I just upgraded my early 2009 model MBP to 5 gb, and can really see a change in speed from the original 2gb ram it came with. XPlane and ableton Live load up in a quarter of time, and I can have 4 tabs open in safari with 400mb ram free at any given time. with the 500 gb upgrade I also did to the HD, this machine will be good to carry me for another 3 or 4 years, even if the drive isn't an SSD.
On Jun 13, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I'm surprised that apple still includes a 64 gb drive with the first model, I > would think 128 GB should be the minimum, 64 gb is too small to really be > useful. > On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > >> This has not been answered so I'll give it a bash. >> >> There is more to consider here than just processor, all the MBA's have an >> SSD, solid state drive, and as such, notably out perform their native MBP >> units which are fitted with traditional SATA drives. Of course it is >> possible to up spec an MBP to include an SSD which removes this advantage, >> but, still its at an extra cost. >> >> RAM is the key to multi tasking, and depending on how many Applications, and >> what they are, 4Gb should be enough for the majority of users. If you are >> doing more heavy stuff, then you may wish for more, which immediately >> removes the MBA from the question, as it is limited to 4Gb. >> >> Quick note, this assumes you're getting not one of the very brand new MBA's >> which now can be speced up to 8Gb RAM. >> >> All in all, I don't consider the MBP worth going for on the bases of the >> disk drive, unless you need one of those all the time, if you occasionally >> might need one, just buy the USB Super Drive, its relatively cheap and keeps >> the weight of your portable machine down. >> >> I have an 11in MBA speced to the max, and find it more than aderquitely, in >> fact, I see no lag whatsoever when its in use. I generally have Mail Safari >> with 6+ tabs open, numbers, pages and text edit all on the go at the same >> time, and the MBA doesn't even fire up its fan. >> >> ask yourself what you're going to be doing with it, and how much work load >> that genuinely entails… >> >> now consider that the MBA is a notable amount lighter than the MBP and how >> much that may or may not bother you. >> >> cannot really say more than that on the topic. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Neil Barnfather >> >> Talks List Administrator >> Twitter @neilbarnfather >> >> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple >> iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. 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 23 May 2012, at 14:04, Joanne Chua wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> After been friend with IMac and trial on older generalation of MBP for >>> a while, and the fact that my 5.5 year old Dell laptop is slowly >>> giving up due to overheating, i think i'm quite ready to slowly but >>> surely move in to the Apple Mac family completely. >>> >>> Can i have some general fit back as to the performance for both MBP and MBA? >>> >>> I am thinking of either get the MBA 13 inch with 1.8GHZ or MBP 13inch >>> with 2.8GHZ. >>> >>> I'm a university student and also someone who's part time employ that >>> do alot of multitasking on my computer. So, features like capability >>> of multitasking, will definitely a must for me. however, i don't >>> necessary need to access to CD drive although having it could be a >>> bonus. >>> >>> At the moment, i have a 22inch secondhand IMac, and also the >>> possibility of having a 24Inch second hand IMac in the near future. >>> >>> I also have extensive experience with IPhone and IPad2. >>> >>> My question is, what is the different from MBA with 1.8GHZ to MBP with >>> 2.8GHZ in terms of speed, capability, and multitasking ability? >>> >>> Also, if i go down the path of havine an ipad3, will it be sort of >>> wasting the vallue of having MBA, and should go directly for MBP >>> instead? >>> >>> I am well aware, and do realize that the physical size and weight of >>> MBA and MBP are different. But if we put the size and weight aside, >>> what are the plus and miness to having MBA compare to MBP? >>> >>> Your advice and opinion is very much appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Joanne >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > Egun On, Lagunak! 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