The Geek Out
I live the air and its a 13. I wanted 15 but refused to pay that much more. I'm happy with it. I don't miss the lugging around the 15.
My air does everything I need which isn't much. It's got 256gb ssd and 4mb ram. It's about a year old now.
I use it for Internet, word processing, and spreadsheets. I don't use it for anything else like video editing or anything. That's just not something I do. But for what I do it works fantastic.
I also wait for nothing. Instantly boots to password screen, instantly to desktop, when I open safari boom it's there. I have Kapersky as my antivirus. I bought a 5 computer subscription at work and use the other 4 on my macs at home. So far so good. Plus macs OS upgrades ate much cheaper. I think I paid $20 to go from Leopard to Snow Leopard and another $20 to go to Mountain Lion on my older macs that are at least 4 years old now.
My air does everything I need which isn't much. It's got 256gb ssd and 4mb ram. It's about a year old now.
I use it for Internet, word processing, and spreadsheets. I don't use it for anything else like video editing or anything. That's just not something I do. But for what I do it works fantastic.
I also wait for nothing. Instantly boots to password screen, instantly to desktop, when I open safari boom it's there. I have Kapersky as my antivirus. I bought a 5 computer subscription at work and use the other 4 on my macs at home. So far so good. Plus macs OS upgrades ate much cheaper. I think I paid $20 to go from Leopard to Snow Leopard and another $20 to go to Mountain Lion on my older macs that are at least 4 years old now.
I would personally make a USB stick of Mountain Lion from your old hard drive. It's very easy, but necessary because Apple no longer provides a copy of the OS with the machine. When the Airs first came out, they came with a USB stick with 10.6 on them, but after 10.7, those all went away - clearly Apple doesn't want you modifying your computer and copying your OS to another drive. It can easily be done using Disk Utility though.
I understand your reservations with keeping the internal drive - I thought the same way when I got my Air, but ultimately the portability and lack of mechanical parts inside that will fail, lead me to getting the Air. I actually was considering a 13" MBP with SSD option at the time, but for how little I used the optical drive on my iMac, I knew I could make do. And external HDDs are so small and inexpensive these days, I just carry mine around whenever I bring my computer somewhere, just in case. Also, every time I plug in the external (for iTunes stuff), Time Machine automatically backs up everything I've done since the last time I plugged in the drive, in the background. It's awesome.
I understand your reservations with keeping the internal drive - I thought the same way when I got my Air, but ultimately the portability and lack of mechanical parts inside that will fail, lead me to getting the Air. I actually was considering a 13" MBP with SSD option at the time, but for how little I used the optical drive on my iMac, I knew I could make do. And external HDDs are so small and inexpensive these days, I just carry mine around whenever I bring my computer somewhere, just in case. Also, every time I plug in the external (for iTunes stuff), Time Machine automatically backs up everything I've done since the last time I plugged in the drive, in the background. It's awesome.
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I'm sure copying the OS wouldn't be a problem. I'd probably go with a flash drive also...That's usually the easiest way to move any OS. I usually buy my stuff from Newegg, Tiger Direct, or even Ebay, depending on what it is.
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Originally Posted by Blue Notch
You don't find the 13" too small to work on? Do you mostly use it at a desk or on your lap?
Ok, sounds good.
Ok, sounds good.
Honestly after staring at an iPhone all day it's a pleasure.
I've always had 15" before now. If I had 17" and dropped to 13" I think it would bother me. If you have 17" now I wouldn't go below 15" this time around.
Mostly my lap. I do use it at a desk or at a table at home if I'm really working on a project.
Honestly after staring at an iPhone all day it's a pleasure.
I've always had 15" before now. If I had 17" and dropped to 13" I think it would bother me. If you have 17" now I wouldn't go below 15" this time around.
Honestly after staring at an iPhone all day it's a pleasure.
I've always had 15" before now. If I had 17" and dropped to 13" I think it would bother me. If you have 17" now I wouldn't go below 15" this time around.
Is the keyboard the same size on the 13 and 15? They look identical but it's hard to tell.
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Originally Posted by Blue Notch
I've got a 15" now, so it doesn't seem too bad I guess. At times it is a bit bulky but at other times I like having the extra room.
Is the keyboard the same size on the 13 and 15? They look identical but it's hard to tell.
Just realized the Air doesn't have an SD card reader built in. 
Now that is something that I use a lot. I like to take pics. 
Guess I could get an external card reader for cheap, but either way that's a strike against the Air. Need to make a list of all the pros and cons of my choices...
Now that is something that I use a lot. I like to take pics. Guess I could get an external card reader for cheap, but either way that's a strike against the Air. Need to make a list of all the pros and cons of my choices...
Never mind. The gallery on Apple's site doesn't distinguish between 11" and 13" very clearly. Stupid me.
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