Hey, HEY. Stop clownin’ on the MacBook Air

I swear that if I hear one more person bitch about the MacBook Air being a shitty machine based on that it has no optical drive, FireWire, or more than one USB port, I’m going to reach through my screen and strangle their sorry asses.

These people do not get what niche the MBA is supposed to fill. These people don’t get that the MBA is not meant to be any sort of desktop replacement or home machine. It’s one machine you’d take with you somewhere–a subset of your home stuff.

Much like the iPod (I should say nano, but still), the MBA isn’t meant to keep everything on it. You may not keep your entire music library on an iPod. (Mainly the mini/nano/touch/iPhone) The MBA is not meant to keep your entire life on.

And even there, people still compare it to other laptops which have all the bells and whistles. GUESS WHAT, those are desktop replacements.

When I have my MacBook and I am on the go, I have never had to slip an disc into it, nor have I had to use my lone Firewire port or the USB ports. Same thing with my old MacBook Pro.

I seriously don’t get the Mac blogosphere. They complain endlessly about the MBA, and how it lacks everything. For what I do on the road, the MBA is fine. I’ve never needed to use an optical drive, never needed to use wired networks…etc.

At least Jason ‘O Grady gets it.