MacBook Air vs. MacBook pro 13"

[MooneyFlyer]

Why isn't anyone taking into consideration that:
With an MBA you *have* to tow the charger along as 4 hour battery doesn't cut it. That's an extra ~1.75 lbs.

With a 13" MBP it holds 6 maybe 7 hours easy of battery, so you can leave the charger behind. So that's like ~.5 lb less than MBA/charger.

The MBA charger is ~1.75 lbs??

For travel your logic doesn't work (for me anyway). I bought a MB 13 Alu when it first came out. It's a great machine. But, it's nearly 1.5-2x the weight of my previous Lenovo. And yes, it definitely does make a noticeable difference.

I too am waiting for the next rev of the MBA. I'd like to get more memory for VMs and a slightly larger SSD. For me though, it's all about the carry weight at the end of the day...

 

[ayeying]

How many use the Air as their main or only computer?

I do, and to the fullest too. I run a Parallels VM in the background along with BOINC for SETI@Home and some other projects. System runs great, if I need power, I can suspend BOINC or the VM, otherwise they run continuously.

Why isn't anyone taking into consideration that:
With an MBA you *have* to tow the charger along as 4 hour battery doesn't cut it. That's an extra ~1.75 lbs.

With a 13" MBP it holds 6 maybe 7 hours easy of battery, so you can leave the charger behind. So that's like ~.5 lb less than MBA/charger.

The charger is like 0.25 lbs at best, not near 2 lbs.

 

[NikFinn]

I do, and to the fullest too. I run a Parallels VM in the background along with BOINC for SETI@Home and some other projects. System runs great, if I need power, I can suspend BOINC or the VM, otherwise they run continuously.



The charger is like 0.25 lbs at best, not near 2 lbs.

I use an Air for my main computer too. So far I've had it for a whole day now, but I don't see it not meeting my expectations especially since it's the SSD model. I'm also quite sure the charger is not 2lbs...

 

[entatlrg]

Originally Posted by bmstrong View Post
How many use the Air as their main or only computer?

There was a whole thread (and/or poll) on that a while ago.

I searched back to the beginning of the year and couldn't find a thread or poll on "Is your MacBook Air your main or only computer?"

So I started a Poll and Thread, take a look and vote!

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/802061/

 

[stoconnell]

Originally Posted by bmstrong View Post
How many use the Air as their main or only computer?

I searched back to the beginning of the year and couldn't find a thread or poll on "Is your MacBook Air your main or only computer?"

So I started a Poll and Thread, take a look and vote!

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/802061/

This is the thread entitled "Anyone Use MBA as a Primary Computer?" that I was thinking of. I knew that I had posted in it.

 

[justit]

The charger is like 0.25 lbs at best, not near 2 lbs.

Yes the MBA charger that came with it weighs less, but I was using the larger charger as I found it charged the MBA faster, which is another gripe I had, very slow charging.

 

[LeeTom]

Yes the MBA charger that came with it weighs less, but I was using the larger charger as I found it charged the MBA faster, which is another gripe I had, very slow charging.

This is false. They charge at the same rate - that's not the way electricity works.

 

[justit]

This is false. They charge at the same rate - that's not the way electricity works.

You might be right, I should have supplied the difference in charge times. But that MBA is long gone.