I've got a MBP Unibody and a MBA for travel and find myself using the MBA more often. I've blogged about it and it'll def work as a primary computer with a note that the fans will blow on any processor intensive tasks. In my setup, I render movies with the MBP and write with the MBA.
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I've got a MBP Unibody and a MBA for travel and find myself using the MBA more often. I've blogged about it and it'll def work as a primary computer with a note that the fans will blow on any processor intensive tasks. In my setup, I render movies with the MBP and write with the MBA.
I got the Rev A and i use this computer for all things in my office. There is no need for Rev B!
I do Photoshop Elements - Word - Pages - iPhoto - Webdesign - Adobe Illustrator - and i watch a lot of Movies with VLC in Fullscreen, there is no stuttering, everything is easy!
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I completely disagree. The first version of the MBA was barely more than a netbook. I owned one. The second version is an amazingly powerful lightweight machine capable of being nearly any standard user's primary Mac.
I personally am hopeful for a glass trackpad and a few more updates in the next revision. I do intend to move into a new MBA on its next revision, but only because I think it will come fairly soon (within four to six months). I can hold out, and I am most hopeful for a 4 GB RAM upgrade. I am willing to pay $2999 for a new MBA with 256 GB SSD, glass trackpad, 2 GHz CPU, and 4 GB RAM. Now if Apple would just take advantage and offer it, I will gladly pay the extra money for it.
My bet is that the next revision will be a Nehalem Air, but mobile Nehalem looks to be 9-12 months late. Originally scheduled 1Q09, we probably won't see it until 4Q09 or 1Q10, unless Apple have a deal with Intel to get a special early release like they did with the Rev A Air. With 4G RAM, a fix for the screen problems, and one of the zippy new Intel SSDs, that would be one sweet machine.