Hi,
Hopefully this helps those on the fence. I was really reticent about buying this machine, but found one on eBay in great shape and decided to give it a try.
So happy I did. I got the base model (1.1, 256gig) in space grey, and it looks awesome.
I use the computer mainly for business, I run a consulting firm in New York City, and that involves a whole lot of Microsoft office, pdfs, and web browsing. I should also point out that it involves a lot of travel (including local travel) as well.
Not only have never had a performance issue whatsoever. In fact, the battery life has been surprisingly good -- I average about six hours of heavy use (practically no sleep). On most days, I charge it overnight and then when I get home around 7:00 PM I have about 30% left.
This coming from a 2013 retina macbook pro 13".
As to the single port issue, it's actually never been a problem. I bought this handy adapter:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015Z7XE0A?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
And the reality is that I didn't really use the ports I had all that much.
Once I realized that what this computers drawbacks were actually not applicable to my day-to-day life, I never thought about what's missing.
Instead, I now have the lightest and in some ways the best Mac I've ever owned. I may be in the minority but the keyboard is great. This is especially true if you touch-type.
This machine is so much better in the real world (at least my real world) than it is on paper, I encourage everyone who is put off by the port issue, battery life and theoretical performance to give it a try. The only downside is that now everyone who works at the firm wants one, and that's definitely not in our IT budget for the year.
Hopefully this helps those on the fence. I was really reticent about buying this machine, but found one on eBay in great shape and decided to give it a try.
So happy I did. I got the base model (1.1, 256gig) in space grey, and it looks awesome.
I use the computer mainly for business, I run a consulting firm in New York City, and that involves a whole lot of Microsoft office, pdfs, and web browsing. I should also point out that it involves a lot of travel (including local travel) as well.
Not only have never had a performance issue whatsoever. In fact, the battery life has been surprisingly good -- I average about six hours of heavy use (practically no sleep). On most days, I charge it overnight and then when I get home around 7:00 PM I have about 30% left.
This coming from a 2013 retina macbook pro 13".
As to the single port issue, it's actually never been a problem. I bought this handy adapter:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015Z7XE0A?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
And the reality is that I didn't really use the ports I had all that much.
Once I realized that what this computers drawbacks were actually not applicable to my day-to-day life, I never thought about what's missing.
Instead, I now have the lightest and in some ways the best Mac I've ever owned. I may be in the minority but the keyboard is great. This is especially true if you touch-type.
This machine is so much better in the real world (at least my real world) than it is on paper, I encourage everyone who is put off by the port issue, battery life and theoretical performance to give it a try. The only downside is that now everyone who works at the firm wants one, and that's definitely not in our IT budget for the year.
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