advice on buying an air
hi,
have sold white unibody macbook (which on last legs) in order upgrade macbook air!
can advise me on these questions?
1. new macbook air hot? liked unibody macbook because didn't seem hot on base (maybe due being plastic , not metal?).
2. how space available when turn on 128gb macbook air first time (i not considering bigger hard drive option @ moment due higher price)?
3. notice speed bump 2010 unibody macbook? hardware wise i5's in macbook airs better 2.4ghz c2d in macbook? how graphics card compare?
4. people miss dvd drive?
5. whats screen quality on new 13" macbook air's (i happy screen on unibody macbook)
responses received
the 13" i7 gets hot if you're doing lot of things (lightroom photo editing, lots of file transfers, video playback). it's still cooler 2010 macbook pro similar activity. when it's idle or doing text editing or web surfing (without flash), it's not hot @ all.
i don't remember exact amount, think there 6gb taken bare system? should have @ least 110-120gb free.
yes, notice speed bump, new i5 , i7 way faster old core2duos (roughly 2x faster). additionally ssd faster. bad news graphics card bit less capable old dedicated ones in 2010 models. hard how many people saying 10%-20% slower, , of course depends you're doing. basic operations it's plenty snappy, hardcore gpu-dependent games @ native resolution , higher settings, may notice moderate frame rate drop.
i don't @ i've ripped cds , can use imac's drive (via airdrive) if ever need something. can't remember last time came home physical disk anything, , going more , more rare.
very out of box on mine, contrast , black levels, more bright enough, decent not outstanding viewing angles. i'm going put calibrator on tonight see how can get.
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