Steven Levy, chief technology writer and senior editor at Newsweek, and famed Apple journalist, has taken the MacBook Air’s name to heart—his recently acquired review unit has indeed vanished into thin air.
So what happened, Steve? Was it lost, stolen, simply misplaced? Or wait a minute—what was that? It might have been left on your coffee table amongst the scattered pages of the New York Times? And your wife may or may not have just possibly thrown the whole bundle out into the recycling bin, not noticing the magazine-sized laptop in the midst of that papery mess? Oh no she didn’t!
In his article that is concurrently humorous and tragic, Steve backtracks through his weekend to try and figure out what could have happened to his missing MacBook Air, and ultimately concludes that the recycle bin story is the most feasible scenario. This may be the first documented case of a MacBook Air accidently thrown out, but for a laptop that is slim enough to fit into a manila envelope and light enough to be overlooked if sandwiched in a pile of magazines or newspaper, this may not be the last such case (although we hope it is).
And now, let us hold a moment of silence for this tragic and senseless loss of a great piece of technology.
That thing truly is really really thin. I'm pretty sure the airport security is going to ban it cause that sharp edge could slice someone...
Sorry to hear that Steve. That sucks.
Pretty sure the lost Macbook Air is in China by now....
If it is, let me know where. I'd like to pick it up
xD that is hilarious! even though it's sad at the same time... I wonder if it is still ok... maybe someone finds it? (In a thousand years...)