I want to get the 11" for my system on the go - chiefly Word, iTunes, Safari and Mail. Is there any point in me upspeccing it for that? And if so which would see the greater speed increase on those apps-the i7 or the 8gb of ram?
I want to get the 11" for my system on the go - chiefly Word, iTunes, Safari and Mail. Is there any point in me upspeccing it for that? And if so which would see the greater speed increase on those apps-the i7 or the 8gb of ram?
I'd say the i7. Paging out active apps is much faster on an SSD, making more RAM less important for your use case. A faster processor will give you better battery life than more RAM: Faster calculations so the CPU goes into low-power state more often, vs keeping more RAM chips constantly powered.
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Originally Posted by andrewb123
It's "all day battery life*" with an asterisk.
*under ideal conditions...actual battery life may not be...yadda, yadda.
Apple's usually pretty good on their battery life predictions...
9 hours for me is good enough. I need to get up and do other stuff a couple hours a day...
This is all nice, but sorry to be the wet blanket here, but no retina, no 15" MBA?!
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I want to get the 11" for my system on the go - chiefly Word, iTunes, Safari and Mail. Is there any point in me upspeccing it for that? And if so which would see the greater speed increase on those apps-the i7 or the 8gb of ram?
I'd say the i7. Paging out active apps is much faster on an SSD, making more RAM less important for your use case. A faster processor will give you better battery life than more RAM: Faster calculations so the CPU goes into low-power state more often, vs keeping more RAM chips constantly powered.
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Originally Posted by Pendergast
...and so why would anyone buy a Surface Pro?
But, but, but, the clicky cool keyboard cover. Click in! And -- the tap dancing commercial! Look at them tap tap tap away!