I'll comment about Mathcad, I don't think it runs on the Mac.
http://store.ptc.com/store?SiteID=p...800&pgm=66604300&ThemeID=6865700&Currency=USD
I use Mathcad extensively at work and on my Mac, the only way to use it is to run a windoze emulator (parallels etc.) to run Mathcad. Not sure whether the MBA is capable to run this efficiently. It requires a lot of memory. I use a MBP with 8GBs of RAM for this.
http://store.ptc.com/store?SiteID=p...800&pgm=66604300&ThemeID=6865700&Currency=USD
I use Mathcad extensively at work and on my Mac, the only way to use it is to run a windoze emulator (parallels etc.) to run Mathcad. Not sure whether the MBA is capable to run this efficiently. It requires a lot of memory. I use a MBP with 8GBs of RAM for this.
I am close to buying a MacBook Air 13", because Im starting university soon, and need a new computer as my main computer.
I was going to buy it with 4gb ram and 2.13 GHz processor.
I mainly uses MS Office and web browsing, but I also use Photoshop, Dreamweaver, maple and MathCAD when necessary, so I would like to have computer that can run these kinds programs properly.
I was wondering if the MBA is powerful enough for this, or if it will be a good idea to wait for the new 13" MBP to arrive and get that with SSD.
The price is not an issue, just want what suits me best.
Thank you.
