: why the fuss over the MBA
Not having an ethernet port is serious weak sauce!
Even my Asus Netbook has ethernet (gig if memory serves).
Sure you might use wireless but there are lots of settings where having
an ethernet port would be beneficial including being able to take packet
captures, attach
I only get 10mbps on a usb2.0 transfer and th esmart computing article I read a
few years was saying 10 mbps as well.
S
On Nov 18, 2010, at 16:50, Yuma Decaux wrote:
> USB 2 is about 130mbps and the ethernet is on 10/100
>
> The best solution is a GB ethernet connected through those new lasch
You can find a usb to rj11 converter if you have to go ethernet. I understand
that can be an issue for some, but again, for me it's about the weight, or lack
thereof, of the thing. It is amazing! And it is very fast.
Marlaina
On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:
No Et
The air has 2 USB ports, weighs a heck of a lot less, and is just easier to
carry about. I think it's wonderful that we have choices, and for me at age
61, the weight of what I carry is important. But, it's all like ice cream:
some love chocolate while others pray for streets in heaven to be
USB 2 is about 130mbps and the ethernet is on 10/100
The best solution is a GB ethernet connected through those new laschi usb 3
adapters.
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I agree. I mean I would just network in to mymbp and sync stuff over, if I new
how to do that. and all over the air so to speak.
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On Nov 18, 2010, at 15:41, Yuma Decaux wrote:
> The ethernet is a 10/100 and not 1000 and the macbook air is a portable
> system, in the extremes. Meaning
Yea the unix system is definetely good for field work, i lug around my macbook
pro 17 when required and its a back killer.
Perhaps someday a faster throughput external device could come up, or else it
might be a lost cause as the ethernet port is rather big. Reason why firewire
is also absent i
I think it's 10mbps for usb which is fast but not asfast as a 100mbps
connection that's wireless.
On Nov 18, 2010, at 16:39, Scott Granados wrote:
> That's a shame because the Mac Air would make a good device for use in the
> field. The Unix underlying operating to start is fantastic, having
That's a shame because the Mac Air would make a good device for use in the
field. The Unix underlying operating to start is fantastic, having alight
weight device like that to zip in and out of the colo with.. would be great.
You could use USB ethernet but that seems silly since I'm not certain
I think the macbook air isn't made for special network diagnostics, rather a
portable ssystem for mobile journalists, light media operators and the likes.
There is always the ethernet usb route, but then again i don't think there is
that much going on for network sysops
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Not having an ethernet port is serious weak sauce!
Even my Asus Netbook has ethernet (gig if memory serves).
Sure you might use wireless but there are lots of settings where having an
ethernet port would be beneficial including being able to take packet captures,
attach to networks in the field
The ethernet is a 10/100 and not 1000 and the macbook air is a portable system,
in the extremes. Meaning it would mostly be used as a wifi connected internet
search pad. And some more stuff that actually doesn't require LAN connectivity.
This is why they put it aside for other more beneficial fa
eha that'strue and that's why I do't want one.Ithink apple made a big mistake
over taking out the ether net port. ranted I don't use one and I have a
portable wireless hotspot I take but if that should die Ineed a back up plan
and eather net would bethe way to go.
Sg
On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:24,
You could always buy the usb ethernet adapter but It'll cost you money plus a
USB port.
On 2010-11-16, at 3:22 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:
> No Ethernet port though? That'd be a serious Darrell breaker for me, using a
> cable *MODEM* with no WIFI option at the moment.
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No Ethernet port though? That'd be a serious Darrell breaker for me, using a
cable *MODEM* with no WIFI option at the moment.
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Hi MJ:
I have to say I'd agree with you. I think sometimes some of us who are
apple-crazy, (myself included) just don't want to miss anything that could be
cooler faster, a better fit for our needs.
I have to say, I felt the fuss over the iPad was overblown, but now I covet
one. I can't see my
Hi,
I thought this article at the LowEnd Mac site titled, "SSD: Why the
2010 MacBook Air Is So Fast" by Dan Knight did a good job of
explaining the previous speed performance limits (historically, and
also for the MBA in recent technology context):
http://lowendmac.com/musings/10mm/ssd-mea
The SSD makes the macbook air a lot speedier in some tasks as well and the
reason for that is because the hard drive is one of the slowest parts in a
computer.
On 2010-11-16, at 1:05 PM, Matthew J wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I'm afraid I don't quite understand why the MBA is generating such hipe in
You forgot, too, that the Air is a *lot* lighter. A pound and a half, give or
take, makes a lot of difference. And it has two USB ports, not one. The old Air
only had one.
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On Nov 16, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Matthew J wrote:
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