Apple unveils new MacBook Air lineup with all-day battery life, 802.11ac Wi-Fi

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  • Reply 21 of 25
    theothergeofftheothergeoff Posts: 2,081member

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    Originally Posted by andrewb123 View Post


    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...

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  • Reply 22 of 25
    anantksundaramanantksundaram Posts: 20,419member


    This is all nice, but sorry to be the wet blanket here, but no retina, no 15" MBA?! image

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  • Reply 23 of 25
    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?
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  • Reply 24 of 25
    vorsosvorsos Posts: 302member


    mpw_amherst View Post

    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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  • Reply 25 of 25

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    Originally Posted by Pendergast View Post


    ...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!

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