Hi Everyone,
I bought a 2014 MBA today at Best Buy. I just upgraded from a 2010 MBA, and I absolutely love it, but there are a few quirks that are bugging me. I may just be paranoid, and maybe these are issues that will smooth themselves out in the next few days, but especially since the computer is new, it worries me.
First, I have noticed some issues with Flash. I installed the latest version, and while watching Flash videos it seems to lag frequently, creating a smear effect as some pixels don't refresh.
I also noticed an issue in Safari on Google search, where scrolling caused the sidebar to scroll, but the page itself did not scroll. When I closed Safari and reopened it, the problem did not persist.
The biggest issue for me is that after a day of use, and noticing a few issues, I decided to restart my system, and it took about 1:10 to reboot. I did a PRAM reset, and after multiple attempts, I still haven't had a restart time under 30 seconds. The SSD is a SanDisk 128GB drive, and I am currently getting 300MB write and 700MB read, which I think is great. I am mostly concerned because I was getting 12-15 second restart times on my 128GB 2010 MBA, and I recently put a 128GB 840 EVO in my girlfriend's cMBP where it gets 10-12 second reboots. I know SSDs can adjust over time, but I don't want to go outside the 2 week return period to find my computer is still restarting really slow.
It seems like a great computer, but the reboot time is really bugging me. Since I bought it at Best Buy, could I bring it in to an Apple store? If I can, would it be worth bringing it into an Apple store? Do you guys have any other suggestions or similar experiences?
Best,
Matt
I bought a 2014 MBA today at Best Buy. I just upgraded from a 2010 MBA, and I absolutely love it, but there are a few quirks that are bugging me. I may just be paranoid, and maybe these are issues that will smooth themselves out in the next few days, but especially since the computer is new, it worries me.
First, I have noticed some issues with Flash. I installed the latest version, and while watching Flash videos it seems to lag frequently, creating a smear effect as some pixels don't refresh.
I also noticed an issue in Safari on Google search, where scrolling caused the sidebar to scroll, but the page itself did not scroll. When I closed Safari and reopened it, the problem did not persist.
The biggest issue for me is that after a day of use, and noticing a few issues, I decided to restart my system, and it took about 1:10 to reboot. I did a PRAM reset, and after multiple attempts, I still haven't had a restart time under 30 seconds. The SSD is a SanDisk 128GB drive, and I am currently getting 300MB write and 700MB read, which I think is great. I am mostly concerned because I was getting 12-15 second restart times on my 128GB 2010 MBA, and I recently put a 128GB 840 EVO in my girlfriend's cMBP where it gets 10-12 second reboots. I know SSDs can adjust over time, but I don't want to go outside the 2 week return period to find my computer is still restarting really slow.
It seems like a great computer, but the reboot time is really bugging me. Since I bought it at Best Buy, could I bring it in to an Apple store? If I can, would it be worth bringing it into an Apple store? Do you guys have any other suggestions or similar experiences?
Best,
Matt