follow up to macbook air excitement

So, after the excitement during, and directly following, Steve jobs’ announcement at Macworld ‘08 about the new MacBook Air, I and everyone else in the world had time to digest the news and sit on it a little. There were an increased number of tweets as the day and night went on about the dissapointments in the MacBook Air; no cd drive, same battery problems as the ipod, Apple focused on the thinness and not the size issue- people wanted to see a shrunken version of their MacBook instead of a thinned down version- and the price was way too high. With the expectation of a smaller Mac, people expected a smaller price too…more along the lines of iPod to the Mini or Shuffle, and Apple didn’t deliver.

Here is a video by a friend that was linked in the Boston Herald online (I think it was that source…correct me if I am wrong please), but this just about sums up all of those things: MacBook Air Impressions

But, with that being said, there is more and more buzz about the new Apple tv. Maybe this time around they got it right with the HD movie rentals? Time will tell all…

Zune still lags millions of miles behind the iPod

So, I was planning on doing a post on the Microsoft Zune, but now I’m just doing a quick post on how PopularMechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com already beat me to it in their amazing Top 10 Worst Gadgets of 2007 post: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/4236755.html?page=1

Although it only falls in at number 8, which doesn’t really show just how dumb of a move it was for Microsoft to think they could compete with the iPod, this little blurb is worth reading. Laugh away people; it’s dumb…real dumb. While you’re there, take a look at the entire list. It pretty much sums up advances in technology that were either A. not advances at all B. created for the extremely lazy population that probably doesn’t have the money to buy this stuff because they are so lazy or C. just plain ridiculous. It’s funny. Great post PopularMechanics!