Mr. Aggarwal

I really think Apple is cool…and I mean too cool for school. Or maybe I should update that cliche for some of their recent products like the iPhone and MacBook Air to “too cool for practical business users like me”.

I have already written a brief outline of why I didn’t think the iPhone made sense for me, and I will give a couple bullets on why the MacBook Air also does not:

• Non-replaceable battery. I have 4 cell phone batteries and a few laptop batteries. I don’t like having to sit near an outlet to talk on the phone or work on the computer. I also don’t like sending in important hardware when a battery no longer has juice.
• Non-replaceable RAM. I don’t like picking a product that puts on a constraint like this that no other laptop I have ever considered puts on me.
• Glossy screen. I don’t like glossy screens since I do like well lit work areas — personal preference.
• No VGA and No DVI (only mini-DVI). I like using a laptop with a bigger monitor whenever possible. I don’t like to worry about ensuring I have a DVI connection, and certainly not a mini-DVI hook up. My current Acer has both VGA and DVI.
• No ethernet port. I am a pretty wireless (Air-ish), but not ready to give up direct connection to my gigabit switch when I want to work with other machines in my domain. Annoying to have to carry around a USB-Ethernet connection cord.
• $$$$$$$. This is way to expensive for the specs we are getting. The SSD is cool, but not $3,000 cool. The 4200 RPM drive with 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo is fine for an ultraportable machine, but again, not for $1,799.

I’ll pass on the MacBook Air, just like I did on the iPhone and iPod.

This is pretty incredible in my opinion. In fact, I think this is one of the most creative things I have seen in a long time. DO NOT stop this video before the half way mark…I assure you it will all make sense before the video is over.

The internet and technology are used for plenty of horrible things in the arena of “recreation”, but this is a great example of technology adding to modern art. And of course, what better way to disseminate that art than YouTube.