Are you satisfied with your MacBook Air?

[ayeying]

Turthfully, no I am not.

The biggest thing for me is the battery life and recharge time. Basically, even with plugging the thing in, I can’t get through an entire day of work/school without the battery going empty on me. It takes sooooo long to charge that it has made it impractical for my purposes.

The disk space on my SSD is also very aggravating. 64Gb vs 6x10^10 bytes is a pretty good size difference. Not what was promised.

I’m also a little disappointed with the performance of Parallels. Just trying to read a powerpoint yesterday was quite the challenge – it was taking forever to load the slides.

Just a differing opinion. I’m probably going to return it and get a new 15” MBP. We’ll see.

For the battery, I'd agree the recharge rate is a little slow to be fully useful. Beyond that, I was able to use my MacBook Air continuously and installign stuff within VMWare Fusion from 8 AM to 3 PM and by the end, I had 9% battery left.

The hard drive available space is among both HDD and SSD models. My 500GB external only has 460 GB usable. I don't complain. My 1TB drive only has 940 GB, thats part of life. You can't blame apple for that, if youwanna blame someone, blame the companies who makes these things.

If anything's slow in Parallels, its highly likely you didn't configure XP or Vista properly. I run XP and Ubuntu, both at the same time, with 256MB ram dedicated to both the OS and I am able to play a HD video with no problems.

 

[gr8tfly]

It's perfect, and no problems OTB (does that make it doubly so?).

 

[clayj]

Very very.

Now if I could just get a really nice case for it (Vaja/Booq), I'll be totally happy.

 

[teek]

I can't wait to get mine... Do any of you use it on your lap?? Does it get hot when websurfing with it on your lap???

No it doesn't get hot if you only surf the web. I'm doing some heavy stuff with this thing on my lap and it still isn't very hot.

Best computer I've ever had. And I've had many

 

[arcanic]

Very very.

Now if I could just get a really nice case for it (Vaja/Booq), I'll be totally happy.

Here's the case I got from the Charlotte Apple Store...it's GREAT for the Air. (I got the olive green...black is boring)

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...mac_accessories/notebook_cases&nplm=TL996LL/A

Arc

 

[macanudo]

Here is my post regarding the MBA
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/425946/

Simple answer: YES!

 

[swedefish]

I like it a lot. However, the fans are starting to drive me crazy. When I plug it into my 20" ACD, the fans start up in a matter of minutes even when I am doing err... nothing. I've tried the COPS reset, but I don't know if it worked (is there any way to verify this?).

I am extremely sound sensitive when I work and fans running at 5500-6000 rpm while simply doing word processing or writing emails in mail.app simply isn't acceptable. This better be fixable through future firmware updates because, unlike many of you, I live in a state where there are no Apple Stores, plus I really need it around for a project I am working on. Any ideas as to how the fan issue can be fixed would be more than welcome!

 

[r00]

Unfortunately I'm starting to get annoyed. The fact that the fans run full blast on almost anything besides just surfing the net and that I can't even run iTunes Visualization or play a game that was made in the 90s without it overheating and choking is REALLY ANNOYING. I'm starting to hate the fact that I've spent $1700 on a laptop that can ONLY surf the web at appropriate temperatures.

The more and more I think about it I think I'm just going to sell it and get the BlackBook for $1500 and throw 4GB of RAM in it...

2.4GHz Penryn
2GB RAM
250GB HDD!
DLDVD Burner

... All in the same footprint plus an extra 2lbs for cheaper. It's so hard for me to justify this notebook anymore

 

[mspman]

With a very heavy heart, I returned mine today. I know, it sucks. I was really hoping that this machine would do everything I need it to, but unfortunately, it does not.

The battery recharge time is the killer. I couldn't go an entire day - work/school - without the battery dying. It took soooo long to recharge that it wasn't getting enough charge while sitting at my desk. By the time I went to class at 5, the battery was still at 60% or so.. not enough to get through a 2.5 hour class.

I traded for a Macbook Pro 15". The guy at the Apple store was really nice - didn't charge me a restocking fee.

 

[NC MacGuy]

Very satisfied. My Air makes me happier than any computer I've ever bought except for maybe the 12" PB when it first came out. Even though I have an iMac, MB & MBP the Air has been my only used computer almost a month now. Funny, haven't missed the 2 lbs., ports, HD space or speed one little bit.

Traveling with it is a dream. Coolest (temp.-wise) laptop I've ever owned, hands down!

One thing I did notice though. I have a briefcase w. a standard "up to 15" laptop pocket & caught my sleeping Air slightly opened up and running. Never a problem w. the others since they fit rather snug.

 

[cohibadad]

I haven't used my MBA for a couple days and I'm just amazed at how fast it is. SSD is amazing. Things pop up so fast. Restarts are so fast. Makes me think of the tests that were recently posted showing not much difference. Can't really explain them given my experience. Love the MBA. Don't know how satisfied I'd be if it was my only computer, or my only notebook, but for an ultralight it is a dream IMO.

 

[xparaparafreakx]

I love my macbook air in the MBP 17"/MBA Combo.

Battery life is good but could be better. Charging is a pain but I do not care, my backpack is only 4lbs and I have 4 textbooks in my air with EDGE internet.

 

[BWhaler]

Actually, I was pretty disappointed when the Air was announced, but I needed something light, and needed OS X. So, I bought it, and it's been a joy to carry around NYC. The trackpad is great and the screen is beautiful. Plenty powerful for me.

Funny, this is exactly my situation.

I wanted something for international travel. Saw the Keynote, and the lack of swappable battery was a deal killer for me. Flights aside, I often am in foreign countries with no way to charge my laptop during a day of meetings.

But OS X is my OS of choice, and I wanted a super small laptop for international travel. (I've happily traveled with the 17")

I folded after about 2 weeks of denial, and ordered the 1.8 SSD. I had buyers regret almost instantly. Even friends from Apple said I should cancel the order.

This regret lasted for the first week I owned this. 10 hour battery charges, anemic battery life, reversed backlighting, and slight light leaking from the left side of the laptop, also reminded me about Apple's sliding build quality and why you never, ever buy a first build of an Apple product.

But after using it for a few weeks, I love it. The battery issue seems to have worked itself out, the backlight issue will get solved, etc.

But the portability and overall quality is simply awesome. Apple made the right trade-offs in my opinion.

Yes, I love my MBA.

 

[al82]

I had the MBA and it became faulty. I took it back to the store and they were out of stock. I told the guy i HAD TO have a laptop for the week for university, he said take the new MBP and if you dont like it when the air comes in i will call you and swap it over and refund you the difference.

I am now back with my MBA. I would never use the power of the Pro, i study business and all i need is Word and internet. I can watch movies on it too.

The main thing is the size and weight, perfect for me.

Are there more powerful laptops out there, sure, in fact they are a LOT more powerful but i dont need that. This is perfect for me.