MacBook Air hacked with internal EV-DO -- finally lives up to its name

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7 points·markbao··5 comments

I was disappointed this wasn't built-in on launch. They fit it in the iphone but not the Air -- ridiculous.

Constant internet connectivity is as big a reason to get a laptop for me as form factor. Combing from someone whose last two laptop purchases were 17 inch screens, this might not mean much.

> Combing from someone whose last two laptop purchases were 17 inch screens, this might not mean much.

I'd buy a second laptop as light and easy to take along as the Macbook Air is. With WLAN HotSpots popping up everywhere I roam, I don't mind the missing wireless connectivity too much.

It's just the availabe combo of slow harddrives that is killing the device for me :'( According to ArsTechnica's "No Spin" review, not even the SSD option saves you from frequent idling.

link to the review: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macbook-air-ssd-revi...

Having driven cross country twice in the past 5 months, I tell you that wifi is not nearly as common as you might hope. Edge network from an iPhone was absolutely necessary.

theres nothing like checking in code between shows (on tour w/ my band) from a car flying down the highways of rural nebraska :)

I had to get wifi to support http://tipjoy.com while in Cheyenne Wyoming. While it's the biggest town in Wyoming, I'm pretty sure any single block in SF has more hotspots than the whole town.

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