Hi all,
I’ve got a few questions regarding the combination of a Macbook Air 13 inch + The Thunderbolt display and I’d love to have your take on it.
Here’s a short intro:
I got my Macbook Air (13” base model + 8gb ram) in October… it’s awesome. By far the best computer I have ever had, and it being my first SSD plays a big part in that.
I was planning to get a new iMac as well, and ordered it the 28th of December. I’m still waiting though. I need a lager screen for some of my work and the 27” would be a perfect fit for this. Also the fact that I’d have two computers is an idea I love, because if one of them would crash or something, I could just switch over to the other one and continue my work.
Now that my iMac still hasn’t arrived I’m beginning to doubt my order. What if I would just buy a new 27” Display when it comes out (should be any day now…), and just attach that to my Air? Would I loose anything compared to the iMac I ordered?
These are my two questions:
- How is the audio quality (over external speakers) of the Macbook air, compared to the iMac? Some part of me thinks I just can’t be as good… I mean… it’s such a small space in the Air… they can’t put a full quality sound card in there can they?
- Can a tiny 13” Air really drive a 2560 x 1440 display effortlessly? Like 60 fps when scrolling (as an example)? I mean, does all that graphical power have to come from that tiny Air? Maybe someone could shed a light on this… I don’t use it to play games… I am a designer though, so I spend most of my time in the Adobe Suite…
I anybody could help me get a little insight in these questions it’d be awesome.
The combination of the 13” Air + a 27”Display really attracts me. Its simple, clean, mobile and… quite minimal which I like. Also, this new iMac kind of bothers me and I haven’t even received it…. Ordering a 250,- (euro) fusion drive just to get an SSD in there… waiting for 7 weeks (and counting) and the fact that a Display would be less then half the cost…
Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks!
I’ve got a few questions regarding the combination of a Macbook Air 13 inch + The Thunderbolt display and I’d love to have your take on it.
Here’s a short intro:
I got my Macbook Air (13” base model + 8gb ram) in October… it’s awesome. By far the best computer I have ever had, and it being my first SSD plays a big part in that.
I was planning to get a new iMac as well, and ordered it the 28th of December. I’m still waiting though. I need a lager screen for some of my work and the 27” would be a perfect fit for this. Also the fact that I’d have two computers is an idea I love, because if one of them would crash or something, I could just switch over to the other one and continue my work.
Now that my iMac still hasn’t arrived I’m beginning to doubt my order. What if I would just buy a new 27” Display when it comes out (should be any day now…), and just attach that to my Air? Would I loose anything compared to the iMac I ordered?
These are my two questions:
- How is the audio quality (over external speakers) of the Macbook air, compared to the iMac? Some part of me thinks I just can’t be as good… I mean… it’s such a small space in the Air… they can’t put a full quality sound card in there can they?
- Can a tiny 13” Air really drive a 2560 x 1440 display effortlessly? Like 60 fps when scrolling (as an example)? I mean, does all that graphical power have to come from that tiny Air? Maybe someone could shed a light on this… I don’t use it to play games… I am a designer though, so I spend most of my time in the Adobe Suite…
I anybody could help me get a little insight in these questions it’d be awesome.
The combination of the 13” Air + a 27”Display really attracts me. Its simple, clean, mobile and… quite minimal which I like. Also, this new iMac kind of bothers me and I haven’t even received it…. Ordering a 250,- (euro) fusion drive just to get an SSD in there… waiting for 7 weeks (and counting) and the fact that a Display would be less then half the cost…
Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks!