10.8.1

I think its about a week away.

Karl

On 2012-08-08, at 12:18 AM, Alexis Tual <[email protected]> wrote:

> I do light work (no large workspaces) with a MBA and it's rather good. The 
> only VERY annoying problem I had lately is WIFI connexion drops. I've had to 
> change my WIFI router to satisfy my MBA, you can find on the web tons of 
> complaints about WIFI problems on MACs, don't know why Apple can't fix this...
> 
> 
> 2012/8/8 Karl <[email protected]>
> I agree.  Its coming down to screen size now.  With the latest SATA3 / 6GBs 
> SSDs even the MBA feels very speedy.
> 
> To me, the conversation is now about screen real estate (and, at my age, the 
> quality of your eyes).
> 
> For all of us, its amazing progress from where 2GB of RAM cost $100,000 in 
> 1995!  I think that Apple made the right choice to switch to Intel in 2004 
> and the right choice not to switch away from it for their portable desktop 
> products last year.
> 
> Karl
> 
> On 2012-08-07, at 10:53 PM, Maik Musall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Pascal,
> >
> > my main dev machine is a 2010 MBP with 512 GB SSD (Apple), i7 dual core 
> > (pre-sandy bridge) and 8 GB, running Lion.
> >
> > Since shortly before WOWODC 2012, I bought an additional MBA 11" with 8 GB, 
> > 256 GB SSD and i7 dual core. It clearly outperforms my only 2 years old MBP 
> > in every respect, even graphics, and that already was a big step up from 
> > the same 2008 MBP you have which I had before. I upgraded this MBA to 
> > Mountain Lion not only but also to check if I could work with that well 
> > enough.
> >
> > Turns out I can. It's really good. Eclipse runs well and all. I can cope 
> > surprisingly well with the restricted screen size, but of course I also 
> > have a larger external screen in my office. Check johanhenselman's tweets 
> > shortly after the release for a few hints about what to check regarding WO 
> > development. It's not really more work than any other ordinary change of OS 
> > release or environment.
> >
> > I use the rsync-based Unison file synchronizer to keep my dev stuff in sync 
> > on both machines, which also works well. You could use that for an easy 
> > transition period with your old MBP as a safety net.
> >
> > I'm using the Thunderbolt Ethernet Adaptor with the MBA. No idea if the USB 
> > thing works. It would be nice if Apple would update that one to USB 3.0 and 
> > to work with every modern Mac. Another (costly) alternative would be the 
> > 27" Apple Thunderbolt display which features a built-in Ethernet port (but 
> > the electronics in that display are apparently a bit buggy).
> >
> > Maik
> >
> >
> > Am 07.08.2012 um 15:49 schrieb Pascal Robert <[email protected]>:
> >
> >> So I'm really tired of my poor Early 2008 MBP, so I'm thinking to moving 
> >> to a MacBook Air with the i7/8 GB upgrade. I just did a GeekBench test on 
> >> my MBP and it's almost half the speed of a MBA…
> >>
> >> My main concerns with the MBA is the lack of ports and Mountain Lion. So 
> >> anyone have moved to Mountain Lion yet? I did move the family's Mac Mini 
> >> to Mountain Lion and so far so good, but I don't do anything development 
> >> on it.
> >>
> >> I also need to buy a Ethernet adaptor because the co-working space I rent 
> >> only have Ethernet. That means I need to buy the USB Ethernet adaptor 
> >> because I need the Thunderbolt port to connect my external display. Does 
> >> anyone here using the USB Ethernet adaptor with the new MacBook Air and 
> >> Mountain Lion?
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