![]() ![]() ![]() Yet there may be a far bigger reason for not supporting Flash out-of-the-box with its new MacBook Airs, according to the people at Ars Technica who tested the 11-inch configuration to see if Apple’s battery life claims hold water.Īs it turns out, they do, but only so long as Adobe’s Flash doesn't come anywhere near the ultra-thin laptop.Īpple touts 5 hours of wireless productivity for its 11-inch MacBook Air, which is not bad for such a small system.Īrs could confirm that the notebook can go even longer than that without having to be plugged into an outlet, albeit with some settings specifically tweaked to save power. “We're happy to continue to support Flash on the Mac, and the best way for users to always have the most up to date and secure version is to download it directly from Adobe,” Evans said in a statement, according to Engadget. In an official statement issued in October, Apple has a good explanation for ditching the ported Java runtime that ships with Mac OS X, saying it is "deprecated".Īpple would have you believe that ditching Flash was from similar reasons.Īccording to Apple spokesman Bill Evans, leaving out the plugin starting with the new MacBook Airs actually has nothing to do with Apple’s stance regarding Adobe’s software. ![]() Now we may have found the main reason why Apple does not pre-install Adobe’s Flash Player plugin on new Macs - battery life. Reports emerged last month saying Apple was killing one technology after another with its new MacBook Air computers, among which Flash, and Java were mentioned. ![]()
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