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MacBook Air Problems: USB 3G modems not fitting Apple Mac

By: Daniel Chubb | January 25, 2008 | 5 Comments

MacBook Air Problems

Since the day of unveiling the Apple MacBook Air we have heard more about problems than really how cool this new Mac Air is, although we do have to report news of anything that may cause users problems to help prevent them.

In this case we are hearing that the MacBook Air cannot fit one of the smallest USB EV-DO modems around (Sprint / Novatel U727), although this is not a major design flaw…owners would want to know that they may have to get a USB hub or extension cable to use a 3G USB modem.

Although be aware that most USB flash drives will work in the Mac Air.

Via CL | Engadget Source

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  • NoDontThinkSo
  • Photoboy

    While this is inconvenient, most of the USB air cards come with a little USB extension cable that would work for this issue. Even if they don’t come with one, that type of cable is easy to find.

  • Sebhelyesfarku

    The MacBook Air is an overhyped piece of shit.

  • in a small town…

    While the Air book is nice, trim, and alleges to lack some
    feature sets people generally have come to accept as
    being necessary or convenient in a portable notebook,
    I don’t think much is missing; except for a larger flash
    drive as a standard fare replacement for old tech HDDs.

    Having an expansion port for wi-fi over cellular bandwidth
    and a provider of this service for less expense is important.

    I’m still waiting for something to come along that just works
    well, and does not need me to pay thousands of dollars to own.

    The second generation MacBook Air will be better; and
    as costs for newer technology components and better
    battery technologies come along, it can only improve.
    But for now, I have a low-hours last model iBook G4 1.33
    and a last model iMac G4 1.25 17″ and I would like to get
    a reliable DP or dual-core tower at much less than retail.

  • Azazello

    Please do not mind ‘Sebhelyesfarku’ (aka Scabs-on-his-Dick), I Googled him — he is just another kakistocratic, coprolalic wanderer of cyberspace, still lives in a tiny room of his mother’s dank apartment in Budapest. (see Tarr Béla: Öszi Almanach – The Almanac of Fall)