MacBook Air 11" - My Thoughts

ShaneBunting said:

Hello forum,

Yesterday I sold my 13" MB Pro and shipped it to its new home somewhere in Cheshire thanks to eBay. And I'll never see it again.

I decided I'd sell it to buy a smaller Mac, so the MacBook Air came to mind

Click to expand...

I traded in my Mac mini for an 11" Air, so now I can take everything with me.

I bought the Belkin HDMI adapter; works fine -- just make sure you buy a real one because there are a lot of fakes.

I'll also buy an AppleTV; will come in handy for wireless display in Mavericks.

Last I will buy a Bose SoundLink mini; people say really good things about that.

So I'll have everything compact, mobile and wireless. This will be my Mac setup for the next 2 years -- never had any Mac fail on me except an Performa 460.

I don't need an 11" MBA for anything I do.

I just want one for some reason!!!!

I ordered an 11" Air with i7, 8GB RAM, and 256GB SSD yesterday. It will be replacing my mid-2010 Macbook Pro.

@Tobias Funke - i am with you man.... dont need one - but want one.....
currently have 13" MBA - best machine i have used - its on and working 24/7
would trade for 11" in a second...
.....if these 66 yr old eyes worked like they used to!!
labische

PPI for 13" and 11" Air is almost the same, so the fonts are just as 'small'.

The 11" MBA is a great machine. I have a 2010 one that I ordered right after their "Back To The Mac" event. It's been more durable than I ever would have imagined.

Got a base 2013 11" Air on CL for a tidy discount from a computer science student on an impulse buy.

I'm a (non graphics or video) professional that has to have internet access away from the office for research and to use/show/transfer digital files.

I've been using a top of the line iPad3 with LTE and a ultrathin keyboard cover for these purposes. Worked fairly well.

But the places I normally go to provide wi-fi. And I'm starting to catch myself using the Air more and more while the iPad stays in my briefbag. The air is just so much more quicker than the iPad: I can get a task half done on it in the same amount of time that the iPad spends getting onto wifi. Much prefer typing on a real keyboard rather than the logitech ultrathin, and it feels so much more sturdy than my iPad and keyboard held on by magnets. And with Haswell, battery life is more or less even steven between the two.

Yes, the screen is not retina like the iPad, but as a road machine I'm not staring into it for extended periods of time. And the iOS apps I need that don't have equivalents on Mac can be accessed on my iPhone. While I sometimes absentmindedly swipe on the Air's screen to try something, I don't miss the touch interface on the iPad. Any time I save by using it is negated by having to constantly wipe fingerprints off it.

I supposed the only real advantage the iPad has is built in LTE. But that's becoming less and less of a necessity. I think the iPad is just about to be demoted to high priced e-reader

Always encouraging to read these things

I'm downsizing from a full ATX PC based Hackintosh as I've come to realise my computing requirements are getting more modest as the years go by.. I was waiting for Haswell MBP's but gave up on that and decided to go for an Air.

I opted for the 11" as it will spend most of it's life on my desk attached to an external monitor, but maxed it out with the i7, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD as I could do with the grunt and the space.

I do occasionally do a bit of Photoshop and InDesign but I am by no means a power user of either so I reckon the Air will suit me perfectly.. and I now have the added bonus that I can pick up and take my 'PC' with me whenever I visit family or friends. I can't wait!