I read this today on CNet’s Crave blog, and I am at a total loss. I have to wonder if it isn’t just a prank.
In what will likely go down as one of the most stunning public admissions of failure, an un-named group of Japanese notebook engineers offer their opinions of the Apple MacBook Air. In the article, the engineers rip apart a sample and critique the design and construction of the MacBook Air. The revelations are stunning, and I don’t mean the guts of the MacBook Air either.
Two years ago, the desktop replacement laptop was unleashed on an unsuspecting populace. Backs were broken, many small people were crushed underneath these massive machines, aircraft were grounded, and fire departments all over the world struggled to keep pace with the aftermath of these raging hot machines. Batteries lasted barely long enough to post the BIOS of these behemoth laptops. Like the roar of their mighty cooling fans, a concerned citizenry cried out for change. Faced with this crisis, PC manufacturers were slow to introduce portable computers that did not suffer from weight, battery, heat and noise issues. Read the rest of this entry »
