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I keep bouncing between getting the 13" MBA and the 13" MBP both of them in their I7 config's I think for the same price as the MBA upgraded I can get the MBP With an SSD.. I'm going to be using this primarily for design work, and coding via SSH, with the possibility of playing Diablo 3 but also using it to control Serato Scratch Live and work in Abelton Live Harddrive space isn't really a concern since I use the cloud like crazy .. I will be lugging it between my place and the club a bit ... Any suggestions?
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Bob Morales posted:Do you need 8GB RAM? Can you live with 1280x800? Do you need Firewire? Do you need an optical drive? Those questions decide if you should get the Air or the Pro. Yeah there's no way I'll get an 11" machine.. 15" is too big, so 13" is perfect. So to answer your questions; 1.) Yes I can 2.) Ahahaa no 3.) Possibly however burning disk's can be done via my HTPC. I don't like external monitors, I need to be portable, as I work and live internationally.
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I've had my 2011 MBA 13' for about 3 months now... and according to istatpro my battery is at 89% health and dropping.. Now im curious is istatpro wrong? or is my battery losing capacity at a faster than normal rate? I'm using it on charge a bunch, but i'm taking the laptop off charge and running it on batteries as much as i can. I've never had a battery lose 11% capacity in 3 months before. That seems awfully fast to me.
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May 18, 2012 09:35
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Sprat Sandwich posted:Try coconutBattery. Sometimes the health goes up and down randomly, I don't know whats up with that. Coconutbattery says I have 92% capacity, and 165 cycles Bob Morales posted:How long does it last? I get around 4-6 hours on it... 6 hours of webbrowsing, with the screen under half brightness, and when at work i get about 4 hours of programming and photoshop work using a dual monitors... So all in all very good lengths of time.. Just I was curious if istatpro is wrong.. which it looks to be
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May 19, 2012 10:52
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Bob Morales posted:If the fonts are rendered 'right', in theory you could just zoom out to 50% and it'd be all good, right? Yes in theory, Most of the problem i have when I'm coding is resolution of text, the smaller the font, the slightly harder it becomes to make out things clearly BECAUSE of low PPI ... I'm positive that higher PPI will solve this. I say this because i have a 2011 MBA, and also a 27" 1080p work monitor. When coding on the 13" monitor the fonts are clearer at smaller sizes because of the higher PPI on my 13" air compared to the 27" monitor. Sometimes its plain horrible to use that monitor, the PPI is just HORRIBLE. Bob Morales posted:
It's ram, also to its lower right is the harddrive and it looks built INTO the motherboard... so goodbye upgrade
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Jun 11, 2012 23:56
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KidDynamite posted:Oh I know that. He's saying it should be regular 15" MBP pricing. $1799 for that machine would be giving it away. Because paying $500 extra for a retina display, extra memory, a SSD, an extra thunderbolt, and a hdmi port is a great deal
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