Users are reporting that Apple's new MacBook Air models, announced yesterday at Apple's 'Back to the Mac' press conference, are shipping without Adobe's Flash player plug-in pre-installed. Traditionally, Mac computers have shipped with Flash preloaded - so users wouldn't have to worry about installing it. Now, new MacBook Air users will have to download and install the plug-in themselves, should they wish to view Flash content on the internet. It's not a biggie, but it does send a strong message.
It is well known that Apple has concerns over the performance of Adobe's Flash plug-in, that's why Flash is not supported on iOS portable devices. Although Apple has made known it's qualms with Flash on Mac OS X in the past, this is the first mo