Any other answers for locking up a MBA? Not keen on the alarm as I'll be using it in several national and major university libraries and would probably have my card taken away if it sounded.
I don't see why Macbook Air vs Macbook is such a hard question.
If one is buying a laptop as one's only machine, that's easy. MacBook. You're getting virtually twice the performance/functionality per buck.
They only situation you should get a MBA is if you benefit from the weight reduction and thickness reduction. So the big group for this are travelers, especially those who do 1/2 day trips a lot, casual home computing, and any others who need easy portability. It's a complimentary machine. So lots of programmers, travelers, and others who can use a secondary machine.
You can use it as a primary and only machine, but I think you have to have a unique set of uses or fit the target exactly to do so.
Any other answers for locking up a MBA? Not keen on the alarm as I'll be using it in several national and major university libraries and would probably have my card taken away if it sounded.
So they'd rather tolerate thieves? I can see they might get irate over false alarms but if you actually stopped a theft there should be no issue there.
One of the reasons you will need the optical drive accessory is if you plan to install Windows on the MBA. I think I read somewhere that you won't be able to use remote disk with bootcamp.
One of the reasons you will need the optical drive accessory is if you plan to install Windows on the MBA. I think I read somewhere that you won't be able to use remote disk with bootcamp.
Or you could put an iso image on a usb thumbdrive, provided the thumbdrive fits in the usb slot.
Having shelled out $3K for lesser notebooks over the years, I don't mind the price difference between MacBooks and MBA much. It still looks like a fast machine for the relatively simple tasks of photo processing, playing movies, email, Net surfing, spreadsheets, etc. I think having a larger screen will be nice. My old Powerbook has a smaller screen, is significantly heavier and thicker. I'm moving up to an MBA. I'd like to know how much faster the solid state version is. If cost is a concern, obviously having a marginally faster machine with less storage makes no sense at all. But I like the idea that the machine will respond "instantaneously".
Look at the size of that footprint!! It's huuuuge!
Heh. All things are relative. I'm perfectly fine with the footprint as I don't have a problem using a 15" laptop in economy class. But the thinness? That's great! That's like an extra pair of clothes to expand a 1 to 2 day carry-on bag to 2 to 3 days. The weight and thinness is a precious commondity when you try to travel with just one carry-on that's able to fit underneath the seat or in the overhead compartment of a regional jet.
And I imagine the weight is great for home portable use on the couch, bedroom, kitchen, etc.
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I envy you.... until mine arrives next week!
I envy you.... until mine arrives next week!
I don't have one. It's just a picture from uneasy silence.
If one is buying a laptop as one's only machine, that's easy. MacBook. You're getting virtually twice the performance/functionality per buck.
They only situation you should get a MBA is if you benefit from the weight reduction and thickness reduction. So the big group for this are travelers, especially those who do 1/2 day trips a lot, casual home computing, and any others who need easy portability. It's a complimentary machine. So lots of programmers, travelers, and others who can use a secondary machine.
You can use it as a primary and only machine, but I think you have to have a unique set of uses or fit the target exactly to do so.
Any other answers for locking up a MBA? Not keen on the alarm as I'll be using it in several national and major university libraries and would probably have my card taken away if it sounded.
So they'd rather tolerate thieves? I can see they might get irate over false alarms but if you actually stopped a theft there should be no issue there.
One of the reasons you will need the optical drive accessory is if you plan to install Windows on the MBA. I think I read somewhere that you won't be able to use remote disk with bootcamp.
Or you could put an iso image on a usb thumbdrive, provided the thumbdrive fits in the usb slot.
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Look at the size of that footprint!! It's huuuuge!
Look at the size of that footprint!! It's huuuuge!
Heh. All things are relative. I'm perfectly fine with the footprint as I don't have a problem using a 15" laptop in economy class. But the thinness? That's great! That's like an extra pair of clothes to expand a 1 to 2 day carry-on bag to 2 to 3 days. The weight and thinness is a precious commondity when you try to travel with just one carry-on that's able to fit underneath the seat or in the overhead compartment of a regional jet.
And I imagine the weight is great for home portable use on the couch, bedroom, kitchen, etc.