Back to the Air!

[ewils19]

Contrary to what they'll say at their presentations, they don't seem to care. I wanted to see the Surface succeed, and was even a proponent of the non-Pro Surfaces. Oh well.

The more that I use my MBA, the more impressed I am with it. For years I've lugged around a 15.4" MBP and didn't think much of it. Now I wonder how I managed to lug that "battleship" all over the place.

Performance is surprisingly good and smooth. Running the 1 or 2 Windows apps (via Wineskin) are a pleasure.

The only thing that I'd like would've been an SD card slot... instead I found 2 USB "nubs" that work well for supplementing the onboard 128GB.

I have the 64GB Sandisk Cruzer Fit USB drive. That works perfectly.

I also have an Elago Mobile Nano II usb microSD drive which is similar in size to the Cruzer, but actually has a slot for a microSD card. This works but had a tricky time of getting the system to recognize it.

Haha right? I lugged around a 15.4" Dell laptop all of college. I don't know how I did it. The 11" MBA is just so light!

I'm glad to hear you like the Sandisk Cruzer Fit. I'm planning on getting one when space starts getting low on my 128 GB MBA.

 

[Truefan31]

Isn't the resolution on the 13 inch a little better? 1400x900 I think. And it has an sd slot and better battery

 

[capathy21]

Isn't the resolution on the 13 inch a little better? 1400x900 I think. And it has an sd slot and better battery

The resolution is higher but since the display is larger, the 11 inch actually has a slightly higher ppi. It's very very close.

 

[philosopherdog]

I've owned a few airs, but my retina is by far the best machine I've owned. Actually every Air I had needed screen replacements, one had 2 screens replaced. They are fragile. The air will soon go to 12 inch retina which might make a cool second machine. I'm on a 15 inch retina.

 

[capathy21]

I've owned a few airs, but my retina is by far the best machine I've owned. Actually every Air I had needed screen replacements, one had 2 screens replaced. They are fragile. The air will soon go to 12 inch retina which might make a cool second machine. I'm on a 15 inch retina.

I know also own a rMBP AGAIN (Air is now for wife) and I have to say that the retina screen is having a much better affect on me the second time around. Now that I have used it exclusively for a couple of days, I am sticking with the rMBP. Still love the Air though for all the same reasons I previously mentioned.