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A question for 4GB Air Owners
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Since I've got to move my hands to the address bar anyway: Cmd+T, Cmd+L, URL/search
I've said this before on other threads, but I use Safari for my main browser mainly because I get the best battery life from it. I don't have the flash plugin installed, so when I need flash (mainly to watch a video), I open the url with Chrome via an Alfred script.
I'm not a user of google services (occasionally I'll use maps or search), so the advantages of Chrome for me are limited to being able to use flash without having to install flash.
Appreciate the tip. I just don't understand the logic behind Apple not including this. When you open a new tab, you are obviously going to write something in the address/search bar. I guess there are times one uses a bookmark immediately but to assume that everyone is going to simply go to a bookmark every time they open a new tab is a bit silly IMO.Anyway, it is one of the reasons I prefer Chrome to Safari, although I do use both.
I think that's how most people use their browsers. I'd bet that people who actually type in URL's are the minority. For some people, the google homepage is the internet. They have no clue what a URL is. If they want to go to facebook, they open up their browser (which defaults to google.com) they type in "facebook" and they click on the first link.
Remember the ReadWriteWeb Facebook Login fiasco?
//Last post. Sorry for assisting in derailing the thread.
I just ordered one and went ahead and upgraded to 8... Not sure if it was needed but since you can't upgrade it yourself later (as I did with my MBP) I figured it was money well spent.
I think most people now use the address bar/search for a search engine instead "going to google", not for typing in addresses. anyway, last post for me too, but it is just silly not to have this simple feature in Safari and it keeps me from making it my default browser.
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I have the base 2014 13" model and no lag yet. I routinely have a couple tabs open in Safari, Spotify desktop app playing, messing with photos in iPhoto and no lag at all. Only time I even heard the fan spin up was when I downloaded a game just to try to max the machine out.
No lag, it runs as smooth as silk. Whereas the thing I do notice is storage space. I don't really game on this machine. Buy more storage. I am not really sure you gain much by buying ram or cpu speed. That said the budget machine works really well, the compromises are few, and the value is great.
4GB is a fair amount, just not as nice as 8GB. However, don't waste money on it if you don't need to do alot of things at once. You'd probably not notice the difference between the two.
I'm going to get my Air and benchmark it and decide whether or not to keep it. At no cost for me
(Except for the actual purchase XP )
I'm going to get my Air and benchmark it and decide whether or not to keep it. At no cost for me
(Except for the actual purchase XP )
Yeah, 8GB of RAM isn't personally worth it unless I was using Photoshop on a weekly basis. 4GB will be fine for light editing. It just would not be worth the extra 100$ for me. By the time I needed 8GB of RAM, I would need a more powerful computer than a 2013 MBA. I guess we will just agree to disagree
Matt
In my opinion, Apple should replace MBA monitor with a newer since LG is very expensive subcontractor in regard to some other Chinese companies....AMOLED, 4k panels etc....
Besides, $100 extra for 8GB RAM is a good deal to future-proof your machine for the next 5-6 years....battery can be replaced if damaged and i5 processor is powerful to cover you, too!
Yeah, they are rumored to be updating the screen with the Broadwell update.
At the time I wrote my post, the 4GB/128GB MBA was $750 in comparison to the $1050 8GB/128GB MBA, so it made a lot more sense to get the 4GB model because of the BestBuy discount.
Realistically, 4GB of RAM will be fine for 4-5 years for consumer tasks. 2GB of RAM is still fine for all consumer tasks, although in the next year or so it will start hurting. Sure, get 8GB if you really want it, but I know I will not be keeping my MBA for more than 4 years, and I have a desktop for any heavy work, so dropping $100 on 8GB of RAM is a waste of money for me. I am not saying that 8GB of RAM is pointless, as it is really useful sometimes. I just do not think it is reasonable to say that everyone should get 8GB of RAM if they can afford it, because many people will never notice the difference.
Matt
