“…Personally, I’d prefer to carry a spare battery than carry an AC adapter of any size as well…”

How do you people charge your spare battery? Do you keep in mind that you need to change the batteries in laptops while at the desk or do you have special charging station or what?

I have kept my old battery around, but I’m having great troubles remembering that I need to charge it, so in my view, its more hassle than benefit.

Could jkontherun perhaps cover that issue?

And getting the SSD version does not really improve battery life
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macbook-air-ssd-review.ars

i suspect woadan is onto something, just like the iphone, its a fashion item. something to show of at starbucks or where the “alternate/in” people supposedly gather, so that you can appear to be (or maybe be) one of them to.

all in all, its yet another style over function item from the fruit…

i suspect woadan is onto something, just like the iphone, its a fashion item. something to show of at starbucks or where the “alternate/in” people supposedly gather, so that you can appear to be (or maybe be) one of them to.

all in all, its yet another style over function item from the fruit…

Jacqui’s review at Ars said she had her screen set to low brightness (as she prefers it) and was still getting just over 2.5 hours with her MBA?

BTW,

Sony brought me into the Window’s camp with their X505. Apple, wake up!!! Can’t you MATCH a four year old design???

The last Mac I was truly happy with was PowerBook Duo. That was a GREAT portable. I was hoping the MBA would be more along those lines. Oh well..until they remake that, back to Vista:(

Apple was obviously much more interested in the sexiness of the Air.

If you’ve got a sexy blonde, don’t you expect her to be a bimbo?

I’m not sure why we’re wondering about this here. Apple doesn’t make products for mobile people– they make sexy-looking products for image-conscious and -obsessed individuals.

You want sexy? Here’s the sacrifice!

Woadan

Well, fair enough. However, if Apple had set the energy settings to “long battery life” – apparantly against industry “standard” – people would have accused Apple of cheating to achieve something close to the advertised 5 hrs.

“The MBA is targeted to the truly mobile individuals right?… In the end, mobile device users tend to follow a function over form approach as opposed to the reverse.”

Your article raises good points regarding the variability of battery test conditions and the opportunity for manufacturers to preconfigure devices for intended users. In all honesty, though, I think the MBA is targeted at people who value form over function.