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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by snorkel on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @10:16AM (#2785618)
I've also been coding and working on an Air for months and had no issues other than being spoiled by its lightness and speed. I run virtual machines on it with no problem. It does everything a Macbook Pro does only faster, quieter, and without a DVD drive which I don't miss. You can also trade in your shoulder bag for a neoprene sleeve and reminisce about what life was like before computers were the size of clipboards.
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by crazygringo on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @01:07PM (#2786493)
I agree completely. I've been spoiled rotten, and now realize I can never go back to any other laptop. They just seem like heavy, slow relics from a previous decade. Damn you, Apple!

I also run virtual copies of Windows, and it all runs like a dream.

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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by jamesteow on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @01:25PM (#2786581)
Wouldn't a MBP with an SSD be faster (quad core and all)?
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by kayoone on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @02:22PM (#2786822)
It definately would, questions is if you really need that kind of extra power.
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by dman on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @10:18AM (#2785627)
You do realise that you could use a SSD on the macbook pro too right?
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by snorkel on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @10:24AM (#2785653)
What, and carry an extra kilo everyhwere too? That's crazy talk! IIRC Macbook can use SSD but doesn't boot off the SSD.
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by abraham on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @10:50AM (#2785775)
No. They can boot off of an SSD. You just replace the existing HD.
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by micheljansen on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @10:50AM (#2785777)
yes it can, it is even a standard option in the store (but it makes the thing a lot more expensive)
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by russell_h on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @11:37AM (#2785997)
The new(-est) Macbook Pros have an option to upgrade to a 128G SSD for $200, which next to the base price of a higher end model is pretty appealing (unless you need tons of space).
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by javan on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @10:27AM (#2785668)
faster?
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by snorkel on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @10:47AM (#2785763)
For example try this at an Apple store: stand at a Macbook and open several apps at once, close them, then reopen them, then do the same exercise on an Air.
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Re:New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store by jamesteow on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @12:54PM (#2786437)
Well the Macbook at the store probably don't have SSD's installed.

I would assume that if I replaced the HD with an SSD, the MBP would be faster because then it'd have the processing advantage.

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