Airs, Pro's connected to the ATD / ACD.

[ModestMoo]

Hi guys,

I'm a bit confused and I have a bit discuss I think?

Why do people uses for example MBA connected to the ATD / ACD. Yea, I know, MBA to be mobilize anywhere and anytime, and then do big work when connected to the display, uhm, but MBA is not machine for big work... Is it?

Now I currently have MBP i7 2.7GHz with 8GB ram, and I can't decide should I go with just display or buy an iMac? Money is not a problem here.

Thanks guys, please share why you do that and what I should get.

 

[GGJstudios]

Why do people uses for example MBA connected to the ATD / ACD. Yea, I know, MBA to be mobilize anywhere and anytime, and then do big work when connected to the display, uhm, but MBA is not machine for big work... Is it?

What do you consider "big work"? The MBA can handle any workload that other Macs can handle. It may be a bit slower on some extremely resource-intensive apps, but for the vast majority of users, it does just fine.

Now I currently have MBP i7 2.7GHz with 8GB ram, and I can't decide should I go with just display or buy an iMac? Money is not a problem here.

If money isn't a problem, just buy one of each. 😀

 

[ModestMoo]

What do you consider "big work"? The MBA can handle any workload that other Macs can handle. It may be a bit slower on some extremely resource-intensive apps, but for the vast majority of users, it does just fine.

If money isn't a problem, just buy one of each. 😀

Yeah, but for me for example I need Adobe Photoshop / Fireworks / Dreamweaver / Illustrator to be open all the time (yeah, sometimes just FW and DW) if I'm working, my MBP handles it very very nicely. I don't think MBA can handle that with 4GB of ram (yesss, If it's full it takes memory from SSD) but still, just saying...

And I just don't want to waste money, I want that or that. Not both.

 

[rafael.souza]

I don't know the others, but, for me, for my use, using MBA or MBP connected to ATD/ACD or another monitor is better, because you also have mobility, and also a big screen, with big resolution, in a very nice monitor.

With the MBP you can use at home/work with a big screen, and also go around with MBP in "your arms anywhere" hahah ;P

Combining the mbp/mba with a big screen, is better than iMac, assuming that you don't need a external video card (i don't know if you're using 13" or 15")

I use my macbook pro in all places, at work, at my house, college, and i prefer the macbook+thunderbolt display than the iMac because i use just to watch movies with a 40inch 3D television, and for work and college, just virtual machines, so, i don't need a external video card, just enough memory and speed (i'll buy a ssd soon)