Hi all,
I need to replace my current travel macbook, a MBA 2013 i7, 8gb ram, 512. This is a wonderful machine with lots of speed and battery life. My needs are safari, word, fusion (windows 10) and some Lightroom. All of this is no problem whatsoever for the 2013-MBA. My daily work station is a MBP 2011 i7 quad-core, 16gb ram, SSD etc. There is basically no difference between the two.
I need to find a new travel mac, since the MBA is going to someone else, not because I need more speed or room.
Now, I have the opportunity to pick up a rMB 2015 1.2/512 in mint condition. The price is about 60 percent of a 2016 m7/512.
I am pretty tempted to go for this one rather than finding another MBA - but also concerned over the mix reviews here at the forum for the 2015-model.
My questions are:
- is the 2015-model so much of a prototype that one should shy away from it?
- is the battery capacity evaporating after few months of use, as some say?
- is the speed of the top model alright compared to a 2013-MBA i7?
- what about the keyboard - there has been some complaint over locked keys. Is this a big thing, is something changed here on the 2016-model or is it the exact same keyboard?
Thanks for thoughts and help
Morten
I need to replace my current travel macbook, a MBA 2013 i7, 8gb ram, 512. This is a wonderful machine with lots of speed and battery life. My needs are safari, word, fusion (windows 10) and some Lightroom. All of this is no problem whatsoever for the 2013-MBA. My daily work station is a MBP 2011 i7 quad-core, 16gb ram, SSD etc. There is basically no difference between the two.
I need to find a new travel mac, since the MBA is going to someone else, not because I need more speed or room.
Now, I have the opportunity to pick up a rMB 2015 1.2/512 in mint condition. The price is about 60 percent of a 2016 m7/512.
I am pretty tempted to go for this one rather than finding another MBA - but also concerned over the mix reviews here at the forum for the 2015-model.
My questions are:
- is the 2015-model so much of a prototype that one should shy away from it?
- is the battery capacity evaporating after few months of use, as some say?
- is the speed of the top model alright compared to a 2013-MBA i7?
- what about the keyboard - there has been some complaint over locked keys. Is this a big thing, is something changed here on the 2016-model or is it the exact same keyboard?
Thanks for thoughts and help
Morten
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