors (yep, dock has one DVI-D and a VGA) and a drive.

All for only .24" thicker but still smaller footprint and same weight (if I dont put the giant 7 hour battery in).

I guess the one thing he Air has that might justify the extra couple hundred bucks is the LED display. I wish I had that but only really for battery life. Ive never felt my laptop to be too thick.

archercc

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> STILL no dial up modem port? %*#& you!

Hiphopopotamus

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @yogibimbi: My laptop has an SD card reader, and I absolutely love it. Can't imagine one without it.

@squirgle: Dell already has an ultra-thin. It's just about a quarter of an inch thicker than the Air.

Mio

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> I'd rather carry around this 10-pound monster than a MBA. Actually, I'd rather just get the macbook pro.

Crazysamz

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> i just thought this was funny

spacecadetdavsot

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> i would have been happy with but an expresscard port on the mac air:(

morethanahandful

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> And here I thought it would take Dell at least a year to get their MBA clone out the door. Kudos. Oh, wait, it's just a fake? Never mind.

squirgle

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> somebody should create a laptop thats fully customizable online. I'm not talking about choosing the amount of ram and processor speed, im talking about creating a very very flexible machine with nice aesthetics that can give you the ability to choose between 2, 3 or 4 usb ports, vga or dvi ports, a built in card reader, dvd-rw, expansion slots, firewire. all the good stuff, but not all at once. has any company ever asked you what ports you want?

rfayed

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Where's the serial port and the parallel port? how the hell will I be able to use my Deskjet 500 or my thrustmaster joystick now??? damn you apple!!!!!

Denver80203

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> And I bet you STILL can't remove the battery yourself!

scoobydoo

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Can we have an 8-track cartridge on the other side please?

RossM

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> I like the shuffle control there. very nice ;)

raleel

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> That rocks!

No, seriously, it's convex on the bottom so it rocks, see? Push right there.

Told ya.

strider_mt2k

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> What about serial and parallel ports? Just in case you need to tap into some real legacy hardware?

A PS/2 port would be nice for an old external mouse, as well.

Improbable

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @peterlarson233:a Simple adapter gives you VGA from DVI. A VGA port would be quite unnecessary.

luciusad2004

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> The all new MacFatty!!

And by the way, about half of you can't take a joke.

AJ_Syrinx

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> May I suggest extra 5.25" and 8" floppy drives for greater compatibility? And a streamer for backups?

Of course, the punchcard reader would be an external option...

guillem

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> i see the dvi output, but i would like a vga as well... hope thats on the other side...

peterlarson233

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @yogibimbi: don't forget the tape drive

@wolfsingleton: the problem isn't the part of the drive that sticks out of the computer, its the part inside... yes there is plenty of room for a slot on the side of the laptop, no there isn't a place for the rest of the drive inside

And that mockup has more usb ports than my MBP I'm jealous.

djdare

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> If the floppy and half the ports are moved to the other side you could make the comp slimmer. And if you're going to use a damn floppy drive, couldn't it be one of those combo drives that reads memory cards too?

wolfsingleton

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> I've written Policies prohibiting the use of Floppies...

xint

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @djtooshay: iPhone? Never heard of it;-)

yogibimbi

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @yogibimbi: Come on. That's about as old as "What's an iPhone?"

djtooshay

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> come to think of it, what about a 5 1/4" floppy, nintendo- and atari-cartridge, midi interface and a rocket launcher

oK, oK, I can see I am overdoooooing it now.... So we can finish it off with the inevitable question: will it blend?

yogibimbi

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @luciusad2004: Form is function.

ara

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> @kavendano14: oh, is that where the MD-drive, Express, PC-card slot and hot-swappable HD are?

yogibimbi

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> but he forgot the CF, SD, SDHC, memory stick duo, trio and quattruo slots...

yogibimbi

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> And you guys haven't seen the other side yet!!!

kavendano14

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Smells like a fanboy trying to make a witty point. Unsuccessful.

We get it... if the MBA had more ports it would be thicker. We don't care. We just like to have more than one USB port. Form isn't everything. Some of us like function as well.

Or maybe it was just meant to be funny. In that case. *mild applause*

luciusad2004

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> Is there a version with a CRT screen?

JHHNY

]]> <![CDATA[Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes]]> and a tray-loading superdrive nonetheless! Now, finally, I can go back to breaking off trays! Love it!!

yogibimbi

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