Tony Meyer
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Jan 17, 2008 6:55 am
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Re: MacBook Air
On 16/01/2008, at 11:53 PM, Alexander Hoffman wrote:
> It comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth."
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> The iPhone also comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth." And that
> makes sense. It is, after all, the smudgiest (Hey! The inline spell
> checker has no problem with 'smudgiest'!) Apple product ever.
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> But why does the Air comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth."
My late-2007 iMac came with what I presume is the same "cleaning/
polishing cloth". I assumed that all Apple products with screens came
with them now. Haven't screens always got dirty?
Cheers,
Tony Meyer
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butchfag (apparently)
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Jan 17, 2008 6:55 am
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Re: MacBook Air
But why does the Air comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth."
Because it has a glossy screen... The iMac glossy comes with a cloth as well.
Christopher Appell Plone Consultants, Inc
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sigman (apparently)
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Jan 17, 2008 6:55 am
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Re: MacBook Air
>It comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth."
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>The iPhone also comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth." And that
>makes sense. It is, after all, the smudgiest (Hey! The inline spell
>checker has no problem with 'smudgiest'!) Apple product ever.
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>But why does the Air comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth."
Dunno, but I can tell you that the 24" iMac I recently bought for my
wife also came with a polishing cloth.
Maybe an Apple board member is a big shareholder in the company that
manufactures the cloths?
Greg Sigman
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Nigel Stanger (apparently)
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Jan 17, 2008 7:05 am
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Re: MacBook Air
On 16/01/2008 11:53 PM, "Alexander Hoffman" <ahoffman  aledev.com> spake
thus:
> But why does the Air comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth."
Probably for the glossy screen. Do the iMacs come with one as well?
If it was large enough to cover the keyboard it could possibly also double
as a screen protector for when the laptop's closed.
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Nigel Stanger, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND.
http://xri.net/=nigel.stanger
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David Weintraub (apparently)
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Jan 17, 2008 7:05 am
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Re: MacBook Air
What's the polishing cloth for?
You take a seat next to someone at the airport, take out your MacBook
Air, and start polishing it while you hum to yourself.
"What type of computer is this? Why it's a MacBook Air. Beauty, isn't
it? Really light. Must weight only about half as much as that laptop
you're using. I'm just polishing it. I mean you spend so much money
and buy the latest technology, and the thing gets covered in finger
prints. (false chuckle)
"Yes, it is expensive, but I told my stock broker back in 2000 to
double up on Apple, and now I just can't spend the money fast enough.
You're name? Michael Dell? I think I've heard of you before. What do
you do again?"
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David Weintraub
qazwart gmail.com
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cordobatim (apparently)
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Jan 17, 2008 7:05 am
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Re: MacBook Air
> The iPhone also comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth." And that
> makes sense. It is, after all, the smudgiest (Hey! The inline spell
> checker has no problem with 'smudgiest'!) Apple product ever.
After your comment, I went and handled some of the ones on exhibit.
While I couldn't "smudge" them easily, they did show fingerprints
from others who had handled them.
---Tim Archer
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Chris Pepper (apparently)
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Jan 17, 2008 7:05 am
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Re: MacBook Air
At 2:53 AM -0800 2008/01/16, Alexander Hoffman wrote:
>But why does the Air comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth."
So that after you give it a big slobbery kiss, it won't be
quite as grotty. Or perhaps it's for use *before* kissing the MB Air
-- notice how often Steve talked about it being "thin" -- he was
obviously thinking of human models as much as computer models.
I had "MBA" there for a moment, but it ruined the whole image.
Chris
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dr (apparently)
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Jan 17, 2008 5:38 pm
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Re: MacBook Air
Gregory Sigman wrote:
>> It comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth."
>>
>> The iPhone also comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth." And that
>> makes sense. It is, after all, the smudgiest (Hey! The inline spell
>> checker has no problem with 'smudgiest'!) Apple product ever.
>>
>> But why does the Air comes with a "Cleaning/polishing cloth."
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> Dunno, but I can tell you that the 24" iMac I recently bought for my
> wife also came with a polishing cloth.
Because for most of the folks buying these things there will be two reactions to a smug.
1. How can I clean this? My mother in law calls and we spend 10 minutes or more discussing this. Along with the smudges on the key caps of her iBook. You know the ones left by the skin oil on your finger tips. (Look close, very close.)
2. Someone takes a cheap paper towel and Windex and then wonders where the scratches came from.
David Ross
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raykloss (apparently)
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Jan 17, 2008 5:46 pm
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Re: MacBook Air
I am hoping that the MBAir is a step towards a tablet PC. It would seem like a normal evolution with the current form factor and as solid state drive become less expensive. My opinion is that Apple has a tendency of selling a technology until a certain saturation point before introducing something that may overlap with the target audience. I will probably have to wait a little before the tablet becomes available and reasonably priced.
Ray
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johnbaxterlists (apparently)
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Jan 18, 2008 8:03 am
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Re: MacBook Air
On Jan 17, 2008, at 4:38 PM, David Ross wrote:
> 2. Someone takes a cheap paper towel and Windex and then wonders
> where the scratches came from.
Not to mention wondering why the display died when the Windex (or
generic window cleaner generally) penetrated the seal at the bottom of
the screen and killed it.
--John
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George Wade (apparently)
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Jan 18, 2008 8:04 am
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Re: MacBook Air
On 17-Jan-08, at 4:46 PM, RK wrote:
> I am hoping that the MBAir is a step towards a tablet PC. It would
> seem like a normal evolution with the current form factor and as
> solid state drive become less expensive. My opinion is that Apple
> has a tendency of selling a technology until a certain saturation
> point before introducing something that may overlap with the target
> audience. I will probably have to wait a little before the tablet
> becomes available and reasonably priced.
iTouch and iPhone appear to be several steps on the way to being
Tablet PC's. The apps developed for iPhone should migrate to
iTouch ? Logitec have a keyboard all ready for it.
My only complaint in the debate is that I much prefer 'slender' to
'thin:' for all models.
George
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John C. Welch (apparently)
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Jan 18, 2008 11:40 am
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Re: MacBook Air
On 01/17/2008 16:46 PM, "RK" <raykloss mac.com> wrote:
> I am hoping that the MBAir is a step towards a tablet PC. It would seem like a
> normal evolution with the current form factor and as solid state drive become
> less expensive. My opinion is that Apple has a tendency of selling a
> technology until a certain saturation point before introducing something that
> may overlap with the target audience. I will probably have to wait a little
> before the tablet becomes available and reasonably priced.
If you want a pure tablet, you can get one now via third party. Funny how
everyone thinks they're brilliant right up until it's time to buy one. The
Tablet PC has not been a stunning success.
--
John C. Welch Writer/Analyst
Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions
jwelch bynkii.com
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david.silbey (apparently)
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Jan 19, 2008 2:58 pm
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Re: MacBook Air
On Jan 19, 2008, at 5:12 AM, <tidbits-talk tidbits.com> <tidbits-talk tidbits.com
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> > I am hoping that the MBAir is a step towards a tablet PC.
I think it's actually a step away from a tablet. Note that the two
things that Apple did NOT compromise were screen and keyboard size.
That suggests to me that these are deal-breakers--things that they
don't want to reduce or eliminate.
cheers,
David
David Silbey History Alvernia College
silbey silbey.net
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mattsmacs
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Jan 21, 2008 3:14 pm
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Re: MacBook Air
A macbook tablet is already available
Cost is in the $2200 range - I forget which company I saw advertising it, check the big ads in the mainstream mac mags and you'll find it [Axiotron's Modbook had a busy booth at Macworld Expo. -Andrew]
< http://axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook>
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