Robbies Reviews - Gadget Review - MacBook Air

Apple’s latest addition to its laptop range, the MacBook Air, has claimed tobe the world’s thinnest laptop, but does this come at a price? Unfortunately yes. Lacking both a CD drive and low connectivity (it won’t work with non-wireless internet [including Resnet!] without a USB adaptor) this laptop makes rather too many compromises for my liking. It also features only one USB port. At £1200 for the 80GB model, it really is asking too much to do without key features which even a £150 laptop would come with, albeit without the thin (and rather fragile) chassis. It does however sport a rather nifty touchpad, incorporating the multi-touch elements of the iPhone, allowing you to do more on-screen than just click and point. It also features a back-lit keyboard and comes with Apple’s new OS, Leopard.

So, if you are in the market for a flimsy, low-feature, over-priced laptop, which is easily out-performed by the existing Macbook line anyway, this laptop is for you, otherwise I would give it a miss.