Well i have no mac exp. I have always been a pc user currently own 2 laptops that i use during my travels and powerhouse of a desktop
I own a dell inspiron 6400 laptop that has been a faithful work horse for me since 2006 (core 2 duo 2.16 t7400 processor, 2 gigs of ram, 256mb shared vram ATI x1400 and 160 gb hdd) I paid about $15xx including taxes in late 2006 and has been quite a great investment *knocks on wood*.
The other day my little cousin wanted a notebook so my uncle ended up getting her a macbook for xmas, since she was hell bent on one. While the sales rep was talking to my uncle, I started playing around with the macbook pro and the macbook air, I really like the weight saving design implemented on the macbook air, but was quite taken back by the price, 1599+ taxes or so for a core 2 duo 1.6ghz with i think 2gigs of ram, which is slower in a sense compared to my 3 year+ old dell inspiron 6400. if I wanted a 2.16ghz macbook air it will set me back well over 2500 dollars canadian, even a refurb one is over 2000 dollars.
I dont do a lot on my laptops like video editing or photo editing, i use my desktop for that, but at the odd time i like to play around with photoshop cs2 which i have right now on my dell and of course the usual office suite from Microsoft, emails (mostly web based), web surfing, some gaming (civilizations, sims 3), .net studio, and watching dvds. I do not think there is a compatible .net studio for mac os X is there?
I was thinking of picking up the 1.6ghz macbook air with a solid state drive just so that i can experience the Mac side of things, but i keep wondering if the $1700 or so it is going to set me back really worth the weight saving design, cuz specs wise I am not impressed and some of the above mentioned apps (esp the games and .net studio) run kinda slow / choppy on my 2.16 ghz core 2 duo 2gig machine.
Anyone with a macbook air care to let me know of your experience?
I own a dell inspiron 6400 laptop that has been a faithful work horse for me since 2006 (core 2 duo 2.16 t7400 processor, 2 gigs of ram, 256mb shared vram ATI x1400 and 160 gb hdd) I paid about $15xx including taxes in late 2006 and has been quite a great investment *knocks on wood*.
The other day my little cousin wanted a notebook so my uncle ended up getting her a macbook for xmas, since she was hell bent on one. While the sales rep was talking to my uncle, I started playing around with the macbook pro and the macbook air, I really like the weight saving design implemented on the macbook air, but was quite taken back by the price, 1599+ taxes or so for a core 2 duo 1.6ghz with i think 2gigs of ram, which is slower in a sense compared to my 3 year+ old dell inspiron 6400. if I wanted a 2.16ghz macbook air it will set me back well over 2500 dollars canadian, even a refurb one is over 2000 dollars.
I dont do a lot on my laptops like video editing or photo editing, i use my desktop for that, but at the odd time i like to play around with photoshop cs2 which i have right now on my dell and of course the usual office suite from Microsoft, emails (mostly web based), web surfing, some gaming (civilizations, sims 3), .net studio, and watching dvds. I do not think there is a compatible .net studio for mac os X is there?
I was thinking of picking up the 1.6ghz macbook air with a solid state drive just so that i can experience the Mac side of things, but i keep wondering if the $1700 or so it is going to set me back really worth the weight saving design, cuz specs wise I am not impressed and some of the above mentioned apps (esp the games and .net studio) run kinda slow / choppy on my 2.16 ghz core 2 duo 2gig machine.
Anyone with a macbook air care to let me know of your experience?