I have the 15 inch core i7 mid 2010 model of macbook pro. I love it. I can't wait to get my paws on the air.
This thing is a total workhorse. I've only cranked it up to 100 percent processor a few times, and I unplugged just to see. An hour and 40 minutes, and considering the fact screen was at 100 percent and I was video chatting with my partner, I think that's pretty awesome. Get me a windows core i7 that can do this and I'll buy it, but for now I know why apple is king of battery life in terms of computers. I mean, they put an i5 in the new 13 inch macbooks, which I hinted and hinted my partner should buy. He finally did and, connected to the internet with nothing running, it got around 8 hours. Incredible. These things will just get better over time. If that 13 in had a solid state...wowy. Ok, enough of my ranting, just my thoughts. On 2011-03-04, at 9:16 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > I have, use, love and adore my Mac Book Air 11in, I know many iPad users who > now have both the iPad and the 11in Air, and they say that quite often they > will opt to use the Air, simply as it has a physical keyboard. these are both > sighted and low vision users. > > personally, I have both too, and generally now always opt for the Air, > leaving my wife to enjoy the iPad, that is when the kids aren't fighting for > it. > > if I had to make the choice over, I'd pick the Air any day rather than the > iPad. The apps available on it I have also on my iPhone, so no big loss. > > you really cannot beat that keyboard, and the Air being honest, and lying one > on top of the other right now, they are no different in size at all. > > When I dim the screen to 0% and activate the screen curtain on my Air, I get > 6 plus hours out of it... interestingly, if you turn the screen down to 0% > and activate the curtain, and do nothing with the machine, no running apps, > and turn off WiFi and blue tooth, pull the power cord, the battery level > indicates a whopping 11 hours 50 minutes of usage... > > of course this begins to pull down as you introduce apps that need > connectivity etc... but I took a flight to Europe the other day, 4 hours, no > WiFi no Blue tooth, and the Air lasted the 2 hours in the air port lounge, > the whole 4 hours in the air, and a further 3 hours in the hotel, before even > beginning to wine about power. > > it is important to note though that connectivity and apps which regularly do > things like mail clients, Skype etc, all drain power more than a simple word > processor etc. > > trust me on this, get the air and you'll not be unhappy with your choice. > > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > Talks List Administrator > > Twitter @NeilBarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 4 Mar 2011, at 13:48, Denise Avant wrote: > > hello all, > i am contemplating getting another apple device. i need something that is > light to take when i travel. i was thinking of the ipad 2 because you can get > pages to write with. the only problem here is that there is no port for > external media like a usb drive, is there? > my other alternative is that i can get the macbook air. but its a little > bigger. i really don't need a screen. but i would have a port for external > media. of course i would miss all of those apps you can have on the ipad. > that can be negated by the fact that i have an iphone. > well, i would be interested in hearing from those with the air. i know the > ipad 2 is not out yet, but i'm sure there are some first generation ipad > users here. > thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
