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		<title>First few hours with the new AiryBook</title>
		<dateCreated>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:17:51 GMT</dateCreated>
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		<ownerName>Dave Winer</ownerName>
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		<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:17:51 GMT" ctSaves="17" flPreview="false" server="xmlrpc://cms.scripting2.com:5337/RPC2" storySerialNum="638" text="First few hours with the new AiryBook" type="scripting2Post" url="http://scripting.com/stories/2010/10/28/firstFewHoursWithTheNewAir.html" username="davewiner" versionClient="0.39" versionServer="0.38" whenLastSave="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:53:32 GMT">
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:07:37 GMT" pgfnum="3015" text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://scripting.com/stories/2010/10/28/myAiryBook.html&quot;&gt;My 11-inch&lt;/a&gt; MacBook Air is here. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:10:55 GMT" pgfnum="3016" text="These are just first impressions, off the top of my head, based on almost no use. If you're a Mac fanboy, save yourself some grief and don't read this piece. You won't understand it and you won't like it. If you ignore this warning don't complain to me! :-)"></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:11:08 GMT" pgfnum="3017" text="1. There are tradeoffs. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:11:14 GMT" pgfnum="3018" text="2. The screen is seriously small. No Ethernet."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:11:21 GMT" pgfnum="3019" text="&lt;img src=&quot;http://scripting.com/images/2010/10/28/ronaldMcDonald.jpg&quot; width=&quot;115&quot; height=&quot;169&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;15&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; alt=&quot;A picture named ronaldMcDonald.jpg&quot;&gt;3. If I'm seriously expected to think of this as a netbook, I really &lt;i&gt;resent&lt;/i&gt; that it costs almost $1000 more than the last &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002DYIXMI/ref=wms_ohs_product&quot;&gt;netbook&lt;/a&gt; I bought. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:43:32 GMT" pgfnum="3029" text="3a. That netbook cost a lot less, but did a lot more. Longer battery life. Larger disk capacity. Three USB's not two. Ethernet. SD card slot. I know why we need all those things. All of them. Why does Apple think it can ship so much less and charge so much more and not force product comparisons? They're depending on the Reality Distortion Field keeping from people from being even slightly pragmatic in reviewing this product. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:11:59 GMT" pgfnum="3020" text="4. Haven't decided whether I should leave this guy hooked up to Dropbox. It's synching unbelievably slowly, over my fast FIOS connection. It says it'll be done in 59 days. Let's see where it is tomorrow morning."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:13:21 GMT" pgfnum="3021" text="5. I'm going to DC on Saturday, overnight. I will take the Air. Should I also take my iPad? (Probably will. But to be fair if I travelled with my 13-inch MacBook Pro, I would have brought the iPad as well.)"></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:14:07 GMT" pgfnum="3022" text="6. I'm thinking about returning it. Not sure if this is going to fit into my workflow. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:16:11 GMT" pgfnum="3024" text="7. iTunes still sucks. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:04:32 GMT" pgfnum="3030" text="8. The thing that really ticks me off is this -- why not, for all the extra money and missing basic features, push the envelope. That's what I used to like about Apple. They built in networking into every Mac in the 80s. It was something extra that the other guys didn't do, all to build a market. How about putting a Wimax modem in there. Make it a better netbook, instead of just taking features out and jacking up the price."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:16:20 GMT" pgfnum="3025" text="I guess basically, at this point, I'm not thrilled with this purchase. But that's a first impression. Don't trust it, I don't."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:17:36 GMT" pgfnum="3026" text="PS: I called it Hooterville. :-)"></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:46:18 GMT" pgfnum="3032" text="PPS: If you're wondering why I bought this even though the specs are out there, and I &quot;should have known&quot; it was an overpriced ripoff before I bought it, I have two answers. 1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://scripting.com/stories/2010/10/28/myAiryBook.html&quot;&gt;Please read&lt;/a&gt; my previous piece. It explains, carefully, how Apple and Amazon team up to get over those objections. 2. I watched Jobs roll it out (only the second time they've broadcast a SteveNote) and was told it had magical properties you could only understand by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonic_possession&quot;&gt;possessing&lt;/a&gt; one. He held it with reverence. Said it would make me a better human being. (At least implied that.) "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:49:21 GMT" pgfnum="3033" text="PPPS: I want to outlaw Apple Fanboys the same way Apple is outlawing Flash."></outline>
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