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Re:Ask HN Air or Pro? on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @03:50AM (#5556825)
I might have done - but the extra resolution of the Air wins over the regular non retina Pro.. Some extra pixels is great, loads more might be overkill for my use!
Re:Ask HN Air or Pro? on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @03:48AM (#5556821)
Mostly web dev stuff. A Vagrant vm Ubuntu box running all day and Sublime Text. Then the usual Mail, Chrome, Spotify etc. Photoshop occasionally.

I'm 100% sure the Air will cope with my day to day and not have any lag etc. But since it's only an extra €100 to get the Pro I'm not adverse to paying the extra for those times without a monitor, I just don't want any downsides because of that!

Ask HN Air or Pro?

Posted by guybowden on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @02:58AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi, I'm looking to replace my ageing 13" 2008 MacBook unibody. The budget will either get me the standard spec 2.6i5 rMBP, or a 2ghz i7 MBA with 8gb ram. On paper it's a no brainier, get the pro. But having read about screen lag I'm not so sure. Plus it will spend 90% of its time hooked up to a monitor, so is it worth it? Is the screen lag that noticeable to make the 10% of the time I use the...

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you look for job postings? on Monday March 25, 2013 @07:25AM (#5436468)
Yeah - kind of :) so how do you get to post to that account so the ad goes out on April 1st?
Re:Ask HN: Where do you look for job postings? on Monday March 25, 2013 @07:23AM (#5436463)
thanks for the tips - some new to me places to post..