Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am a big fan of the Air too, the first model had a tendency to run hot and slow down if doing anything intensive (or if a web site had Flash window(s) in it). The second generation is much faster and stays cool, startup time and battery life are outstanding. The only down sides are the non-backlit keyboard and non-self brightness regulating screen the deletion of which I -really- miss compared to the old one. Also the magsafe power adapter is no longer as safe since the fit is rather too snug and tripping over the cable no longer pulls the plug unless the pull is in a very specific direction. Mine ended up on the floor when my grandchildren were running around, this has never happened with any other "magsafe" plug before and we have had 5 different portables up to now where a pulled wire resulted in disconnection without damage. I have a much older Macbook pro which I almost never use now. Frank On 30 May, 2011, at 05:39, Marty Deveney wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing this to you rom a MacBook air 11" 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 128GB SSD hard > drive. It's a great machine, but the current MacBook Pros have better > processors than either these or the current iMacs. But it depends on what > you want to do; it's pretty rare for me to get unduly held up by this > machine and I use it to do statistical analysis of reasonably large data > sets and other relatively complex tasks. > > Thanks, > > Marty > > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 1:03 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > wrote: > >> The current CPUs are not as good as current MBP ones (if you need that >> grunt), the next generation Airs are expected to be announced next >> month...... >> >> john >> ________________________________________ >> >> >> Thanks, Robert. I have not heard a lot of comments about the Air. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information