Apple Macbook Air

[matty-hodgson]

i've been offered a Macbook Air for £600, it's in very good nick and i think it looks amazing, but, obviously there's a problem otherwise i wouldn't be posting here.

EDIT: it's the 2.13GHz model, the bigger and badder one, with an SSD.

i've got a few questions.

how do i know which are the ones that had the overheating problem? (if any)
would i be able to install Win7 on it using bootcamp or whatever it is?
is £600 a good deal for a 10 month old Macbook Air? he's only had it since christmas and wants a netbook instead.

does anyone have an Air? would you recommend it? what do you find it useful for or, of course, useless at?

thanks in advance for any contributions

[mikerr]

They are way too thin, and limited on ports etc.
The lack of DVD drive will kill you too

I'll take it off your hands for £650 ?

[matty-hodgson]

They are way too thin, and limited on ports etc.
The lack of DVD drive will kill you too

I'll take it off your hands for £650 ?

well ya see, it's to replace the Netbook that got broken in my recent 'car crash' (wasn't my fault).
decided to fork out a bit on the replacement and a Mac Air sounded nice

soo.. as i was saying, it's to replace a netbook, so the problem with the DVD drive and lack of ports isn't really that much of a big deal, i'd only need 1 USB port for a flash drive and that's it.

[Spud1]

Sounds like a bargain to me - I would have got one myself if I could have afforded that much for a netbook type device.

[shadowmaster]

If its in very good nick as you say, then at £600 its a very good deal. Not sure whether you could install windows 7 on it, but you could flog it for a nice profit on ebay if you dont like the apple os.

[mightymouse]

with the air you need to be careful with the lid. they seem to be quite fragile as it is so thin. its definitely a great deal for £600 and if there are any problems then just get apple to fix it. i'm sure the heat problems are covered under warranty. since its so cheap i would recommend you to fork out some money for the applecare before it expires. best place to get applecare is from the bay and just so you know i bought 2 applecare plans from the bay and both of them registered fine (1x 24" imac and 1xmacbook unibody)

by the way i think the macbook applecare and macbook air ones are the same so you'd be looking to pay around 70euros on the bay

[smithmr8]

I would get it. Do mighty mouse said and get apple to fix any hardware problems under warranty, and then flog it on eBay. Buy yourself something a bit more practical, maybe one of the new white macbooks or whatever tickles your fancy and pocket the change.