So I Purchased a Macbook AIR

okay so I went to my local apple store and purchased a macbook air. As usual they were very helpful and so on.

I was looking forward to giving a GREAT review tonight but when i opened the screen i saw an entire line of TRASHY pixels. I would say dead if they were turned off but these are stuck on grey or something. so here is a photo of my new macbook air and my line of trashy pixels






Look closely at the top of the 8th of the screen, this photo isn't to great but it does go all the way across the screen.


now I did call the apple store and they told me to come in and they will replace it. so it's not really a MASSIVE disappointment but i am a bit upset that I have to go back to the store and have to go out of my way. but what ever.

initial thoughts however.

unit is very small and gets hot quickly. the screen is EXTREMELY bright. I can say that it's actually the brightest apple laptop screen that I've seen.
the LED display is great.

I'm use to the macbook pro style keyboard so this one will take some getting use to, not too much of a big deal.

the back lighting on the keyboard is pretty good, you can see the keys better than the keys on the macbook pro however I like the aluminum keys better.

I disconnected the power cable in the store and the battery read 3:45 instead of the 5 hours that was promised. I will have to charge mine and see whats up with that.

Also the laptops fan is on ALL THE TIME even when the laptop has been left alone for about 10 minutes. so while I have a 17 mbp that is completly silent, I have a singing mba making most of the background noise in my quiet room.

those are my initial observations.

Bottom line, SCREEN is GREAT, SIZE IS AWESOME. but umm I dunno. I'll have to replace this one and see if it's the same story.

P.S.

The button on the touch pad is a bit small...
Yikes and it only has ONE MONO Speaker? hmm, having second thoughts.
(this is not a hate review, I figure I'll just tell you guys the truth of my experience)

hey guys thanks for posting. So I did know that they would waive the restocking fee of $179 which is a blessing for me cause the laptop was actually broken. I stayed up for a while last night using it and used it a lot today before giving it back for a REFUND in the afternoon (no restocking fee paid)

First off I have to say that it is a SEXY LOOKING. laptop. when people see you will it I'm sure that it will turn heads. however anyone going from a MBP to that might not be able to make the transition, you will be giving up too much.

I thought that i wouldn't have minded giving up my CD drive but, when you have no CD drive on the computer you do psychologically feel limited, even if you don't use it much. I also noticed that my MPB on highest screen brightness lasted LONGER on battery than the MBA on max brightness, so I can't see the benefit of sliming it down that much if the battery times aren't a SIGNIFICANT improvement. (thats just me)

There is a small problem with the keys being black. There are some lighting areas where it's dark but not bright enough to keyboard and in these areas you can't see the writing on the keys. (Sorry I didn't take any photos of the backlight keyboard)

I do heavy research for school and PDFs are really my life at the moment, and if you have a PDF in rich detail and you are trying to scroll through it, the computer hangs. There are times where you see the beach ball for up to 30 seconds without the page moving at all.

I understand that it wasn't made for music but i mean. come on. When is the last time we have seen a laptop with 1 speaker? ( actually I don't think that I've ever have) it's not that the speaker is in the middle. the speaker is on the RIGHT HAND SIDE of the unit, so when you play your files or just watch a cheep youtube video the sound comes out of the SIDE of the laptop. it's hard to get use to that, it's like listening to an ipod with only one ear working, very annoying.

Good points.... lets see.
ok so I have to admit it looks great. we all know that. The SCREEN IS AWESOME. best screen apple has put out to date. Watching the HD trailers from Apples site makes you want to pop in a DVD and watch it. (but you can't, well you can but you need the attachment) but thats really about it.

We can't give up;
-Speed
-a Much needed speaker
-video card (for those that are use to MBPs)
and not GAIN anything. the footprint of the laptop is the same size as the MB and is almost the same size as the MBP15

I just checked the Apple website and the MB with all it's extas gets 6 hours of battery and both mbp get more that 5.5 hours of battery.
so I don't see what we are getting.

I tried to be very fair in this review. After using a MB or MBP, I don't know that someone can transition to this unless you are ONLY word processing and Web browsing, but if thats all you are doing, why not just get a MB for 700 dollars less and .3 inches more.

Thankyou

(Please keep in mind this is not a hate review, I love apple.)