Post Your Iphone Macbook Air Pics!

geordisjd · 02-18-2008, 06:25 PM

Even I got confused by the title!

But here it is, fresh from Fedex delivery: the new Mac baby (1.8 Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB of memory, SSD)

Cute, but not too small. Snappy, but not always as fast as Big Bro, the MacBook Pro (which -by the way- is a 2.16 Intel Core Duo of the first generation. 2 GB of memory. I got it about 1 month before the Intel Core 2 was announced) .

Unscientific Speed tests

MBA start: 22 seconds

MBP start: 58 seconds

Opening any app: MBA way faster than MBP

Loading Safari pages on the same wireless connection: MBA way faster than MBP

Opening a picture in Photoshop: MBP here is faster than MBA

22.6 MB pic - MBP : 2 seconds
MBA: 4 seconds

MBP was faster in applying filters to large pictures too.

Movie stuff will have to wait... I'd stay than overall, MBA felt a lot snappier than MBP, but it might not be true for processor-intensive stuff.

kokogirl · 02-18-2008, 07:04 PM

That's great. I am so excited for you. I still haven't decided what to buy.

Nice pics, too. Thanks for the report.

Lincoln · 02-18-2008, 07:17 PM

Nice. You'll probably be the only posting pictures though, unless somebody else got one. I'll be sticking with my MBP pro for now; however, I'd really like to replace my Mini.

- John

geordisjd · 02-18-2008, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by John

Nice. You'll probably be the only posting pictures though, unless somebody else got one. I'll be sticking with my MBP pro for now; however, I'd really like to replace my Mini.

-0 John

There's got to be somebody else with an iPhone who bought a MacBook Air, but I'm probably the only one motivated enough to post pictures. I bet they would all look the same...

However, I can attest that it is speedy and convenient. If size isn't that important, it is a great little computer. For those worried about ports: I've got a tiny 4-port Belkin USB hub connecting a track ball (I'm addicted to those), the superdrive(*) and the iPhone to the only USB port. One left!
Network detected all the other computers in the house without configuration.
I can't wait to take it on a trip to Texas on Thursday.

Texas isn't my idea of a vacation, but it will do.

(*) On the minus side, I just discovered that the superdrive works only if connected directly to the MBA...

coasts · 02-18-2008, 08:25 PM

d@mn, you've got alot of apps in your dock. care to list them all? im fairly new to mac (almost a year on a MB) and have only added Acorn, which i'm yet to figure out, Skype, on which i have no friends, and Handbrake. everything else is OTB. any suggestions?

geordisjd · 02-18-2008, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by coasts

d@mn, you've got alot of apps in your dock. care to list them all? im fairly new to mac (almost a year on a MB) and have only added Acorn, which i'm yet to figure out, Skype, on which i have no friends, and Handbrake. everything else is OTB. any suggestions?

Here they are. This is only my laptop. I've got a lot more stuff on my MP

. It's hard to suggest what to get without knowing what you're interested in.

geordisjd · 02-18-2008, 10:09 PM

I have such a headache. I installed Parallels with WindowsXP and was forced to reactivate Windows on the phone. It took forever. I had forgotten how painful it could be. We Mac users have it so easy with Mac Os X!

Runamuck · 02-18-2008, 10:40 PM

Gratz on the MBA. I think I'll be waiting for the second version of that to come out before I make the plunge. I don't mind the 5lbs of my MBP for the power it gives me.

And I'll do you one better on the Parallels thing. I installed it on my second MBP and, like a big dummy, neglected to stick an anti-virus program on there. About 3 months later someone sent me a link to check and I opened it in Parallels. It downloaded a little malware app that promptly screwed up the Windows registry. So I ended up with a crashing Parallels sessions everytime I'd try to launch it. It was a MISERABLE experience to get that partition cleaned up and reinstall Windows as you aren't really doing a "clean" install with Parallels.

On my newest MBP I went with Boot Camp....AND installed a virus scanner.

geordisjd · 02-18-2008, 10:58 PM

I think I'm experiencing the same problem on my Mac Pro. I get error messages/freezes all the time when using Parallels/Windows XP. Of course, I've never used a virus scanner.
I migrated this Windows XP machine from my MBP and it seems to be working OK (despite the activation headache), but I have no virus program or security.
I think I'm going to look into getting one.

jpmihalk · 02-19-2008, 09:29 AM

I have no intention of trying to run Windows on my new MacBook Pro... even if I could. My only issue will be doling out the $$ to switch my apps to Mac versions...