Right in line after the shipping notices emailed to pre-orderers of the notebook and the various knowledge base articles posted yesterday, Apple has now made the MacBook Air User’s Guide available as a free PDF download. The seventy-six pages document weighs in at 3.7MB.
It is, of course, an Apple product, so the guide is minimalist and well-designed. It guides you through the anatomy of the notebook, setting it up, using it, troubleshooting issues, and ends with brief notes on keeping it safe, ergonomic usage, and environmental policies and achievements. I particularly loved the welcome note - “Congratulations, you and your MacBook Air were made for each other.” Did we mention that it’s a computer we are talking about?
Coupled with the MBA user’s guide is another mildly interesting 8-page user’s guide for the MacBook Air SuperDrive and a very bland single page PDF demonstrating how to use the several complex and advanced features of the USB Ethernet Adapter. I love the cap shown in the diagram: it’s a single unit designed to shield both the USB plug and ethernet port from dust and wear and tear when not in use. Simple and efficient, though I fear that one would lose it pretty quickly.
