What is it about the 11" MBA? The 13" ticks more boxes but still want the 11!

peapody said:

Mmm. I did stay with it for a couple months, which I think is long enough for me to tell if it fits my needs. Doing work on it was impossible since I needed to compare spreadsheets with programming data. Gave it away for that reason and to me, the bezel is hideous.

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That's also my problem why soo much bezel ? If you take out all that bezel you could easily fit a 13 inch screen that would be amazing

Ricanlegend said:

That's also my problem why soo much bezel ? If you take out all that bezel you could easily fit a 13 inch screen that would be amazing

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I hated the bezel at first, but in reality after you really start getting into it and using it, now it's not so much an issue. I'd love to see a 12.5" on the current form factor though, that along with 2hrs improved battery and I'm sold on the 2015 model Along with 768GB SSD of course

Still love my 2011 i7 11"

I need lots of screen real estate & it does the job when docked 5/7 days a week.
11" MBA + 2 x 27" Samsung LCD's 1920x1080 + Retina Ipad = all sorts of win for my work productivity.

Greggae512 said:

I need lots of screen real estate & it does the job when docked 5/7 days a week.
11" MBA + 2 x 27" Samsung LCD's 1920x1080 + Retina Ipad = all sorts of win for my work productivity.

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I think you missing the magic mouse

13" owner, but I just bought another 11" Air (i5 this time) to replace the C2D Air I sold earlier this year.

I came from a 4 year old 10" asus netbook and so I really liked the more portable form factor of the 11" but the battery life was trash so I ended up going 13".

Need a minimum of 7 hours of battery life as a college student and wasn't going to wait another 6 months for Haswell since there was a sale at best buy for $200 off.

I went with the 11" air.

Battery life was a concern, but the fact is that a 13" will need to be plugged in as well - fretting over a gain of 2 hours vs losing the portability and form factor of the 11" just doesn't make sense to me. A small light weight charger and fast charge time is more important to me. Also, external batteries do exist, and last much longer than 2 hours.

Screen size hasn't been an issue, as it's something you adjust to. Besides, zooming in/being able to switch between full screen programs works very well.

For people still on the fence between 2 absolutely fantastic product, here's a good read, hope you enjoy it as much as I did. #

http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2013/02/15/apple-11-macbook-air-no-compromise/

If it works for you, why does it matter that others prefer the 13"?

peapody said:

Mmm. I did stay with it for a couple months, which I think is long enough for me to tell if it fits my needs. Doing work on it was impossible since I needed to compare spreadsheets with programming data. Gave it away for that reason and to me, the bezel is hideous.

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Well circumstances changed since this last post! Thought it was kind of funny that this popped up on my feed and read my last response.

I ended up going back to a macbook air 11.. why? Not because I wanted to, but because I got one for an insanely good price. Put all my moshi gear all over it, and and it has been a great go to computer as I am all over the place at work. Sometimes I have to just find myself a spot and do some work quickly. I think the 13" would be a little less convenient in comparison in this regard. I do miss a bigger screen.