Members keybdwizrd Posted August 7, 2011 Members Share Posted August 7, 2011 My new employer asked me a wonderful question - Mac or PC? And another one - Macbook Pro or Air? Well I got me one of these newfangled Airs. If they hadn't bought me one, I'd just have to get one anyway. 13.3" screen with 256 GB solid state drive. 2.9 lbs and quiet as a mouse. Doesn't seem to heat up like my other Macbook either. Beautiful screen and nice built-in sound, too. It's almost like an iPad with a keyboard, it's so portable. Has Lion. Multiple desktops and multi-touch is great. Nice machine for surfing/email/Netflix/Spotify/iTunes/Kindle/Skype/GarageBand and my work stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJ RAZZ Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Cool. I had an Air 11 inch. but really wanted the biggest model Air. Great for travel and internet surfing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 I bought a new laptop just recently, actually. But it's not a Mac or a Windows machine, it's just a plain Intel laptop with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed. Works great, I'm using it RITE NAO! Pfff. Macs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 What's better do you think, a PC or a Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j_e_f_f_g Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Ubuntu? Ptooey! That's just Debian testing with a bunch of ill-conceived, poorly tested customizations that break too much software in Debian's repositories, and slow your system down, plus a UI designed for a smart phone (not a computer). Wipe it, and load this instead: http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php Love how Apple ripped off a free OS (ie, BSD, ie Unix -- essentially a Linux-like system), slapped a new face on it, load it on off-the-shelf PC hardware, and charge folks a premium price for it. And what a nasty, despicable, oppressively litiguous company that expends its energy suing better competitors, while it stole its "best" ideas from others. Apple is the low of the technology sector -- even worse than Sony and ATT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zzzxtreme Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 I see the prices of apple products are getting better and better. plus, the macbook air has IPS screen right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Plink Floyd Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Ubuntu? Ptooey! Wipe it, and load Debian instead...But Ubuntu has cool jungle noises! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j_e_f_f_g Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Ubuntu has cool jungle noises! That's just Mark Shuttleworth's stomach as he swallows OSS developers naive enough to sign Canonical's contributor agreement. Canonical/Ubuntu is the worst thing to happen to Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 What do you think about Toyota? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zzzxtreme Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 yeah j_e_f_f_g, as if linux isn't bad enough already ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Macboom air is a cool machine. I have last years model and its the perfect computer to use on the commute train.Boots up in 17 seconds and the battery lasts for 5 hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j_e_f_f_g Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 as if linux isn't bad enough I use Linux (and Windows). There are things about it that are better than the commercial counterparts. For example, Linux installs in about 20 mins. Windows 7 is hours of painful disk thrashing. Also, Linux tends not to "slow down" over time. Windows registry is a horrible binary monstrosity that continually grows to suck up more and more ram each time you so much as think about installing that "free Korg Kronos screensaver". But today is not the day to talk to me about Linux. I spent the day writing a Linux audio device driver. Oh, ALSA is such a painful audio API. I wish it were a lot more like Windows 7 new API (WASAPI). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xpander Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 i've been holding out for the to-be-released quadcore version of the 13" macbook pro. at work i have all kinds of cables going into my macbook, can't do wireless for a lot of it. i like the smaller of the macbook airs but with an ipad 2 already, couldn't possibly justify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnotherScott Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 i like the smaller of the macbook airs but with an ipad 2 already, couldn't possibly justify it. I like the iPad for the prospect of what it can do in a gig setup. Other than that, i.e. for web browsing, email, and any kind of "productivity," I'd much rather have an Air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Okay, guys. I have a vintage BLACK MacBook. I'll trade it for a new Air 13" or 11". My machine is slower, larger, and heavier. And it's BLACK Got that, you collectors? BLACK. They're not makin' them anymore. First Air that arrives in my mailbox gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daviel Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 New Macbook Pro here - little 13". Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted August 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Okay, guys. I have a vintage BLACK MacBook. I'll trade it for a new Air 13" or 11". My machine is slower, larger, and heavier. And it's BLACK Got that, you collectors? BLACK. I've got one of those too - my personal laptop. People often think it's a PC with an Apple logo slapped on it, not knowing that Apple did, briefly, make a black laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members donaldcrunk Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 the screen on the Airs are especially stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregwar Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 those new aiyers are siiiiiick its got the best form factor of any lappi if u can handle the 13" screen same powar as my former top-a-tha-line mbp 17" from 2009. the only other difference being mafuggin benjamins !1 mine being like 3 large can't wait for the MacBook-pro-air those are gonna be slick and apparently dropping next year. might just get a current mbp 17" for the 4 cores, non-fixed ram and ability to remove the optical drive and add an hdd for the sys and use my ssd for samplez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 I've got one of those too - my personal laptop. People often think it's a PC with an Apple logo slapped on it, not knowing that Apple did, briefly, make a black laptop. collector's gold, I say --- be worth a fortune --- and then there's the analog power supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j_e_f_f_g Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 All you guys are really spending that kind of money on Apple products?? Man, I've got to somehow get in on that plentiful Apple gravy train! If only Apple's lawyers would let me spec out a comparable machine at a much lower price, then put an Apple logo on it and immediately bump up the price for that... God, I could load the free BSD Unix on it, put on a customized version of the free Gnome 2 desktop, with a tiny icon of a half-eaten fruit! What a killing I'd make!! If only but for those Apple lawyers... P.S. Kind of funny that it's an Apple employee maintaining Linux's primary graphical engine, because that's what Apple uses. Oh yeah, did I mention that Apple bought Linux's printer system from HP because Apple uses that too? Man I wish I could sell people stuff that's free in Linux, and for a lot of cash too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fierywater Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 All you guys are really spending that kind of money on Apple products?? Man, I've got to somehow get in on that plentiful Apple gravy train! If only Apple's lawyers would let me spec out a comparable machine at a much lower price, then put an Apple logo on it and immediately bump up the price for that... I would truly love to know where I could find something that matches the 11.6" MacBook Air in size, weight, and specs for less. Hell, even the 13" MacBook Air is hard to match (find me a 13" laptop with a 1440x900 resolution screen or higher for less than $1299; oh, and it also has to weigh less than 3 lbs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnotherScott Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 I would truly love to know where I could find something that matches the 11.6" MacBook Air in size, weight, and specs for less. Hell, even the 13" MacBook Air is hard to match (find me a 13" laptop with a 1440x900 resolution screen or higher for less than $1299; oh, and it also has to weigh less than 3 lbs). ...and be, for all intents and purposes, perpetually virus-free (at least so far... and it's been that way for 10 years...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted August 9, 2011 Members Share Posted August 9, 2011 Does the screen on the air flip back so that the touch screen can function like a tablet, or is it fixed at a max angle? I have been experimenting with taking hand written notes on the iPad (using a stylus and Note Taker HD) and it works pretty well once you get the hang of it. Math symbols are difficult though - feels like I am writing with a baseball bat. The nice thing is I can keep multiple little piles of notes (like a notebook) for different project meetings - no more papers from multiple meetings piled around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted August 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 9, 2011 Does the screen on the air flip back so that the touch screen can function like a tablet, or is it fixed at a max angle? The Air does not have a touch screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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