Forrester’s Ted Schadler says he’s been testing the MacBook Air for five months now both for work and for home use, in the former running his employer’s corporate image Windows XP with attendant applications and security software in a Parallels virtual machine, and sticking to the the Mac side at home. He reports that aside from a few hiccups with the security software in the corporate image that were addressed by the Parallels support team the in-house IT client and network security team, its been a great experience.
And while he says there are still some things that are still challenging about using the the MacBook Air in a Windows-centric business world, “the machine itself is a wonder.” He says he can drop it on the floor and it keeps on ticking, while the battery lasts a flight across country. It fires up and finds a network in seconds is satisfyingly fast and thin and light enough to slide unnoticed into his bag. It boots in seconds, finds Wi-Fi in moments, and discovers new video connections without problems. It may cost a bit more than an UltraBook, but Schladler contends that it’s worth the price.
He notes that there are definitely some caveats for the corpporate windows user, but these are far from deal breakers for a lone employee, and he’s very happy overall with the Mac as a business machine.
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