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A POSITIVE Review! 11" "ultimate"
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Yes, I am processing raw files on photoshop cs5, but not storing them on the air once processed. (for obvious reasons.) I just switch the view in adobe to zoom out, and then zoom in on sections of the photo. Because of the high resolution of the 11.6" air, I have not had a problem viewing things both up close and at a zoom out to see the "whole effect".
Right..I have a Seagate 1TB GoFLex drive so I have plenty of USB storage.
Just don't want to be fumbling around on the screen nor getting a bunch of beachballing on every little task I ask it to do. 
Right..I have a Seagate 1TB GoFLex drive so I have plenty of USB storage.
I was actually quite surprised at the lack of beachballing on the 11.6" air. I get more beachballing on last years entry level macbook pro (which I have listed on craig's list as of today.
)I am finding the screen real estate to be plenty as far as a laptop goes. For any intensive job I either hook the air to my external monitor or use my workhorse 15" 17 macbookpro and hook that to the external monitor.
Let me make a comment and then a suggestion about the 11 inch and 13 inch Ultimate. "Ultimate" has become a convenient shorthand here and other places to describe the MBAs with 4GB of RAM, extra cost processors, and upgraded flash RAM. That works for most of us, so why not just live with it? CAVEAT: if you were kidding and I missed it, I apologize in advance, but I interpreted your posts to mean that for whatever reason the "Ultimate" appellation really bothers you.
i think you're replying to the wrong post...
Anyhow, just to clarify the whole ongoing nonsense, the ULTIMATE configuration is actually Apple corporate wording sent out to all Retail Stores globally to describe maxed out models of 11.6" and 13.3" MBA. It's certainly not apple retail workers invention (fault), nor Macworld reviewers.
Cheers.
Thanks for your clarification. I did intend to reply to your post but that was because I had misinterpreted your meaning. A thousand pardons! I have no idea who first used the word "Ultimate" to describe loaded MBAs but I like it and use it because it's convenient.
I started using it at first, got flamed for it and started typing long sentences to describe my configuration, then said "screw it" and started using the word "ultimate" again to save myself some typing.
As you have probably intuited, posters who act as if they are the syntax police tend to make me grouchy.I started using it at first, got flamed for it and started typing long sentences to describe my configuration, then said "screw it" and started using the word "ultimate" again to save myself some typing.
Yes, I am processing raw files on photoshop cs5, but not storing them on the air once processed. (for obvious reasons.
Wouldn't plugging it into say a 24" monitor really help people if they're not on the road? I would get the air solely for those times I am on the road; I don't think I would like to be constantly looking at such a small screen.
Yes, I use a monitor when I can. But if I am not on the road, but am sitting in a local cafe, wanting to work out of the house or office, I don't have access to a monitor.
The 'Ultimate' moniker is meant to represent a 'fully upgraded' version of that Mac.
Not the 'Ultimate' Mac but rather the 'Ultimate' in it's class.
That, my friend, would be one expensive-ass Frisbee!
On another note... Gotta say... I still LOVE my 11.6 "Ultimate" Air!
On another note... Gotta say... I still LOVE my 11.6 "Ultimate" Air!
I wondered about that. No where I've seen has Apple badged any of the MBP as 'ultimate'