Opinions on new MacBook Air

Throrik · 29 Jul 2013 at 14:51

HarryPainful said:
Now it's in shanghai... o_O

It's having a good trip there lol, mine's currently in Germany. It's been to Shanghai, South Korea, Hong Kong, Dubai and now Germany.

Eagerly anticipating tomorrow - as long as the tracker is correct that's when I will get it.

Ryan-3 · 29 Jul 2013 at 16:59

Mine started with Shanghai, then moved to London, Hinckley, Gateshead then delivered. I checked it at every possible opportunity

Throrik · 30 Jul 2013 at 16:05

It's waiting at home for me argh - the day is going oh so slowly lol. It went from Germany to Manchester within hours.

samuelc · 31 Jul 2013 at 09:02

its really strange. Ever since I got my macbook I've stopped using my rig for administrative tasks/websurfing etc. The MBA is just so convenient for sitting down on the sofa, dining table etc. Really really love the machine. Standby time is awesome too. I have spotify on all the time and i still get at least 9 hours out of it.

Logsi · 31 Jul 2013 at 09:32

That was the start for me before fully switching mac. Just never used my gaming PC anymore when i had a 17" MacBook Pro in 2005/06.

Love my MBA. Thinking of selling my iPad mini now because of how much more useful it is.

Ryan-3 · 31 Jul 2013 at 09:39

I still like the iPad mini as I find it great for reading books/news/using it as a huge iPod.

It doesn't seem to work that well with my MBA though. :confused:

Logsi · 31 Jul 2013 at 10:05

Ryan-3 said:
I still like the iPad mini as I find it great for reading books/news/using it as a huge iPod.

It doesn't seem to work that well with my MBA though.

The iPad is very handy but i just can't really justify having a fully specced MBA and iMac.

Ryan-3 · 31 Jul 2013 at 10:11

Hmm, I will have to get an iMac to find out!

Throrik · 31 Jul 2013 at 12:46

Ryan-3 said:
Hmm, I will have to get an iMac to find out!

This is my justification to grab an iMac when they refresh them. "Just to find out"...

ince · 31 Jul 2013 at 13:37

I would wait for the retina one now

Ryan-3 · 31 Jul 2013 at 15:34

Might be tempted by a good Mac mini refresh!

samuelc · 1 Aug 2013 at 23:59

Just wanted to say - I run windows 8 on my main rig and I just bought another copy for my Mac. Seriously, having the OSX and having Windows 8 on the side is just supreme. I'm not an Apple Fan boy but the MBA is seriously the best Laptop i have ever owned. And I have had the luxury and I have been lucky enough to have many laptops.

Throrik · 2 Aug 2013 at 00:01

After three days of owning this - I can't believe how good it is. Gestures and so damned good I can't believe that I have lived without them - it's so fluid. Productivity has never been better, especially since organising my workspaces. Can't believe how much apple wanted for a TB->HDMI/DVI adapter though, ordered a cheap one off eBay and hoping that it works.

JHeaton · 2 Aug 2013 at 10:35

Took the plunge. Can't wait now.

Rilot · 2 Aug 2013 at 22:49

Throrik said:
Gestures and so damned good I can't believe that I have lived without them - it's so fluid.

Get Better Touch Tool and set your gestures free. You can customise them to do absolutely anything you want.

Pug · 3 Aug 2013 at 21:25

Is the 11" cramped?

Bearing in mind I have a desktop and an iPad I'm unsure if I should go 11 or 13?

It's for casual use, but I can't help but feel the 11 won't be much different to my iPad (but would value the aller size)

HarryPainful · 3 Aug 2013 at 23:21

Mine arrived a couple of days ago, great piece of kit.

Only 1 slight issue with it, the screen is not of the quality I expected, there is a slight clouding at the bottom, like a filter is being applied, more so in the corners.

1 or 2mm at most, but noticeable.

Anyone else have this?

Ryan-3 · 3 Aug 2013 at 23:33

Nothing dodgy on the screen, but my charger (pretty dodgy electrics) made a spark from the plug as I put it on charge, and its screen was off as it did it. Then it wouldn't wake. Gave it a minute, then powered back on. Must have been protecting itself from my dodgy electrics.

Cheetah Designs · 4 Aug 2013 at 14:07

Considering one of these and wanted to get the i7 8GB but I have heard bad things about the battery life for this model...is it just the odd unit or should I stick to the i5?

J1nxy · 4 Aug 2013 at 14:26

Cheetah Designs said:
Considering one of these and wanted to get the i7 8GB but I have heard bad things about the battery life for this model...is it just the odd unit or should I stick to the i5?

I've got the i7 8GB 512 SSD one and the battery is very very good. It'll happily run for hours on battery.