I don’t believe this guy has 6 friends
I’m not saying the MacBook Air isn’t popular, but I have yet to see one in the wild, nor do I even know a guy who knows a guy who owns one. So forgive me if I don’t believe that not only does this guy know six other people with MacBook Airs, but all six of them have the exact same hinge problem.
Well, at least we know the Air has a brighter screen than the IBM (and can apparently type in a bigger font as well). Maybe he was just trying to scare his iPhone into not acting up.
What do you know? Macs DO crash!
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Hardware, MacBook Air, Photos
Has your computer ever crashed? No, I mean REALLY crashed? Like from 10,000 feet? Well, here’s the story of a Mac that did and lived to tell the tale.
Above: Oh don’t worry, that will buff right out.
When a Turkish Airways Flight crashed in Amsterdam earlier this year, killing nine people and injuring 121 others, there was one survivor that makes a pretty convincing case for unibody Airline construction: Passenger Sefer Baris’ MacBook Air.
Sefer’s friend Bulent tells us:
“He is working for documentary project in Turkey. A couple years ago he didn’t like Apple, but when he has seen my MacBook, last year he bought this MacBook Air. He is now an appleboy 
He was sitting on the chair in the front [of the airplane]. Seat number seven. (3-4 chairs from the business class). He has his MacBook Air with him, he was Read more
Hmmm… Might be time to knock €24,016.13 off that thing
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, MacBook Air, WTF, design
Remember last year when that “beautiful” €26,000, gold and crystal-covered MacBook Air by Bling My Thing made its ultra-classy debut? Well, guess what still hasn’t sold…
Faithful Macenstein reader Fabrizio writes:
“Hi Doc,
I live in Berlin (Germany) and last week as i went to buy something in a Ka.de.We (the biggest Store in europe like Harods and Lafayette) i saw it! A Macbook Air for 26.000-€!!! With swarovsky kristall on the topcase… insane! Sorry for the bad quality, i took the pics with my iPhone…
Greetz from Berlin”
Hey Fabrizio, don’t knock the iPhone’s camera! Everyone knows it is the best camera ever made, and Apple did not purposely hobble it just to give people an incentive to buy the next iPhone refresh!
Actually, oddly enough I believe that thing debuted at €20,000, so I’m not sure what it is that caused the price increase. Lord knows it wasn’t demand…
Time for a Fire Sale?
As we approach an inevitable MacBook Air refresh, and with both Liberace and Elvis still believed to be dead, it seems like now might be a good time to drop the price on that bad boy to something a little more reasonable so Michael Jackson can afford it. Sure, we all love gaudy technology, but no one wants out-dated gaudy echnology.
Apple “Truth in Advertising” test commercial
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Humor, MacBook Air, video
Remember the 1990 Dudley Moore classic “Crazy People“? Sure you do – every year it tops AFI’s Top 100 movies of all time list. Well, long story short in case you missed it, Moore is an ad exec who is fed up with the Madison Ave scene and ends up in a mental hospital where his fellow inmates help him come up with a “truth in advertising” campaign that ends up being wildly successful. (Example: “Volvo: they’re boxy, but they’re good.”)
Well, it looks like YouTuber vctrlalonde thought that perhaps Apple might have similar success selling MacBooks if they showed some real world Mac users using their gear in real life settings. Forget the eerily “all white” world of traditional Apple ads with hip kids using Garage Band and such. Take a look at how real life Mac user (and best selling author/evolutionist) Richard Dawkins uses his PowerBook - to answer his hate mail.
I use mine for pretty much the same thing actually, although luckily so far most of my hate mail has stopped short of actual death threats. Still, it’s an interesting thought, and might get Apple out of all those “truth in advertising” lawsuits it’s getting hit with.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Billy for the tip!
MacBook Airhead
Filed under: Celebrity Mac Chick, Humor, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Opinion, Photos
Look who just went Mac shopping! It’s Paris Hilton and her man of the hour Benji Madden.
Paris picked up a brand new MacBook Air, while Madden opted for the MacBook Pro. We spotted Hilton with a MacBook Pro of her own a few months ago, but we’re sure the MBP must have died on her. After all, she doesn’t seem like the kind to make extravagant purchases just on a whim.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Chris for the tip!
[Images: Ryan Fuertes via Mr. Paparazzi]
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