Can you jailbreak your MacBook Air?

Answer 1

The MacBook Air is a laptop and is a normal full featured computer, running a fully featured MacOS like the other laptops that Apple make's. It is not a "dumbed down" or "minimized" Netbook. There is nothing to jailbreak on a Mac Laptop.

"Jail-breaking" refers to "Hacking" a tablet or smartphone "iOS" like the iPhone, iPad, etc.

To Jailbreak something means to bypass (or unlock) the security features of the OS to run unauthorized applications, or to use another cell company. You can then download ANY games or applications that you could not other wise down load because of the 'Lockdown' status the manufacturer puts on it's products.

They do it to keep poorly written applications, etc, from making the device run slow, using excess battery life, possibly getting malware or a virus and then the customer blaming the manufacturer because the device is crashing or running very slowly. Use caution and common sense if you intend on jail-breaking a device.

Answer 2

To 'Jailbreak' an iOS device allows it to use software from sources other than Apple's App Store. As the MacBook Air can use software from any source there is nothing to 'Jailbreak'.