You might want to think more out of the box. Don't take this personally but only kids (the younger crowd) desire a powerful computer just for gaming. For the rest of us, we need a powerful computer for more than "playing with it". I have 2.8Ghz 24" iMac and the Rev B Macbook Air. My Air is for my work because I do a lot of field work and I need a small and lightweight machine for my business.
At home the iMac is connected to my cable system as my main HD TV and DVR. I do a lot of video editing which requires horsepower for what I do (ever try running Final Cut on a MBA? Even iMovie 09 is heavy on the Air. I also record music...and...I actually play a first person shooter every Sunday online which again requires a powerful machine.
All of this is qualifies the iMac very well. It's not just about having a bigger screen to accompany the MBA.
iMovie is hard to do on the MBA. For anyone who'd consider editing on the MBA, consider switching to windows xp pro bootcamp and try Sony Vegas 8.0c. It's what I do to make/edit videos and it works quite well. Otherwise, video encoding, editing, compiling would all do much better on a quadcore, and I don't think iMac has that option. The best would be the Mac Pros but obviously price is an issue. But then again, you bought the MBA and are in this dilemma to begin with right?
🙂 I'd say if you're going MBA, get a Mac Pro (if you're a heavy user of computers, and need editing, encoding, etc.). Or meet in the middle and get a Macbook Pro.
I wouldn't be so condescending towards the young. I've been playing my share, and my understanding is it's the older people who know more about the computers and thusly put more money into it [the ones who pay for the server, who get the best of the best since their salaries allow it compared to a teen]. The little "kids" you so deem stick to whatever's at Bestbuy (overpriced, undertech). Average gamer is 35. Even on youtube, those maxishine and other dudes who buy the latest and greatest just to 1up their Crysis benchmarks are beerbellied older folks. In competitive gaming, their equipment is sponsored and are usually one or two architecture tiers behind (aka, 9800GT when GTX280 is out). Sure, kids are more to fantasize about the best of the best, but its in the older population that actually buy. Just my 2c. I understand where your frustration comes from HL with me. I tend to find people's flaws and not be subtle or mature about dealing with it
🙁. Although, I've done it way more and much more rudely to scott, and he's never ever acted hypocritically. +1 respect for that, showed his true age!
http://www.theaveragegamer.com/averagegamers/
Oh and scotts:
The difference of the AS5 Thermal paste is that it doesn't magically make heat disappear, but acts as a better mode of transferring the heat because it has better conducive properties. The heat still has to go somewhere. In this case, I am thinking the heat is transferring to the heatsink, and literally just hugs the aluminum underbody. The AS5 better transfers heat to the heatsink, which gets cooled via CAI. The difference is that AS5 on computers help alleviate the problem of not enough heat being transferred to the heatsink for the fan to be used to its potential, whereas the issue in the mba, is the fan is at best breezing air. Where it was heat < air volume, it is now heat > air volume. So, where I have reduced my core temperatures, I've transplanted the problem to my laps
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