Sure, the 17″ Macbook Pro is pretty light, but the sheer mass of the machine makes it impractical for daily travel.

With this concept, you take a conventional 13″ or 15″ Macbook, and through the folding screens, it can turn into a 22″ behemoth, bringing dual monitors to a laptop.

With Apple’s new unibody design, we may see more of these concepts to be released in the future, and we can only dream at this point.

If you’re like me and enjoy Macs in any flavor and variety, you’ll be extremely happy to see this ultra-portable running Mac OSX. The MSI Wind, which already is a beautiful laptop, has just been cracked by some engnireering Spaniards, despite the Wind not having been released up until this point.

To see the step-by-step, be sure you read Spanish and head over to InsanelyMac and let us know in the comments if you’ve hacked your MSI Wind (when it arrives).

MSI Wind-Macbook Air Killer

The actual hardware is absolutely beautiful and while it’s not as wafer thin as the Macbook Air, this thing definitely looks beautiful, aerodynamic, and built like a tank. The keyboard itself has a nice black finish, albeit a fingerprint magnet. While earlier pictures showed a white Envy 133, this is the copper model, and it definitely impresses. Take a look at the gallery and see for yourself.

Voodoo Envy 133 Orange Picture Roundup

So here are the steps I took to optimize my Macbook Air for optimal performance:

Monolingual is a freeware app that deletes all those other pesky languages from your Mac. I deleted the languages, and all of the input menu options.

Delete all of the applications you most likely won’t use on your Macbook Air: I deleted iMovie, and Grapher (76mb). You might want to also delete iPhoto (150mb), iChat (109mb), Safari (50mb).

Disable Bluetooth, Sharing, and any other feature you don’t plan to use

Remove all items from your desktop. If there are any files on your desktop, it slows down the computer everytime it has to load each of those files.

I have yet to get a full reading on the battery life as I have been using an EVDO card on the laptop, and haven’t been completely away from a power source yet. As for those people claiming that EVDO USB cards do not fit, they definitely do fit, and work perfectly even when placed on a desk. Having a fast wireless connection is definitely a necessity for the Macbook Air, as when things get slow, it gets really, really annoying, so make sure to invest in some 802.11n hardware.

Have any other tips for speeding up your Macbook Air?

Kojinsha Korea announced the release of its mini notebook pc ‘E8′ aimed at ASUS’s Eee PC. Running on Windows XP and AMD Geode LX800 CPU, the E8 adopts 40GB HDD, 512MB memory and touch screen display with 1024 x 600 resolution. Other features included built-in stereo speaker, memory card slot, and USB port. Supporting 3.5 hours of continuous using time, it is expected to be available on February 29th for between 500,000(KRW) and 600,000(KRW) ~$600.

Original story at Aving.net

Belkin Neoprene Sleeve $29.99 — coming soon

AirMail: Manila Sleeve $29.99 — shipping now

Orbino Leather Thing $?? — coming soon

When doing my research here, I realized there aren’t that many options available for the Macbook Air, at least not yet. And seeing that only the AirMail was shipping, I went ahead and ordered one, and I’ll keep you posted on how it fares.

Here’s the tracking information — track my macbook air

It says it should arrive today, which I hope means early, because I’m going down to Miami at 2 !

I’ll let you know how it goes with the unboxing, initial review, etc. ))

* 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4 MB shared L2 Cache
* 2 GB (two SO-DIMM) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM; 80 GB 4200 rpm parallel ATA hard drive
* USB 2.0 port, a headphone jack, and a micro-DVI port that supports DVI, VGA, composite, and S-video output
* Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible, built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
* 13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display, 1280 x 800 resolution; Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard

Update: My apologies, I guess in my excitement I thought you saved $50 on this unit, but actually it’s only $5. Regardless, I’m opting for this Amazon version since I can save myself the $100 in ridiculous tax.

Unfortunately this is still just a gadget wet dream, and this beauty has not yet been released, but hopefully we will have some news when Jobsy makes it keynote at Macworld on January 15th.

Apple’s First Touchscreen Mac: The MacTouch

The mockups these fanboys manage to create a truly spectacular, and I wonder if Apple eventually ends up recruiting these guys into their grasps.

Here’s another great set of mockups from yann le coroller:

mybook

mac tablet

Is this your vision for the MacTouch? Tell us what you’d like to see in the eventual Apple release in the comments below.