dimanche 17 juillet 2011

Free Pink MacBook Air Review

I have just got a brand new MacBook Air to replace my eight month old 15-inch MacBook Pro. I thought my Pro was good, but my new machine is so much better I have written a quick review.
The first thing you may have noticed that my new MacBook is Pink! This isn't a standard color, or even a color Apple offer on their website or in their stores. It is a bespoke paint job created from a standard machine.
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The first thing to strike you about the new MacBook Air is its looks. Its new super-slim profile and ultra modern design makes my MacBook Pro a little old fashioned, despite it being under a year old. It is only a fraction over half-an-inch at its thickest point is so thin you struggle to believe Apple have managed to cram everything in there. In fact, it is almost as thin as an iPad 2!

MacBook Air Performance

A few hours use is all it took to win me over for good. I was never a fan of the original MacBook Air. Although it looked good, its poor performance in comparison with the cheaper MacBook Pro, coupled with the common overheating problems made theMacBook Air versus MacBook Pro debate always fall to the latter.
So it wasn't just the stunning pink exterior that did it for me, it without doubt has the performance to match. I had an image in my head as to what to expect performance wise and, to be honest, it blew me away. This newMacBook Air is much, much faster than what I expected from reading the specification.
Apple have kept away from using the new Core i3, i5 and i7 range of Intel processors and stuck with the Intel Core 2 Duo. You would think the more efficient nature of the newer architecture would help to keep heat generation and power use to a minimum, but I suppose Apple needed to keep something back to offer in the next generation of machines.
Despite being bereft of the latest generation hardware, this machine never feels underpowered, something which the original Air often did (the mark one machine actually ran with its processor under clocked to keep the heat issues at bay). The surprising thing is that my existing Core 2 Duo powered Pro running at the same 1.86 GHz model feels a fair bit slower, even with the same chip and same 2GB of memory.
Here in Canada the 2GB of RAM is standard issue for both the 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch versions of the free Pink MacBook Air, although an upgrade to 4GB is possible when ordering. I cannot confirm if a user upgrade can be carried out after purchase. I know that the first generation Air had its RAM soldered onto the motherboard, thus preventing such an operation from being carried out. I was initially worried about only having 2GB of RAM, but following a few days use there was no problem. Those wishing to carry out graphics or processor intensive work may want to purchase the upgrade though.
Now we get to what I think is the real reason for the spectacular performance, the integrated SSD (or solid state drive). Again, this is standard issue for all MacBook Air's, although the capacities vary from 64GB through 128GB to 256MB. Mine is 256GB which, although small when compared with conventional hard drives, is plenty big enough for my requirements. Additional space is always available through the use of external hard drives such as Apple's Time Capsule range.
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No moving parts means that with an SSD on board the pink MacBook Air boots from totally off to desktop in only fifteen seconds (my MacBook Pro took well over a minute). Shutdown takes less than three seconds and is so quick that I hardly use the sleep mode anymore, there is just no need. In use the Air is a joy to use, with everything seeming to load in an instant and for the average user I feel that the processor and memory upgrades offered by Apple aren't really necessary.
The performance advantage offered by the new Air just shows that a potential purchaser shouldn't make a decision straight off the specification page.
Thanks for looking at my review. I hope it helps with the purch

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