Well, some of you may have followed my thread about not wanting to open my base 11.6 and how dissapointed I was blah blah, long story short I wanted more power storage and RAM and didnt wanna wait for the BTO Online. Heres my quest on how I wound up with the Ultimate 11.6" Model.
After buying the base 11.6 i immediately regretted my decision to not go with more ram and storage to elongate the life of it. I didnt want to wait for the BTO and was upset with the value i was getting for 999. Decided i was gonna go with an Alienware m11x for gaming and portability. After holding one in person, theres no way i was gonna be able to go away from the size of that Air.
Decided I needed to keep the air but needed more power. It was a pretty decent gaming machine, ran team fortress 2, L4D and more at max settings max resolution between 30-40 FPS with some drops.
Didnt have the money for a 1400 max 11.6 so i had to do something. Sold my mac mini HTPC which i never use for 500 on amazon, sold Wii for 100, sold various other items and video games for combined 150. So 750$ just like that in my pocket. Figured i wouldnt need such a high capacity iPad anymore so sold my 64gb Wifi for 650$ then bought 16gb Wifi for 450$. 200$ more in my pocket. Im up tp $950 and now were ready to shell out some of my own money to get the Ultimate now that i found out they have them in store and dont have to wait
1399 plus tax, but i walk out of the store for $1422 with my government
discount. I get the 4GB ram i desperately need, the 128 SSD I want and a nice little 15-20% bump up to 1.6 vs 1.4. SHould perform better with gaming with the added speed and RAM as well. Apple sucked me in with this little beautiful machine and I will cherish it for the next 2-3 years. Or until a better REV B comes out
After buying the base 11.6 i immediately regretted my decision to not go with more ram and storage to elongate the life of it. I didnt want to wait for the BTO and was upset with the value i was getting for 999. Decided i was gonna go with an Alienware m11x for gaming and portability. After holding one in person, theres no way i was gonna be able to go away from the size of that Air.
Decided I needed to keep the air but needed more power. It was a pretty decent gaming machine, ran team fortress 2, L4D and more at max settings max resolution between 30-40 FPS with some drops.
Didnt have the money for a 1400 max 11.6 so i had to do something. Sold my mac mini HTPC which i never use for 500 on amazon, sold Wii for 100, sold various other items and video games for combined 150. So 750$ just like that in my pocket. Figured i wouldnt need such a high capacity iPad anymore so sold my 64gb Wifi for 650$ then bought 16gb Wifi for 450$. 200$ more in my pocket. Im up tp $950 and now were ready to shell out some of my own money to get the Ultimate now that i found out they have them in store and dont have to wait
1399 plus tax, but i walk out of the store for $1422 with my government
discount. I get the 4GB ram i desperately need, the 128 SSD I want and a nice little 15-20% bump up to 1.6 vs 1.4. SHould perform better with gaming with the added speed and RAM as well. Apple sucked me in with this little beautiful machine and I will cherish it for the next 2-3 years. Or until a better REV B comes out
