Can the MBA handle it?

[alainmeier]

Hey there, I am considering getting a MBA, but I am worried whether or not it can deal with the following workload easily.

Typically, when I'm on the computer, I have the following applications open:

- Sublime Text 2
- Terminal (usually running 1 instance of a rails server)
- Photoshop CS6
- Spotify
- Skype
- HipChat
- Sparrow
- Chrome
- GitHub
- Twitter
+ other smaller things

I'm always running two monitors (the built-in one, plus a dell 20-something incher) as well. Can the MBA pull off this workload? I currently have a 2.66Ghz MBP [mid-2010, so it still has 2 cores] with Geforce GT 330M. It can pull this off without a sweat. Would the MBA be fine with this?

Do any developers use MBAs every day? Could you share your experiences?

Thanks!

 

[lil' brudder]

It should be able to handle that just fine. Just be sure to get plenty of RAM.

 

[stevelam]

yes.

you can also refer to my post here :

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15176563/

 

[alainmeier]

yes.

you can also refer to my post here :

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15176563/

Oh wow that's the perfect help, thanks!

/thread

 

[stevelam]

my only addition is to upgrade to 8gb of ram.