No 8GB RAM upgrade?
Yeah, that's the only thing keeping me from pulling the trigger at this point.
I hate thinking about memory pressure and having to manage applications to keep it in check...
New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store
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Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store
#52I'm really not a fan of their non-US pricing, it rarely works out well for international buyers. For example the $1,199 model costs £999 in the UK. $1,199 is equal to £744. So to buy it from the UK store you're paying 34% more? For the cheapest option, $999 in US store, the UK price is 37% more. And I'm too lazy to work out the 13" price differences.
Is VAT tax built-in to the £999 price point? Or is that added on at checkout (like sales tax is in the US)? If it's built in, that would explain at least part of the difference.
Yeah, it's built in and explains some of it, but VAT is only 20%, so the difference is still very noticeable.
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#53One interesting thing to note is almost all the Mac's now have ATI cards, some Intel, and no NVIDIA. http://www.apple.com/mac/
When did this change happen? What would this mean for someone developing cuda apps, then?
Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store
#54I'm really not a fan of their non-US pricing, it rarely works out well for international buyers. For example the $1,199 model costs £999 in the UK. $1,199 is equal to £744. So to buy it from the UK store you're paying 34% more? For the cheapest option, $999 in US store, the UK price is 37% more. And I'm too lazy to work out the 13" price differences.
I think this has been discussed a number of times, both on and off HN, and the final word on this is that the difference is made up of VAT and various importation taxes levied by the UK government. So, blame Her Majesty, not Apple...
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
The biggest downside might be 4GB maximum RAM - that's enough to dissuade me, anyway.
Seems like plenty to me for a laptop, do you bump up against that limit for what you do on a laptop? (I'm curious.)
I use Windows, but just yesterday I noticed I was using 5.47GB and I didn't even have any VMs opened. Just VS with Silverlight, sql server management, couple of browsers with the silverlight plugin opened.. 6GB of RAM payed of I guess
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#56That 13" Macbook Air is looking really attractive as a portable work computer. Any downsides I should be aware of?
Seems most people are interested in the 13". Does anyone have any comments on the 11"? The only downside I can see is that only 1 external monitor is supported. After all, when you're traveling, the smaller the better.
I'm using the 2010 11" as my primary computer, and have been really happy with it. But then again, I mostly hack CoffeeScript and PHP with vim on Linux, so how much power do I need ;-)
http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/11-macbook_air-the_best_computer_i...
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a current MBA, and I find 2GB very limiting when running eclipse, tomcat, photoshop and firefox. 4GB will be very nice. Also, a second USB port! Oh, the luxury!
You must have the original? I have the Air that was available yesterday and it has 2 USB ports and 4GB RAM.
It was a second gen, not 'current', you're right. :)
I could possibly have gotten 4GB with it, but my aging brain still couldn't conceive of anyone ever needing more than 2GB. Now I know better, haha.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems most people are interested in the 13". Does anyone have any comments on the 11"? The only downside I can see is that only 1 external monitor is supported. After all, when you're traveling, the smaller the better.
I'm using the 2010 11" as my primary computer, and have been really happy with it. But then again, I mostly hack CoffeeScript and PHP with vim on Linux, so how much power do I need ;-) http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/11-macbook_air-the_best_computer_i...
Do you use an external monitor at home/work, or always just the built-in display?
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#59Also, new Mac Mini: http://www.apple.com/macmini/ NO Optical Drive! Includes Thunderbolt. Supports an SSD plus a regular hard drive. HDMI port. I really have no idea how much of this is new features, though.
It looks like the external superdrive from the MBA will fit neatly on top of/underneath the mac mini, if you have a nostalgic attachment to pieces of spinning plastic. ;)
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
The biggest downside might be 4GB maximum RAM - that's enough to dissuade me, anyway.
Seems like plenty to me for a laptop, do you bump up against that limit for what you do on a laptop? (I'm curious.)
Can't speak for the GP, but I frequently work with multiple Windows VMs (think large Oracle and SQL Server databases), and 4GB starts to feel a bit small.
My ideal machine would have more than 4GB RAM. It could even come at the expense of a smaller internal storage, because I'd use an external Thunderbolt drive to store client stuff.
So I might be sticking with the MBP for that reason..