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11 inch vs 13 inch MBA?
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I have the 11" i7/8gb/512gb MBA and had a 13" i5/4gb/256gb MBA previously. The 13 is nice but I really like the 11 much better. Perfect size/weight for travel - it's great on an airline tray table. Battery life is still excellent, you can get 12 hours with sensible settings.
There are a lot of rumors about the 12" retina model, it's hard to know what to believe. If you can wait, I don't see the harm. But there have been some posts here suggesting that it will actually be slower than the current i7 version. That would be a deal breaker for me. I'm not interested in retina or a fanless design, especially if they compromise performance.
There are a lot of rumors about the 12" retina model, it's hard to know what to believe. If you can wait, I don't see the harm. But there have been some posts here suggesting that it will actually be slower than the current i7 version. That would be a deal breaker for me. I'm not interested in retina or a fanless design, especially if they compromise performance.
That's what I have been thinking about recently. To at least wait until March/April and see how the 12 inch version performs and how it compares to 11 inch MBA.
Not having a single port for USB would be really annoying but not necessarily a deal breaker.
Not having a single port for USB would be really annoying but not necessarily a deal breaker.
OTOH, look what happened with the recent Mac Mini update. People were disappointed and 2012 refurbs became hot items that sold out as soon as they appeared on Apple's site.
For this reason I'm thinking of buying a 2014 11" refurb with 8GB RAM while I can.
I was lucky enough to run to a store and buy a 2012 2.3 mini nicely discounted the day after the keynote, but I couldn't buy a CTO 2.6 because you couldn't order them anymore.
I think the days of Apple releasing new hardware that is viewed as clearly superior to the currently available options are over... at least for a while.
That's what I've been recommending to folks who are seriously considering an 11" MBA. Buy one as soon as another sale pops up... if Apple does something amazing with the next gen of MBA, then one should be able to turn around and sell it for very close to what was paid (at the discounted price).
I hate to be a Steve Jobs Apple fan boy, but the current newly released designs suck.
I'm also hopeful they finally come to their senses and don't release more junk like iPad Air 2s and iPhone 6s that bend because they have to be so thin.
I'm holding onto my iPad 4 because I love the design, yeah it's a bit heavy, but it feels nice to hold and look at, plus it does everything I want it to just fine.