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to gooner
Re: MacBook Air or ProGet either with the MOST ram option you can afford. You cannot upgrade ram in these after--it is on the board.
The retina is just AWESOME to use/look at. I've had to replace a few (spills...) and was like WOW... working on a 15" right now... replaced the logicboard on it... what a PITA... |
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gooner join:2013-07-05 St Catharines, ON |
to Daemon
Looking at that, 8GB is now a no brainer. I do use photo programs and often have word (or some sort of writer) open while having multiple tabs open on a browser.
As for Linux, I'm writing this in Mint 15 XFCE and only have Chrome (a few tabs) open and my memory is at about 10% used (of 8GB). Even opening up other programs (Writer, Calc, GIMP, Firefox, XCHAT) my memory usage only goes to 12%. |
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to cableties
That's where I'm kind of hung up on right now. Retina or not.
Since I haven't used anything with retina, I'm not sure if it's something I'd be missing or not. Plus I heard the previous MBPr were rather sluggish do to the retina display.
Since I'm going for an 8GB machine either way, how much faster is the MBPr with a 2.4Ghz i5 processor, over a MBA with 1.3Ghz i5? |
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to Nezmo
said by Nezmo:said by Jehu:i think there is one but the RPM is so low that it is completely inaudible. I mean silent as in stick your ear on the laptop and can't hear or feel an thing moving. I seem to remember them saying there's two fans but they are engineered to cancel each other out sound wise. I wish they did but my fans are definitely audible. Quieter than previous generation laptops for sure, but still loud. |
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to gooner
Not to steal your thunder but I just got my 13" MacBook Pro (Late 2013) i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB flash. It's amazingly fast! The PCIe based flash memory makes the SSD based MacBook Air look like a turtle (albeit is almost 4yrs old)! |
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to gooner
Option 3 (customized): 13" Macbook Air 1.3 Ghz i5 8GB, 256GB SSD $1,399 Unless you are going to do heavy graphics or intensive games, a Mac Air will replace a desktop with that option's stats. Buy a dongle, and attach it to a tv for a bigger experience. Also, with Mavericks there is a serious bump in battery life and memory use through compression, so you could still get away with only 4 gigs of memory. |
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tubbynetreminds me of the danse russe MVM join:2008-01-16 Gilbert, AZ |
said by MyrddinEmrys:so you could still get away with only 4 gigs of memory. for everyday operations -- yes. i even do a little bit of photoshop and premiere on my 2011 i7 mba. however -- if you plan on doing any virtualisation -- you get a little long in the tooth quick. q. |
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Tinkster Premium Member join:2003-07-16 Rosedale, MD |
to gooner
I run a Macbook air desktop replacement at home. To be honest its not bad at all. Since I put Mavericks the memory management is even better. I do wish I had 8GB of memory but beggars can't be choosers since this is a free setup for me hehe. If you go with the 8GB and 256HD you will be more than setup unless you are doing allot of crunching. |
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Cody0Bob Vance, VR Premium Member join:2002-05-28 Spokane, WA |
Cody0
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2013-Oct-30 9:54 am
It looks like you're in a really low bit color profile...? |
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to tubbynet
said by tubbynet:said by MyrddinEmrys:so you could still get away with only 4 gigs of memory. for everyday operations -- yes. i even do a little bit of photoshop and premiere on my 2011 i7 mba. however -- if you plan on doing any virtualisation -- you get a little long in the tooth quick. q. Yes, I didn't think of that, or running Windows in Bootcamp. My Bad. |
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Tinkster Premium Member join:2003-07-16 Rosedale, MD |
to Cody0
I was at work using Logmein lo res for faster performance. |
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tubbynetreminds me of the danse russe MVM join:2008-01-16 Gilbert, AZ |
to MyrddinEmrys
said by MyrddinEmrys:Yes, I didn't think of that, or running Windows in Bootcamp. My Bad. no worries. most mac users i know virtualise at some point -- and they just assume it to be there. my air is a little sluggish when running a windows vm, which is why i'm waiting for my employer to get the new haswell pros in. at that point -- i'll be upgrading to an 8gb 13" mbpr for work -- and at some point i'll purchase a 15" mbpr with discrete card for personal use to replace my air. q. |
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Cody0Bob Vance, VR Premium Member join:2002-05-28 Spokane, WA
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to gooner
Throwing this out there - It may have been because I was wearing my University's sweater, but I just bought this and got the education discount without any verification. They didn't ask me for verification when I bought my MBA in March either. Or maybe you could bring someone that's eligible with you...? It saved me $100 on this! |
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