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I come up for air after using the Air after using a Retina display. Anyway, I agree. This isn't like the Apple Watch or some other new product. Yes, it's a first-generation product, but Apple has been making Macs for a long time now and have it down to a science. I think some people were just worried about performance or how the keyboard would be.
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Well you can scale resolutions to match the screen real estate of the 13" Air, so yeah.
Yes, it will, based on the resolutions it is capable of. However, whether you will need to squint depends on your eyes.
It's like saying "why upgrade to an iPhone 5 or 6 when I already have a iPhone 4S?" ... once you see the retina screen, your question will be answered.
Plus, using a macbook air I feel like its 2001 with the horrid resolution and only being able to view one browser window on the screen. horrid.
No,the problem is it run's like a 2011 Mac Book Air,but way hotter! (and this was testing the 1.1...have to wonder about the heat from the 1.3!)
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No, chrome is a known resource hog. It is a disaster for performance for any machine.
I did, i totally went 360 degrees in two days.
I get the WHOLE retina hype. I had a MBPR a little while back, beautiful screen no question. I ended up getting rid of it because i wasn't using it much and my iPad Air i used for basic tasks around the house. I soon missed the physical keyboard and trackpad, the iPad just made my big hands cramp after use after a while. All that tip tapping...
I picked up a MBA yesterday for a good deal. A Maxed out mid 2011 with 105 battery cycles for $499 i7 with 4GB RAM 256GB SSD, PERFECT for my needs.. Its taking some training to get used to the screen. But once calibrated its fairly good. I sort of compare it to looking at the MBPR after a few beers LMAO. I just can't justify myself going out and spending the extra $800 plus on the MBR anymore. I DID originally plan to get one day one. But i just use it around my house, and plug my MBA into my 23" monitor while I'm playing on my Xbox One, which makes it 1080p the MBA with a physical keyboard/mouse. I would be going ass backwards if i plugged the 12" macbook "RETINA" into a 1080p monitor, ALONG with needing a $80 dongle.
So yes i did, and the $800 plus I'm saving. I think i will treat myself to a 42mm Apple Watch Sport, all black please. And at LEAST people will get to see what i spent my hard earned money on. Compared to nobody would eve see my MBR because it would never leave my house.
Ill be waiting on the 2nd gen however, and see what that brings. Ill be ready
I get the WHOLE retina hype. I had a MBPR a little while back, beautiful screen no question. I ended up getting rid of it because i wasn't using it much and my iPad Air i used for basic tasks around the house. I soon missed the physical keyboard and trackpad, the iPad just made my big hands cramp after use after a while. All that tip tapping...
I picked up a MBA yesterday for a good deal. A Maxed out mid 2011 with 105 battery cycles for $499 i7 with 4GB RAM 256GB SSD, PERFECT for my needs.. Its taking some training to get used to the screen. But once calibrated its fairly good. I sort of compare it to looking at the MBPR after a few beers LMAO. I just can't justify myself going out and spending the extra $800 plus on the MBR anymore. I DID originally plan to get one day one. But i just use it around my house, and plug my MBA into my 23" monitor while I'm playing on my Xbox One, which makes it 1080p the MBA with a physical keyboard/mouse. I would be going ass backwards if i plugged the 12" macbook "RETINA" into a 1080p monitor, ALONG with needing a $80 dongle.
So yes i did, and the $800 plus I'm saving. I think i will treat myself to a 42mm Apple Watch Sport, all black please
. And at LEAST people will get to see what i spent my hard earned money on. Compared to nobody would eve see my MBR because it would never leave my house. Ill be waiting on the 2nd gen however, and see what that brings. Ill be ready
No. As much as I find the new MacBook to be stunning, I was never going to buy one. $1299 for what is basically Apple's version of a Chromebook is a no-go in my opinion. You can get a rMBP for the same price, which is a much better overall machine.
I can see myself picking up the next version if USB-C takes off in the next year and they add a second port, as well as beef up the processor.
I can see myself picking up the next version if USB-C takes off in the next year and they add a second port, as well as beef up the processor.
I had a 13" MBA. Did the little calibration thing and I loved the display. Sold it for a retina MBP 15. Retina was fantastic but I wanted thinner and lighter after a few months. Had a new 13" Air shipped from Apple. And I thought "I liked this display??". I may have had a bad sample too but that looked awful next to the retina. Back it went and I waited for the retina air. I was dreaming of a retina 13 Air with an i5. Talk about THE ultimate notebook for me!. But the rMB is what we have now. I do want to downsize from the 15" and I want to like it over an 13" rMBP but I don't know.
I picked up a MBA 13" yesterday. Did the pro calibration and made it literally night and day difference. Now i no longer have my 13" MBPR next to me anymore to compare. But its good enough. The calibration greatly fixed the contrast. And gave it the "warm" colors i remember from the MBPR.
The major difference i see is with the MBA you need more lid adjusting how your sitting because of the non IPS. But not big deal, pull or push it takes a second.
I originally was getting the MBR, but i ultimately and i think with smart thinking changed my mind. Lets see what 2nd gen brings. Until than, chug along little 13" MBA.
No they didn't - did you even watch that video?
The Apple Watch doesn't run apps natively at this time, and requires data from an iPhone first - which is sometimes slow and lags.
Apple is suppose to allow native apps in the future - but it's not happened yet.
Was the Verge really suppose to gloss over that, and pretend it didn't happen just because *some day* apple will allow apps to run natively?
Anyway - Chrome has sucked on macs for awhile.
I had no intention of getting this version but a couple years down the road, I will look into it. Mostly, I'm looking to upgrade from my current MBA to a laptop with a Retina Display, whether that be the Macbook, MBP, or if they make a rMBA version. To me, this is a first generation device, mostly due to its price and introduction of USB-C.
Can't wait to check it out in person though. The device looks so sleek.
Can't wait to check it out in person though. The device looks so sleek.
I got a little worried when the verge said that it was difficult to use 10 browser tabs...I usually use about 15-20 :/
and the overheating...and they all said that the battery was about 8 hours opposed to 9...
So I dont really know about this anymore...none the less Im going to try it and return it if it doesn't work out
and the overheating...and they all said that the battery was about 8 hours opposed to 9...
So I dont really know about this anymore...none the less Im going to try it and return it if it doesn't work out
No. They just confirmed that I will stay away from the 1.1. I'll get the 1.2 if it's available for pick-up in store, otherwise the 1.3/256.
I was originally thinking about either the 1.1/256 or 1.3/256. Seeing the pricing has made me think that the 1.2/512 might actually be the sweet spot on the bang:buck scale.
Maybe we read different reviews? As stated from reviewers below, it doesn't play nice with Photoshop, games or video editing. As I said, its a machine for web browsing, email, documents and streaming videos. Shouldn't surprise anyone.
"Basically, if you do anything that’s going to really tax the processor, this laptop probably isn't going to cut it for you. In that sense it's actually kind of like a Chromebook. It's fast enough for 70 percent of what I do, but a little slower than what I'm used to. For about 20 percent of what I do — mostly photo editing — it works but requires patience. But it's the last 10 percent that's hard: video editing, really big iPhoto libraries, basically anything processor-intensive can get rough."
"Can this do Photoshop CC 2014? Well, it can, but you're better off running something like Acorn. I also wouldn't want to do any serious video or audio editing on the new MacBook."
"With Intel HD 5300 graphics (as opposed to HD 6000 on the latest MacBook Air), the new MacBook only reached an average of 21 frames per second in the six-year-old Batman: Arkham Asylum, and that was with medium detail, anti-aliasing disabled and the resolution fixed at the default 1,440 x 900 (as opposed to the max option of 2,560 x 1,600). In other words, it struggled even with moderate settings in an aging game. As I discovered, too, playing games causes the bottom side of the laptop to get hot, especially back toward the hinge."
"For those who primarily use their devices for watching video, browsing the web, using the new Photos app for organizing their picture library and other lighter tasks, performance absolutely exceeds the mark."
What? Wow! It became so scorching hot that he / she could actually feel it, at one point. Now if the polyester started to melt you'd have something.
The biggest surprise was battery life. This is where it becomes hard to argue the thinness. So I'm supposed to be uncabled most of the time...give me all day battery life.
The new thing that has stuck out to me from the reviews is battery life. It seems that unlike with previous Mac laptops, Apple's stated battery life might be a bit more than real world. We'll see how more reviews and experiences pan out. I was really hoping to use this like an iOS device (charge only at night).
Yeah, that's one thing I noticed...battery life from reviews is lower than Apple's stated numbers. We will all have to run our own tests though.
I agree. I didn't mind the processor and lack of ports but one review said 7 hours of battery life, and that is making me more hesitant. I figure I will go see the display models tomorrow and if the screen/weight are too attractive for me to resist then I will succumb. Otherwise I will probably stay with the Air.
Is a coincidence they're both using garbage chrome? I don't see why any mac user wouldn't use safari.
No, it can pretty much do what any other machine can do, just not as fast. One review talked about how he was surprised how well it ran his pro apps like Logic and FCP and talked about replacing his MBP15 for it.