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MacBookAir owners - kap - 12-02-2009
How has it been going with your machine? Completely content, "Ha, the best Mac decision I have ever made to date!", or regret, i.e. "I should have bought the MBP instead. More bang for my buck!".
Will there be a MacBookAir revision on the horizon, or that was it for MBA as MBP's will just get lighter and lighter than air someday?
Re: MacBookAir owners - Carnos Jax - 12-03-2009
I'm curious as to the responses also.
Re: MacBookAir owners - Mike Johnson - 12-03-2009
We adore ours. My wife uses it mostly while sitting on the couch, but we also take it whenever we travel. At this very moment, she & our son are watching silly cat videos on youtube, by the sound of it.
I have a MacPro, so I've got plenty of bang in the home office. A laptop that is slim, light, and elegant was exactly what we wanted.
Re: MacBookAir owners - bruceko - 12-03-2009
Wife loves hers. Almost 2 years old
Re: MacBookAir owners - kap - 12-03-2009
Man, the refurbished ones are still over 1K each :banghead:
Re: MacBookAir owners - RAMd®d - 12-03-2009
Bang for the buck is relative.
A laptop that is slim, light, and elegant was exactly what we wanted.
And that bang for the buck is not easily matched.
A little pricey, but I really want one.
Re: MacBookAir owners - kap - 12-03-2009
How upgradable is it? Can it handle Snow Leopard well?
Re: MacBookAir owners - hal - 12-03-2009
all of the fully support SL
I get A LOT of laptops and own them all for a short time.
I had a 1.8ghz w/ 64gb SSD - it was ok... not very speedy, but an absolute joy for its light weight and mobility.
Unless you really value light weight and mobility, I don't think you'd want one.
I'm working on a 1.6 w/ 80GB hard drive - these non SSD drives in the MBA are HORRIBLE. So damned slow.
I suspect the latest top o the line would be a really nice machine.
Small HD is a problem for me. The non SSD drives are an absolute deal breaker for me. 2GB max is also a problem for me. They don't seem very robust - there is a disproportional representation of banged up and dead ones on ebay.
Forget bang for buck and all of that - if this very narrow set of specs is what you want, then get it. NO netbook comes close to these things.
HOWEVER... almost forgot - the EXTREMELY limited expansion drives me nuts. There is only ONE port. No daisy chaining... to me, this was my biggest grumble. I was always trying to figure out how to do what I wanted to do... but that's ust me. Very few people mess around with computers as much as I do.
Re: MacBookAir owners - kap - 12-03-2009
hal wrote:
... there is a disproportional representation of banged up and dead ones on ebay.
Umm, the small slow HDs or the MBAs from the frustrated owners because of the small slow HDs?
Re: MacBookAir owners - hal - 12-03-2009
sorry... I meant to suggest that they are simply not very durable.
One drop and you'll likely have two or more pieces to pick up...