Elegant Technology

In a couple of months I will have owned my MacBook Air for a year and I can honestly say that no other laptop (or desktop) has ever delighted me so much. Well perhaps the original 512k Mac and Cube I owned come close.

Why am I so satisfied? What is it that ‘delights’?

In case you hadn’t noticed, the Air is a thing of beauty. Beautiful to look at, beautiful to handle, and beautiful to use.

I use it at home. The furthest it travels is a few metres from a desk to the sofa or bed. Most of the time it rests in a white InCase sleeve. The single USB (lack of more) has never been an issue for me. I occaisionally transfer photos or sync my Nano or iPhone but never seem to do more than one thing at once. I use the headphone jack now and again but never the video out port. Even this could be removed as far as my usage goes.

The Air is so pure – so esential that everything else seems excessive.