New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store • Hacker News Board

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by chopsueyar » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:17 PM UTC

I want the i7 one.

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by chopsueyar » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:18 PM UTC

milestinsley wrote: post #75

vegai wrote: post #69

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It's a bit superfluous, but I don't think it's too much. Besides, the OS can use the extra memory as cache/buffers.

I think he was referring to 4GB as being too little . If you are doing anything involving photos/video/audio editing, you are probably going to want at least 8GB.

...and in one year you will need 16GB.

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by chopsueyar » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:21 PM UTC

larrik wrote: post #27

Also, 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.

Notice the new MacBook Air does not have an HDMI adapter available?

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by deltriggah » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:22 PM UTC

I want a 15 inch Macbook Air

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by chopsueyar » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:23 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #72

dschobel wrote: post #51

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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...

With your swap file on SSD, is it really that noticeable?

Interesting point. Anybody?

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by deltriggah » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:23 PM UTC

I want a 15 inch Macbook Air

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by BornInTheUSSR » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:24 PM UTC

I just bought the maxed out 13 inch air in October, and it's been a great dev machine (rails, ios) someone please talk me out getting the newest shiniest for no good reason

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by deltriggah » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:24 PM UTC

i want a 15 inch air

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by macavity23 » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:26 PM UTC

micheljansen wrote: post #79

snorkel wrote: post #47

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But the max screen is still only 13" max and not a significant price drop on existing models so I'm glad I didn't wait for this release before buying.

Apple never does price drops. They have a fixed product line and while the hardware changes over time, the price stays the same.

Rarely, but not never. My 2nd gen top-of-the-line macbook air was £1850, top of the line now is £1450. That's a fair difference.

Re: New MacBook Air Now Available on Apple Store

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Post by lispm » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 3:27 PM UTC

Now the questions are:

* how warm will the MacBook Air get with the Thunderbolt in use / not in use? Will the fan kick in more often?

* what effect has the i5 or i7 wrt. to heat?

* will the average battery runtime be better or worse? Are the Apple numbers realistic?

From what I hear, the Thunderbolt MacBook Pros are using the fans to cool the machine more often.