On 1/20/08 8:20 AM, Shawn King <shawn at yourmaclifeshow.com> wrote: > On 1/19/08 11:42 AM, "Dave B" <DaveB_Lists_1004 at gto.net> wrote: > >> the Air requires additional >> hardware to be fully functional. > > It obviously depends on what you mean by "fully functional". Lots of people > will buy the air and find it's functions as full as they need. I find it hard to believe that someone would buy the Air and not need a program like Word, PowerPoint or Keynote. All of these would require the use of additional hardware (external optical drive, secondary computer) to install these programs. Is there anyone who uses a Mac that hasn't installed software via a CD or DVD?