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<blockquote data-quote="Idealrealist" data-source="post: 3756142" data-attributes="member: 561591">Details:# The micro-DVI out is single-link only, meaning it can drive a 24-inch monitor, not a 30-inch. There&#039;s no DisplayLink converter / adapter yet.# Remote Disk comes on the install DVD -- ironically, Apple expects you to carry around a DVD to install so you can access someone else&#039;s DVD drive. Righty-o.# It uses MagSafe, but the new connector is angled 90-degrees to stay out of the way. You can use a regular MacBook / Pro adapter, assuming you don&#039;t mind the side being propped up a little (or hanging off the edge of a table). You can also use the MBA&#039;s 45w adapter on other machines -- the plug should still fit, but the adapter may not have enough juice to charge AND power a running machine.# The MacBook Air superdrive needs special hardware in the MBA to work -- Apple wouldn&#039;t tell us if any other devices will be able to use the thing, but we imagine the ~500mA USB outputs won&#039;t be enough.# The 64GB SSD option is +$1000 -- but you probably already knew that if you hit Apple&#039;s site.# The speaker is mono only (not stereo), so your audio output will suffer a bit. The audio comes out of the keyboard holes in the right side, and it sounds a little funny.# The port array folds down, it&#039;s not a door over ports that don&#039;t move. It feels extremely sturdy.# The only audio input will have to be via USB or the built-in mic.# The machine comes packaged with micro-DVI to DVI and micro-DVI to VGA adapters, but you have to snag the S-Video and composite adapters separately</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Idealrealist, post: 3756142, member: 561591"] Details: # The micro-DVI out is single-link only, meaning it can drive a 24-inch monitor, not a 30-inch. There's no DisplayLink converter / adapter yet. # Remote Disk comes on the install DVD -- ironically, Apple expects you to carry around a DVD to install so you can access someone else's DVD drive. Righty-o. # It uses MagSafe, but the new connector is angled 90-degrees to stay out of the way. You can use a regular MacBook / Pro adapter, assuming you don't mind the side being propped up a little (or hanging off the edge of a table). You can also use the MBA's 45w adapter on other machines -- the plug should still fit, but the adapter may not have enough juice to charge AND power a running machine. # The MacBook Air superdrive needs special hardware in the MBA to work -- Apple wouldn't tell us if any other devices will be able to use the thing, but we imagine the ~500mA USB outputs won't be enough. # The 64GB SSD option is +$1000 -- but you probably already knew that if you hit Apple's site. # The speaker is mono only (not stereo), so your audio output will suffer a bit. The audio comes out of the keyboard holes in the right side, and it sounds a little funny. # The port array folds down, it's not a door over ports that don't move. It feels extremely sturdy. # The only audio input will have to be via USB or the built-in mic. # The machine comes packaged with micro-DVI to DVI and micro-DVI to VGA adapters, but you have to snag the S-Video and composite adapters separately [/QUOTE]

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