Alienware is owned by dell now, and I will never own a dell computer. They work for about 6 months then everything breaks. I have never seen a problem free dell.
Macbook Air?
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I had an Alienware laptop, that thing was a monster. After may be 2 years something happened to the motherboard/videocard and I would have to open it up and pound on the motherboard to get it to boot! After that I don't have any desire to own an Alienware again.
I have a gen 2 Macbook Air which I basically just used to remote in to my PC for a while. I'm thinking about going 100% Mac, but I haven't made up my mind yet.
I have a gen 2 Macbook Air which I basically just used to remote in to my PC for a while. I'm thinking about going 100% Mac, but I haven't made up my mind yet.
The older Macbook I'm selling gave me 4 years of outstanding performance, so I decided to go all-Mac again. I am looking forward to several years of solid performance from my new Macbook Air. With Macs you pay a premium, but the quality can't be beat. I recently had a Celeron Toshiba laptop with a fantastic oversized screen, but it kept overheating and shutting itself down no matter how many firmware and other fixes I gave it.
I plan to be running some tools using Parallels on the Air. Does anybody have experience using tools such as Scrapebox in a virtual PC environment?
I plan to be running some tools using Parallels on the Air. Does anybody have experience using tools such as Scrapebox in a virtual PC environment?
I got the maxed out 13"
I sold my 15" MBP
The only thing I'm not used to is the decrease in battery life my mp used to get 7-9 hrs, I get max of 4.5 hrs now.
Obviously the screen size is smaller, but so far i've had no problems with the adjustment
Backlit kb I never used.
The machine is lighting fast, it's sleek, slim, light, it's the future. Have no need for optical drive.
I run parallels win7 with 0 issues
For me it was just removing the bulkiness of MBP with slight downsizing but the performance and build make up for it.
tl;dr if you have the money get it.
I sold my 15" MBP
The only thing I'm not used to is the decrease in battery life my mp used to get 7-9 hrs, I get max of 4.5 hrs now.
Obviously the screen size is smaller, but so far i've had no problems with the adjustment
Backlit kb I never used.
The machine is lighting fast, it's sleek, slim, light, it's the future. Have no need for optical drive.
I run parallels win7 with 0 issues
For me it was just removing the bulkiness of MBP with slight downsizing but the performance and build make up for it.
tl;dr if you have the money get it.
How does it perform using Photoshop? I had a non-pro 13.3 Macbook about a year ago, it didn't really live up to what I needed it to do.
interesting design, but i don't think it's very practical. but i have to say, apple has their marketing strategy down tight.
Mac Book Air = Worthless if you do any photo or video. Also search google for macbook air wifi problems.
Go with a mac book pro
Go with a mac book pro
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My only issue with the MBA is the non serviceable battery. I have a MBP that has gone through 3 batteries already and would hate to kill the battery before the actual end of the computer's life.
For those who have owned prev gen MBAs, do you have to baby the battery (fully discharge, constant calibration etc) to keep a decent charge?
For those who have owned prev gen MBAs, do you have to baby the battery (fully discharge, constant calibration etc) to keep a decent charge?
did a web app design with PS last night, multiple large files open and it ran fine along with my gaggle of other apps running. I would imagine tossing RAW files at it will make it choke, but if that's the case, you're walking outside of the use case anyways.
I like it so far, and this is my first full time Mac after doing windows and linux full time for 10+ years...
Is the screen big enough though? I usually have a lot of tool windows open (e.g. layers, history, paths, characters, info etc). It just seems like a really small work area to get used to.
well for one, use spaces to put IM stuff on one space, photoshop on another, etc. My 13" MBA has 1440x920 or whatever resolution, so it can fit a lot on the screen. It's cutting it close though, so unless you have to restrict yourself to the tiny screen, just hook up to a monitor and keyboard/mouse and you should be good.
I'm a PC guy but bought one cause of the formfactor.
I like it. I don't play games or edit video. Can't say how it performs for those but for everything else it seems to work just fine.
I like the light weightness of it. No complaints.
Apple OS is sort of clunky compared to windows and seems to require a lot more clicks or memorization of hot keys. But it's usable.
I like it. I don't play games or edit video. Can't say how it performs for those but for everything else it seems to work just fine.
I like the light weightness of it. No complaints.
Apple OS is sort of clunky compared to windows and seems to require a lot more clicks or memorization of hot keys. But it's usable.
Yeah, "clunky" is a good description. I was expecting more from Apple. I wanted to like it, it's cool looking and super compact - but I just didn't like it.
I read the Alienware issues above and looked around for a small laptop with a backlit keyboard and can come with a 256MB SSD. Alienware was the only choice, so I ordered it.
It looks badass, I hope I don't have all the issues others mentioned. Even still, I won't be using it most of the time. It's for travel.
I read the Alienware issues above and looked around for a small laptop with a backlit keyboard and can come with a 256MB SSD. Alienware was the only choice, so I ordered it.
It looks badass, I hope I don't have all the issues others mentioned. Even still, I won't be using it most of the time. It's for travel.
LOL @ OS X being clunky.
I think the same thing now when I get off my macbook and go to the PC. I am always like fuck how do i do this again! Its so easy on the mac where the hell is the setting.
I think it all just comes in time, after 3yrs of nearly 98% OSX and it is hard to go back to windows.
I think the same thing now when I get off my macbook and go to the PC. I am always like fuck how do i do this again! Its so easy on the mac where the hell is the setting.
I think it all just comes in time, after 3yrs of nearly 98% OSX and it is hard to go back to windows.
