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Where can I find videos of Air's perfomance (with SSD)?

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Dias

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Hi guys

I'm looking for some quality videos demoing Air's v.B performance (with SSD) with everyday stuff like iLife, Internet, Office ecc. I didn't find on Youtube anything particularly useful, can you advise me something? 🙂
 
Hi

Thank you for your links but I've already seen those videos. I was looking for something longer that illustrates everyday use of MacBook Air (starting up and working with Office, iLife, Internet related stuff, multimedia). Not just benchmarks, but some everyday usage. 🙂

And no, I don't have Apple Store near me. 🙁
 
Hi, thank you for your links.

I've got pretty good idea about startup times, but how about actually working with those apps? Managing/editing photos in iPhoto, browsing 20 open tabs in Firefox, working with Office and stuff like this? 😱
 
VMWare or Parallels video?

I would love to see XP or Windows 7 video since this is my main hesitation on buying since I will be using it as my main computer and at work we are all Wintel.
 
mrrippey said:
I would love to see XP or Windows 7 video since this is my main hesitation on buying since I will be using it as my main computer and at work we are all Wintel.
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After trying both Windows 7 (RC 1) and Windows XP in Parallels on my solid state MacBook Air, I can say that XP boots in around 25 seconds, but Windows 7 RC1 boots dramatically slower, averaging around 1 and a half minutes - also, Aero doesn't work in Parallels whatsoever. The sluggishness is probably due to the 1GB shared to Windows 7.

However, in Boot Camp, both 7 and XP will work very well on the solid state MacBook Air - startup for XP is 28 secs with Boot Camp, and Windows 7 around 48 seconds.

In conclusion, use XP for virtual Windows, or use 7 for native Boot Camp.

Barbie.
 
thanks!!

I am saving up (or trying to find a great deal) on a SSD Rev B but looks more likely that I will get a hdd version and i am sure it will be slower than that. I am not so worried about boot times moreso than working with the XP applications (IE, Project, Remote Desktop, Sharepoint Designer, Visual Studio, etc).

If they happen to work well then I should be ok. Office stuff I can run in OSX.
 
mrrippey said:
I am saving up (or trying to find a great deal) on a SSD Rev B but looks more likely that I will get a hdd version and i am sure it will be slower than that. I am not so worried about boot times moreso than working with the XP applications (IE, Project, Remote Desktop, Sharepoint Designer, Visual Studio, etc).

If they happen to work well then I should be ok. Office stuff I can run in OSX.
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You know, I got a great deal on my Air - a 26% discount overall off the retail price. And where did I find it? eBay !!! Brand new in sealed box, too.

Barbie.
 
Barbie said:
Here two I made for you today:

Application launch times on a solid state drive Air

General use (iTunes, Word, gaming) on a solid state drive Air

I bought my Air last weekend, and it's groundbreaking - every person who sees it is awestruck, and they don't even notice the DVD drive missing !!!

Barbie.
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Thank you for your vids, there are exactly was I was looking for.

I'm impressed with Air performance, in everyday stuff it's faster than my MacBookPro 2.8ghz&HHD. 😱

Since I'm going to college this fall I guess I'll sell my MacBookPro and take MacBook Air instead.

p.s.: I know that I can get SSD for my MacBookPro, but I love Air's portability.
 
Barbie said:
Here two I made for you today:

Application launch times on a solid state drive Air

General use (iTunes, Word, gaming) on a solid state drive Air

I bought my Air last weekend, and it's groundbreaking - every person who sees it is awestruck, and they don't even notice the DVD drive missing !!!

Barbie.
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Excellent job, I already played with the Rev. B SSD on a reseller store, but I was wondering how it would behave with 3rd party apps. Even MS Word loads nicely! 😀

To all Rev. B SSD owners: any noticeable drop in the performance when attached to a large external display (like 1920x1200)?
 
Btw, how about managing a lot of photos in iPhoto and editing some video in iMovie? How MacBook Air handle that?
 
Dias said:
Btw, how about managing a lot of photos in iPhoto and editing some video in iMovie? How MacBook Air handle that?
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Managing photos with iPhoto will be as smooth as summer cherries, as it's reading the library (which the SSD does remarkably well). iMovie editing will involve both read & write, so you shouldn't be let down by MacBook Air's performance.

In conclusion, you'll prefer iPhoto managing on Air, but both are pretty good tasks. 🙂

Barbie.
 
Barbie said:
Managing photos with iPhoto will be as smooth as summer cherries, as it's reading the library (which the SSD does remarkably well). iMovie editing will involve both read & write, so you shouldn't be let down by MacBook Air's performance.

In conclusion, you'll prefer iPhoto managing on Air, but both are pretty good tasks. 🙂

Barbie.
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Thank you, glad to hear that. 🙂

I hope rev.C will be out as soon as this summer. 😎
 
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