Macophants - The new Macbook Air: you getting one?

[ramuman]

Originally Posted by Rambo

******* dumbass benchmark tests. When are you ever going to sequentially launch 15 apps?

Originally Posted by bkk

Its not meant to run a dozen applications at a time. It will definitely stutter and the experience will be less than optimal. Get an Air if you mostly surf the web, write emails, and play music. If you use power hungry applications, this is not for you. End of story.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by ramuman

What? It has no basis in reality. Photoshop, gaming, startup times, etc. I understand. These are useful.

 

[holymadness]

Originally Posted by Matt

well then, allow me to save you like five hundred bucks.

Go buy the Dell Vostro v13 for four hundred bucks with Ubuntu on it. Mac theme Ubuntu to your heart's content. Prosper.
Unfortunately, battery life on this one is about 2.5 hours of normal use.

But yeah, buying a cheap ultraportable PC and turning it into a hackintosh is the best bet for a thrifty college student.

$10 says this one buys the MBA, though.

 

[Brosef]

Originally Posted by holymadness

Unfortunately, battery life on this one is about 2.5 hours of normal use.

But yeah, buying a cheap ultraportable PC and turning it into a hackintosh is the best bet for a thrifty college student.

$10 says this one buys the MBA, though.
That's probable. Also, I never said money was a factor...

 

[holymadness]

Cool story, Brosef.

 

[Brosef]

Originally Posted by holymadness

Cool story, Brosef.

Come at me bro.

 

[whiteslashasian]

Does anyone want to hazard a guess as to why those MBA's had the lowest times for opening 15 programs sequentially on that benchmark above?

Hint: It has little to do with the processing power and everything to do with a part that is easily installed by any user on nearly any notebook (or desktop for that matter).

 

[ramuman]

Originally Posted by whiteslashasian

Does anyone want to hazard a guess as to why those MBA's had the lowest times for opening 15 programs sequentially on that benchmark above?

Hint: It has little to do with the processing power and everything to do with a part that is easily installed by any user on nearly any notebook (or desktop for that matter).

I was just listed one of the benchmarks from Anandtech. The new MBA does well in all benchmarks though.

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by ramuman

I was just listed one of the benchmarks from Anandtech. The new MBA does well in all benchmarks though.
I wasn't saying it was slow. I was just commenting on the stupidity of that particular benchmark. Plus, almost anything with an SSD and flash memory will be lightning quick at opening programs.

 

[whiteslashasian]

Originally Posted by Rambo

I wasn't saying it was slow. I was just commenting on the stupidity of that particular benchmark. Plus, almost anything with an SSD and flash memory will be lightning quick at opening programs.

Ding ding.

 

[Brosef]

Bought the air

 

[osgood]

My Air just left Shanghai. I am glad the chinese apparently work weekends. And I'm glad that the time zones will help bring my air home faster

 

[NorCal]

In other news, why do Macs not have HDMI ports on their lap tops? Does Apple have a dog in that fight or will they just wait five more years, release a new version that has what every product on the market has and call it revolutionary?

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by NorCal

In other news, why do Macs not have HDMI ports on their lap tops? Does Apple have a dog in that fight or will they just wait five more years, release a new version that has what every product on the market has and call it revolutionary?
Why would they use a standardized interface protocol? This is Apple we're talking about here. It would also cost them $10,000 a year to license HDMI so that they could put it into their computers. Gotta pinch those pennies!