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One data point doesn't mean it's a design flaw. Most people aren't going to take their MBP offroading, so why should they make compromises just to serve this small, but now vocal minority?
Hm, this might explain why my 2011 Air is occasionally on and hot when I pull it out of my laptop bag, too. I only started noticing it after the Mountain Lion upgrade, so I figured it was more likely something to do with their crazy new sleep mode, but hey, perhaps it's a combination of factors?
For instance, sometimes the screen just won't shut off when trying to put it to sleep - Closing the lid and the screen/logo stay lit up indefinitely. Chrome and the integrated graphics card really don't play well together - it's caused an OS reboot 10's of times in the past month. Mostly, waking the computer from sleep takes a fraction of a second but sometimes it takes ~20 seconds to show the screen.
I would guess that all of these are related to the integrated Intel graphics chip firmware/drivers being not quite baked.
BUT - in spite of all of that, this is without question the best laptop I've ever owned. It's also the first laptop where I haven't wanted or needed to use my iMac anymore. It really is finally a true "desktop replacement" that is totally portable. And I could never go back.
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Snow Leopard doesn't have the drivers for new hardware.
And MBA's don't have super drives!
Another first world problem on HN. What's going on with HN?! :-(
Well, then just take out the batt.. Oh wait!
I haven't seen this particular issue, but I have had a whole bunch of strange, likely firmware-related issues on my Retina. For instance, sometimes the screen just won't shut off when trying to put it to sleep - Closing the lid and the screen/logo stay lit up indefinitely. Chrome and the integrated graphics card really don't play well together - it's caused an OS reboot 10's of times in the past month. Mostly, waking…
I've seen this as well, and it feels related to whether the computer is suspended to RAM (sleep) or suspended to disk (hibernate).