5 ms·

And browsing can be a pretty CPU heavy thing, these days. Not on the scale of video encoding, but enough to bring an ARM or Atom processor to its knees.

masklinn 16y ago
Not when you stop shipping flash with the OS.
- Karzyn 16y ago
  MBAs have OSX, which I can't imagine is going to be losing Flash any time soon.
  - fragmede 16y ago
    shipping with flash... http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/21/new-macbook-air-shipping-without-flash-installed/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/21/new-macbook-air-shipping-with...
  - telemachos 16y ago
    There may be a surprise coming your way. See the link[1] and thread[2] about Flash-less MBAs. [1] http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/macbook-air-all-substance-no-flash/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/macbook-air-all-substance... [2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1814713 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1814713
    - catch23 16y ago
      Well it doesn't come with Windows 7 by default either. It's just one of those things that everyone has to install whenever they reinstall windows. I also don't believe it comes with snow leopard either -- maybe the only change was remove the option of installing 3rd party plugins in Safari.
- borism 16y ago
  Did they also disable JavaScript?
- jokermatt999 16y ago
  Pages with heavy Javascript can cause issues too. For example, open up a large reddit thread on a netbook and wait. However, I don't know whether the MBA's processor will be better enough to handle that. And not shipping with Flash doesn't mean Flash is now useless. Plenty of video sites out there haven't switched to HTML5, not to mention product sites or Flash game sites.
- jonhendry 16y ago
  Oh who cares, really. It just forces the user to go out and download the latest version if they really want Flash, which means Apple won't take the blame for buyers getting machines with outdated security-compromised versions of Flash.

masklinn 16y ago

Not when you stop shipping flash with the OS.

Karzyn 16y ago
MBAs have OSX, which I can't imagine is going to be losing Flash any time soon.
- fragmede 16y ago
  shipping with flash... http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/21/new-macbook-air-shipping-without-flash-installed/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/21/new-macbook-air-shipping-with...
- telemachos 16y ago
  There may be a surprise coming your way. See the link[1] and thread[2] about Flash-less MBAs. [1] http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/macbook-air-all-substance-no-flash/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/macbook-air-all-substance... [2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1814713 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1814713
  - catch23 16y ago
    Well it doesn't come with Windows 7 by default either. It's just one of those things that everyone has to install whenever they reinstall windows. I also don't believe it comes with snow leopard either -- maybe the only change was remove the option of installing 3rd party plugins in Safari.
borism 16y ago
Did they also disable JavaScript?
jokermatt999 16y ago
Pages with heavy Javascript can cause issues too. For example, open up a large reddit thread on a netbook and wait. However, I don't know whether the MBA's processor will be better enough to handle that. And not shipping with Flash doesn't mean Flash is now useless. Plenty of video sites out there haven't switched to HTML5, not to mention product sites or Flash game sites.
jonhendry 16y ago
Oh who cares, really. It just forces the user to go out and download the latest version if they really want Flash, which means Apple won't take the blame for buyers getting machines with outdated security-compromised versions of Flash.