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With the new macbook air's arriving at the iStore's soon ive decided that its time to get one myself, im stuck on deciding to get either the 11 or 13inch and its driving me mad. What i bascilly need it for is typing office documents, emails and browsing. Im leening towards the 11inch cause of its size as i already have a 15inch laptop but im worrying it might be a bit to impractical for me, any suggestions?
Ps does the 11inch look kinda gay'ish?:whistle:
 
The 11.6" is great. I bought one with 128GB SSD and 4GB RAM and is surprisingly fast. The screen is a great size and I use it more than my 15" i7 Macbook Pro lately.
 
Sensorei said:
The 11.6" is great. I bought one with 128GB SSD and 4GB RAM and is surprisingly fast. The screen is a great size and I use it more than my 15" i7 Macbook Pro lately.
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Wow thats great to hear, And for stuff like watching youtube movies on it?
 
Dell fan said:
Wow thats great to hear, And for stuff like watching youtube movies on it?
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The screen resolution across the width is higher than the 13" Macbook Pro at 1360x768 vs 1280x800 so it's great for viewing video content with the 16:9 ratio. The width is exactly the same as a 12.1" 16:10 LCD.
 
Although the 11" is great for mobility, I'd suggest you go 'play' with it a bit in the iStore before you buy. I have a 17" MBP and don't think I'd want to settle for smaller. But it obviously depends on what you plan to use it for. If I could, I would get the 11" air as my travel companion. Would be great on the plane, as the 17" is quite clumsy in those SA Express mini-seats


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I had to make the same decision last week, and I went with the 11" Typing this post from it (the core i5, 11") and i am very happy i went 11 and not 13". I already have an iMac for when i really need the screen real estate, but this thing is so light and the screen is fantastic. Runs at 1366x768, and with Lions new full screen mode for apps its brilliant. I would suggest 11, Im even planning on doing some light development on this thing!
 
Would the i7 make alot of difference in the macbook air's compared to the i5?
 
I have the 1.4Ghz Core 2 Duo and I am really considering upgrading... Do you think it'd be worth it? I am running Lion on it now and it runs like a bomb so for that reason I am kinda thinking what's the point? It does what I need still. But I imagine that the one I have now will be very difficult to sell cause of the new ones, and it'd probably be best to try sell it now rather than a few months from now... :/
 
Well what do you use it for? As you say, it's fast enough.. The 1.4ghz Macbook Air has great performance as you say - it's thanks to the SSD.
 
The main question I have is.... When is someone in SA getting stock of them??? :( Anyone know?
 
You have to try it for yourself. I could never work on that miniature screen. Even 13" is pushing it.
 
Synaesthesia said:
Well what do you use it for? As you say, it's fast enough.. The 1.4ghz Macbook Air has great performance as you say - it's thanks to the SSD.
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I don't use it for particularly intense things, so if I based it on that, it would be fine to just keep this one. I am just thinking in terms of keeping myself current. Obviously at some point this one will come obsolete and will need to be replaced, but I am just wondering whether I should wait a few years or rather just try and update and keep it current whenever new ones are released? If I could get some of my American family to bring one out for me then it would be a no brainer lol... But idk if that will happen anytime soon.
 
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I don't use it for particularly intense things, so if I based it on that, it would be fine to just keep this one. I am just thinking in terms of keeping myself current. Obviously at some point this one will come obsolete and will need to be replaced, but I am just wondering whether I should wait a few years or rather just try and update and keep it current whenever new ones are released? If I could get some of my American family to bring one out for me then it would be a no brainer lol... But idk if that will happen anytime soon.
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Do you have lots of money to burn? Otherwise keep your hardware until it no longer serves your needs.
 
Wow so they vary from 180mb/s to 200mb/s. That's a tiny variance. SSD is like 100x faster than a hard drive, that's the bottom lion.
 
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