Funny enough. I've been looking at the replies about this. I'm interested in the Macbook Air mainly for stuff that I would do on a Macbook Air. I don't plan on using it for bigtime music production or heavy movie-making and such. Still, the stock 11" macbook air could barely handle more than 2 tracks of Garageband. (Something I use as a litmus test for how well my general content-creation software may work). Now I do understand that this could very well be a ram issue more than a processor issue.
However, being that it is a Macbook Air, it is definitely intended for some degree of content creation above just iWork otherwise the iPad works well enough for using iWork tools to get some consumer-level work done on it. Not to mention, I have done some pretty powerful Numbers spreadsheets on it with cascading cell functions involved. (That is, when dealing with a cell that is a calculation of other cells which are calculations of other cells)
The bigger use will be Aperature, light iMovie stuff, and a bit of Photoshop stuff. I still have Aperature 2 (which is great), but plan to upgrade to Aperature 3 soon.
The 11" form factor is fantastic, though. I can see why it has a draw. Oddly enough, the biggest drawback for going 11 is actually just a few dozen lines of vertical resolution. It's amazing how I've become so dependant on at least 800 lines of vertical resolution. 768 worked back some years ago, but I notice more and more applications that just scream for at least 800 lines. The 13" has the 900 lines, which is pure pure gravy at that size. So it wasn't the processor, but more so the lines of resolution, that has been leaning towards the 13" even though I'd love to lose a bit more on the size.
However, being that it is a Macbook Air, it is definitely intended for some degree of content creation above just iWork otherwise the iPad works well enough for using iWork tools to get some consumer-level work done on it. Not to mention, I have done some pretty powerful Numbers spreadsheets on it with cascading cell functions involved. (That is, when dealing with a cell that is a calculation of other cells which are calculations of other cells)
The bigger use will be Aperature, light iMovie stuff, and a bit of Photoshop stuff. I still have Aperature 2 (which is great), but plan to upgrade to Aperature 3 soon.
The 11" form factor is fantastic, though. I can see why it has a draw. Oddly enough, the biggest drawback for going 11 is actually just a few dozen lines of vertical resolution. It's amazing how I've become so dependant on at least 800 lines of vertical resolution. 768 worked back some years ago, but I notice more and more applications that just scream for at least 800 lines. The 13" has the 900 lines, which is pure pure gravy at that size. So it wasn't the processor, but more so the lines of resolution, that has been leaning towards the 13" even though I'd love to lose a bit more on the size.