Isn't it incredible?

Ikr

It's phenomenal

its mind blowing

It’s a screamer!

And I can't believe it's not butter

funny how the specs look so outdated, in only 10 years, technology is moving so fast

Samuel Michaud but the design is still up to date

Apple is a real trend setter this is why Apple is the most valuable company in the world

I still cannot believe that this comment is over half a decade old

TommyBNSF 2018 Netflix

2016: What are ports?

TommyBNSF 2018 what’s a computer

@Negan 2045 What's a baseball bat?

@@waldodoodoo6793 few years later... What is usb port??

Angeelo Gov rip

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This notebook was 10 years ahead of it's time. Steve really was an amazing presenter and innovator. The industry and world truly misses him.

Do macs fart?

He would have embraced the notch like they have

yeah there is a way not have camera bumps, just make the phone 3 times as thick and instead of notches, why not have an unreliable motorized pop up selfie camera or have an awful under display one that ends up attracted more attention than the notch.

Glad to say they finally got rid of the iPhone notch for a much nicer looking island that can actually resize with functionality

Wtf is this worshipping of a CEO? Not to mention the rewriting of history and some weird parasocial relationship stuff thrown in. Jobs didn’t want the iPhone because he worried it would cut into iPod sales. Jobs didn’t want an App Store, instead relying on web apps. Jobs famously told people they’re holding their phone wrong, then Apple had to send free bumpers to every iPhone 4 owner as a workaround. He wanted screen size to stay at 3.5”, despite the market demanding bigger screens, saying that “no one is going to buy a phone with a big screen” (5.5” at the time). He was stubborn, controlling, and executives had to always work around him and convince him of decisions that made Apple successful in the first place. Do your research, there’s lots of biographies and interviews from people who’ve worked closely with Jobs. Don’t pull random stuff out of your ass and pass them off as facts.

Hahaha true! MacBook Airs are probably the best Laptops ever made! Removing all the ports?! What a joke! Steve Jobs would be ashamed!

2 years after removing all legacy ports in exchange for usb-c and all apple mobile devices *still* come with old USB charging cables.

Sadly for you, they just announced the newest macbook air, pretty much the equivalent of this one, your statement is retarded, you can watch a few interviews with Steve Jobs and realize that he knows and talks about you people, people who see him as a symbol, but he wasn't the only one working at apple...

At the time, it was a really big deal. Tons of people wouldn't buy it because it was 1. Too expensive, and 2. Didn't have an optical drive included. People complained that for it's price, it should of come with the optical drive. And the screen was horrifically bad, people complained about that so much. And extremely underpowered, it could barely be used for anything except surfing the web and answering emails. It was seen as an unnecessary luxury.

@@elliemay1748 That's a pretty one sided analysis of the initial reception of the Macbook Air. All of the things you mentioned were concerns for some people, but as this presentation points out, the standard for equivalently compact/light machines at the time was 2x 1.2GHz, and this was 2x1.6 or 1.8. It couldn't concievably have been any more powerful in it's weight class at the time. Have you ever used one for any length of time? My Dad bought one and I borrowed it a few times for browsing. It's a well made machine. Great keyboard, and it's altogether an enjoyable device to use. If you want a mobile office device, you want comfort and accessibility, not horsepower. It provides that. Most of what you've said was the typical 'Apples vs oranges' comparisons, which were generally based around the price tag. I made plenty of arguments like that myself at the time. As a young broke student, if I had $1799 to blow there would be no way in hell I would be putting it towards a Macbook - I had power hungry design work to do and would have rather bought the most GHz and and RAM I could afford with reasonable battery life. Size and weight didn't factor in at all. I'd rather suffer for maximum capability. I understand what you're saying about unnecessary luxury, but whether it's a luxury or not depends a lot on the sort of work that you're doing. A huge amount of the work in the world - the vast majority, actually - done on computers, is just numbers and text. You don't hear about that so much when people talk about computers, because it's not interesting, and it's not controversial. The buzz on the Internet, when people talk about computers, is always about horsepower, FPS, benchmarks, will it run Crysis at full detail, can I edit HD videos, do 3D rendering, etc, because that's what computer hardware enthusiasts talk about. People who aren't computer hardware enthusiasts don't talk about computers very much, but they do use them. Editing HD videos is about the most mainstream of those concerns, but it's still a relatively fringe concern and something most consider a neat addition to their computer's capability, not a core function, and most people in the target market for the MacBook Air also have at least one other more powerful laptop or desktop if they really need to do that.

Psst, 20 hours now.

Jeez this comment is old

Руслан Гиндуллин the air has around 18 doesn't it? I'm pretty sure the pro has over 20 hours of battery life

damnn look at the m1 chip battery now, crazyyyy

@@BrightWolfMaster it was 8 years ago 😂

yes it is $999 not bad after 11 years

Lmao

@@RazzorrXX ........ So what? It's at same price but better, macbook air was never a cheap laptop, it's an premium ultrabook not an affordable laptop

Not anymore, overpriced craptops here we go

⁠​⁠​⁠@@one_step_sidewaysLol is this a joke? M1 Air starts at 999, and it’s better than most ultrabooks around the same price point. But nah let’s just throw some bs and see what sticks

ouch

2020: Apple makes an ARM processor thats built in an iPad, running a full fledged video game built for PS4 and Xbox One. Also in 2020, Apple’s gonna announce 5nm chips.

2027: Apple's sold for 1 yuan to Huawei

@@pauldiether2415 Apple is the most valuable company as of July 2020, stupid huawei fanboy

@@vshnv_c apple made a 5nm arm processor built in a macbook, as powerful as i9 9980hk, with integrated graphics as powerful as geforce 1060 and completely silent. No fans.

Hey

@@GoToMan Ho

it sucks now ,better buy a netbook instead of it lol ,maybe a 400$ chromebook xD

Kurisu Munaraki Chromebooks are complete and utter junk

Macbook Air is outdated. It's been 3 years without a refresh.

SAME!

@@s.morton7073 He literally said 2017 MacBook. You guys blind or what?

Not once have i rented a movie online , especially not in itunes and streaming really started in the mid 2010s. The optical drive vanished over the years because of streaming, fast internet and fast enough flash drives. Since most of the people on this planet do not use macs, it had nothing to do with apple and /or jobs. Still buying my favorite movies on bluray though, because many movies were removed on the streaming services and replaced by crappy shows. Maybe disney will alter all their movies to please the "modern audience", so i'm save with my original uncut versions.

$2,106 specifically now

Lol it still is!

Not for a computer so advanced like this one it was really a good deal at the time

If you see the facial reaction of those people in the room, you can guess that it was a really really good deal

Compared to similar products back then that price was good

yup

Even 10 years later!!!!

No

Even 12 years later

even 13 years later

Just bought it for collection, damn what a design!

Tanuj Dua “back then” reading this six years later....

@@EpicExplosionify😂😂😂

@@EpicExplosionify damn and now I'm reading your comment after at least a year. Nice.

1799 IS BANKRUPTCY even in todays time. That was crazy back then 😮😮

Sorry for bad English...

It is more like: Apple 2018- No connectors/ports on laptops, dont worry- you dont need them (even if you do).

Yea, i was stunned when he said there was no optical drive. But I guess he was just ahead of his time.

Nowdays, they're complaining when they put away the USB Port

same thing will happen with usb a ports.

"Ronald Reagan, the ACTOR??"

@@aviddancer6614 Donald Trump was an actor too.

I would have agreed but after seeing the new MacBook Air with an m1 chip I was blown away I am an Apple fan but yeah they have stopped innovating like they used to I hope the old Apple comes back😕

Yeah, my guess on what they'll do on the next gen MacBook: No USB-c/Thunderbolt connectors. They're a 299.99$ Option coz it's... you know designed to be wireless. Sadly though this might just actually happen.

They still sell superdrive for only $80 now

@@Simufreund309 well it didn't.

The problem is that almost nobody use that in a home... all can be downloaded

yeah

Gavin Are you funny or what

Sure....except today's MacBooks all still have the jack. 😄

What is your point all macs still have headphone jacks....

Nowadays, headphone jack is disappearing faster than ever before. Samsung, Google, and other Chinese makers following Apple`s decision.. So yeah, you are right..

@@MrCooper83 And that's good!!

It’s just like AirPods

M1 MacBook Air: Hold my beer.

Bro do you even know at that time computer started around at 3000$

Pragyan are you serious? I remember there were free after rebate computers.

Simon C that thin great?

@@mytube2013 Funny enough, Apple was cheaper than its competitors before all the junk other manufacturers threw into PCs to bring the price down.

It was still $1000+ cheaper than the Sony VAIO TZ laptop it was compared to during the keynote, which was much thicker, significantly less powerful, and had significantly worse battery life than that first $1799 Macbook Air.

Probably cheaper if you find a good sale too

lol my 7 yr old windows laptop with an SSD is not slow :p

Michael Jimenez laptop, 2008 year, lol.

Was a lot back then. My old 2011 Windows laptop only lasted about 2,5 hours with all settings on maximum saving. Play a game, sure but after 45 minutes I got the low battery warning already.

mats098 my 2018 Air lasts about 10 hours

the problem is that unlike the optical drive - there isn't a suitable replacement for wired headphones for several use cases especially pro ones on products like the iPad which claim to be pro

Headphone jacks are still useful in 2022. Unlike optical drives. Modern Macs as of this time of writing still have it.

hopefully it will this year!

Arch Khudoba - And it has 😂

@@dirtyasianmafia2310 yay!