The guy in the store is misinformed. They cannot replace the memory since it's soldered on the motherboard. The can give you a box that already contains a non-basemodel MBA with 4GB though.
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Big thumbs up for 11.6" MBA!
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I just saw them both, in the 5th Ave. store. The big one's yummy, and the smaller one's yummier.
They had them on separate tables, so you can't compare the screens side by side.
The vent is now hidden as a very thin slot along the length of the black plastic antennae cover. And as we learned from a recent patent filing, they now figure in any bit of venting they get through each socket or slot.
I'm in love!
I just saw them both, in the 5th Ave. store. The big one's yummy, and the smaller one's yummier.
They had them on separate tables, so you can't compare the screens side by side.
The vent is now hidden as a very thin slot along the length of the black plastic antennae cover. And as we learned from a recent patent filing, they now figure in any bit of venting they get through each socket or slot.
I'm in love!
Take it from someone who has owned a bunch of netbooks since they cam out in 2007.........this is DEFINITELY not a netbook.
Like I said before, I was absolutely amazed. I was playing with the 1.4ghz and 2 gb ram model and it was peppy as hell! I would get the 1.6ghz and bump up the ram to 4gb. I restarted it in the store and the boot-up time was sinful!!!!!
I want one!!!!!
I have a Dell mini already but after having to restore it 4 times and it isnt a year old yet it just collects dust now. I also stopped usingit because Windows is just to slow for me. I was also on the internet with it, I do not typically Dl anything, and all of a sudden I had a virus?!?! I trust Apple as I have never once in the 3 years of having my MB had those issues with it. I was just in the market for something like my Dell but better and lighter and this one seems so perfect right now and I cannot wait to touch one and see it!! It is exciting.
I was wondering whether the new macbook air 11.6 with 4 gb of ram and 1.6 gh could run ff14 in bootcamp. Don't really mind the settings as long as it has a decent framerate!
You will be impressed. It seems as if the 11.6" MBA has taken people by storm as it is very popular. That's the feedback I received from the guy in the local Apple store this evening!
I am so excited to see one in person but I will have to wait for the store near me to get one. It does seem the 11 is very popular and everyone seems to be giving good reviews about it on here.
May be you are confusing the TZ with the TT? It's recognized that the TT has an 8 bit panel. It is one of the only few Sony's to do so, google it.
Here this person claims that it has an 8 bit IPS panel. Or an 8 bit IPS demonstrate, although i'm not quite sure what that means. It is though not 6 bit.
http://forums.techarena.in/portable-devices/1365491.htm#post5070799
In fact i've googled it.
http://www.sony-asia.com/productcategory/it-pc-series-tt
Here this person claims that it has an 8 bit IPS panel. Or an 8 bit IPS demonstrate, although i'm not quite sure what that means. It is though not 6 bit.
http://forums.techarena.in/portable-devices/1365491.htm#post5070799
In fact i've googled it.
http://www.sony-asia.com/productcategory/it-pc-series-tt
Not even a minimal install.....
$200 upgrade for twice the memory is not worth it. I don't think it would be a good idea to install Windows on a stock 11.6"
I beg to differ. It runs like a dream.
If only Sony would have been able to make a machine like this!
In the UK we don't have the latter two, but all high def vids on Youtube are without a stutter.
A related note to the above answer, but I went into the Apple store to test out the ability of the 11" (lowest config) to handle what I normally use a laptop for.
Managed to blast through my 1080P video, full post-processing running in VLC, with only a stutter when I decided to open every application on the MBA at the same time.
Was throughly impressed as my MBP07 struggles with the video by itself! And after finishing playback the base was barely warm!
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If it blaze through a 1080p video EVEN when connected to a 1080p external display, I'm sold. I'll order one straight away as soon as someone confirms this is doable with 1.4Ghz, 4GB RAM.
If it blaze through a 1080p video EVEN when connected to a 1080p external display, I'm sold. I'll order one straight away as soon as someone confirms this is doable with 1.4Ghz, 4GB RAM.
Honestly I was INCREDIBLY suprised that it could! For note the videos I used were music videos which are ripped from GOMtv in Korea - we're talking 400mb for a 4 minute short.
Tomorrow I might go in and try to run a 1080p copy of avatar I have lying around and see if they'll let me stress test it on a ACD. I'm really quite sold on these bad boys.
Actually bought the 11.6 inch 128 GB version this afternoon - have to say that it's an amazing little machine. They keyboard is nice, screen nice and bright, quick to transfer from my Time Machine from my old MBP. It's amazingly light too - remarkable in fact. Also watched the MacBook Air video on Apple's website and although it took 20 seconds to start once it got going there were no problems - I was surprised at how loud and clear the speakers are.
Overall, very impressed and happy. BUT, the lack of backlit keyboard is a majorly stupid thing to leave out with a notebook this expensive, and this good otherwise. That is very silly and takes away from what is a delicious user experience. Nine out of ten.
Overall, very impressed and happy. BUT, the lack of backlit keyboard is a majorly stupid thing to leave out with a notebook this expensive, and this good otherwise. That is very silly and takes away from what is a delicious user experience. Nine out of ten.
Happy and sad
I am so happy that Steve didn't really mean it when he said Apple couldn't make a netbook, he went one better he made a small light Mac.
I had tried and failed to get MacOSX to run on an AcerAspireOne - it worked initially but then I failed to get any backup or support so reverted to Linux Ubuntu 9.04. I couldn't understand the gripes about an 11" machine it was perfectly usable and on flights was so easy to use. (apart from poor battery performance and heavy power brick).
Actually the MBA 11" is closer to being 12" the one that Apple dropped a while ago, if you put the 11" on top of the 13" there's really little difference apart from the weight and it still has a great keyboard. Incidentally can anyone tell me the difference between the British keyboard (UK) and the International English keyboard that is offered here in Portugal?
Why am I sad? I'm sad because Steve didn't bring the 11" out in September in time for me to take on my trip to Japan. I bought an iPad instead. It's great for showing photographs on the run from my SD chips but I find typing a hassle when I need to put the cursor somewhere to correct a word or insert something.
Anyhow, the 11" is here at last and I am sure I'll get one after xmas as my old 15" G4 is getting long in the tooth and can't run some later software. ANyway the new MBA is so delicious who can resist it.
I am so happy that Steve didn't really mean it when he said Apple couldn't make a netbook, he went one better he made a small light Mac.
I had tried and failed to get MacOSX to run on an AcerAspireOne - it worked initially but then I failed to get any backup or support so reverted to Linux Ubuntu 9.04. I couldn't understand the gripes about an 11" machine it was perfectly usable and on flights was so easy to use. (apart from poor battery performance and heavy power brick).
Actually the MBA 11" is closer to being 12" the one that Apple dropped a while ago, if you put the 11" on top of the 13" there's really little difference apart from the weight and it still has a great keyboard. Incidentally can anyone tell me the difference between the British keyboard (UK) and the International English keyboard that is offered here in Portugal?
Why am I sad? I'm sad because Steve didn't bring the 11" out in September in time for me to take on my trip to Japan. I bought an iPad instead. It's great for showing photographs on the run from my SD chips but I find typing a hassle when I need to put the cursor somewhere to correct a word or insert something.
Anyhow, the 11" is here at last and I am sure I'll get one after xmas as my old 15" G4 is getting long in the tooth and can't run some later software. ANyway the new MBA is so delicious who can resist it.
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That would be greatly appreciated. I look forward to your findings. I'm not jding expectations for this, but who knows? The little beast had already amazed me with its ability to decode 1080p in the first place. Surprise me again, Apple! I have some good money for you if you pass this final test.
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That would be greatly appreciated. I look forward to your findings. I'm not jding expectations for this, but who knows? The little beast had already amazed me with its ability to decode 1080p in the first place. Surprise me again, Apple! I have some good money for you if you pass this final test.
Yeah, but if the guy in the store told him they could upgrade the MBA to 4GB in the store, it's more likely they ordered a MBA with 4GB than that they'll actually open up a brand new 2GB MBA with non-replaceable memory
I have to disagree on the fonts to be honest.
However, you may want to check out your battery life when running Windows because that will suffer greatly compared to running Mac OS X.