Comments on: The MacBook Air Experiment So Far

By: MacBook Air Experiment Phase 2 | BestMacs

MacBook Air Experiment Phase 2 | BestMacs — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:09:49 +0000

[...] the role of MacBook Air in the Apple portable line-up. After mulling it over, I got one and ran it as I have every other laptop I’ve owned: my one and only [...]

By: Jeffrey McPheeters

Jeffrey McPheeters — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:03:37 +0000

Yeah, I travel around a few hours a week, nothing like you do, so my scenario would be the iMac desktop (with MacMini for special projects) and a laptop for moving about the house and coffee shops in town. I have a black MacBook like your old one, which mostly is used by my son when I’m not needing it, and I have money set aside for either a 13″ MacBook (newest model), a refurb 15″ MBP with PCMCIA, or a MBA. I think an MBA would be really handy for many reasons, but wonder about whether I’ll miss something when I’m on the road for longer trips (Alaskan cruise, coming up) and working with Aperture and iMovie and iPhoto with the travel photos and video I do. Also, I love the way I can quickly switch drives on a MacBook. I expect the MBA is a PITA to get into and upgrade to a larger SSD. I also am somewhat drawn to the larger RAM capacity of the new MB/MBP with up to 8GB. But at least Snow Leopard holds some promise of making 2GB work better than it does with plain Leopard.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:02:34 +0000

Thanks for the insight on my next machine! I’m still experiencing pain in the traps from my trip last week. The port thing sounds like an issue that is easily overcome. A nice trade for the performance and weight loss.