Why I love my Air

[student_trap]

Hello all,I am curently thinking about buying a laptop to go alongside my mac pro to use for heavy typing, internet (5-7 tabs open, bbci player etc).

However I am concerned over the heat that they produce when used on your lap. Can anyone possibly comment?

 

[entatlrg]

Hello all,I am curently thinking about buying a laptop to go alongside my mac pro to use for heavy typing, internet (5-7 tabs open, bbci player etc).

However I am concerned over the heat that they produce when used on your lap. Can anyone possibly comment?

To my surprise my MBP is hotter on my lap than my MBA...

For heavy typing the it's hard to beat the MBA, keyboard is perfect, screen excellent, so light and easy to take and type anywhere...

hope that helps

 

[nick9191]

The Air is an amazing computer. It beats all of it's competitors in price vs. speed, and it fits it's target market amazingly well.

 

[student_trap]

To my surprise my MBP is hotter on my lap than my MBA...

For heavy typing the it's hard to beat the MBA, keyboard is perfect, screen excellent, so light and easy to take and type anywhere...

hope that helps

Yes that really helps, thankyou. I think i'll have to go test one out. Are they good when used outdoors, what about on a particularly sunny day?

 

[stoconnell]

Yes that really helps, thankyou. I think i'll have to go test one out. Are they good when used outdoors, what about on a particularly sunny day?

Some folks have reported higher than usual fan activity when using outdoors, but given that these machines are metal and don't have much volume, the thermal system will have to do a bit more work to keep the machine at the same temp when outside in direct sunlight.

My first gen MBP is definitely a lot more toasty on the lap than the air

 

[klover]

I just picked up a refurbished MBA Rev. A and love it. With the exception of slight warp in the case (the left foot just ever-so-slightly sits above my desk) which I'm told can be fixed with light pressure, it is perfect. Apple has agreed to either refund my purchase or send a replacement so I'm probably going to swap it out.

Anyway, I'm coming for a history of Dells, usually those big XPS units or packed Inspirons, and I can't get over how different the experience is on a Mac.

A big part of that is the hardware. The keyboard is stunningly good and the display is amazing. I own a Pioneer Kuro plasma and the MBA screen always reminds me of it. Dark, inky blacks. Processor-wise, I can tell that I don't have the performance I used to but I don't really care.

Earlier today, i was sitting around writing an assignment in Pages and had it set to full-page view. Just a white sheet on a completely black background and it looked amazing (given the screen's high contrast). No taskbar, no pop-ups, nothing. Just a plain white sheet.

Something about the ease and simplicity of the Mac software makes me feel more productive. Maybe I'm not...but it's a lot more fun.