sp3ctre said:
Oi! It's for when I pretend to be working from home, it saves me from firing my work laptop up, but it is a pain.
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Oi! It's for when I pretend to be working from home, it saves me from firing my work laptop up, but it is a pain.
Funny that, today Apple has Updated the Retina MacBook Pro with New Processors, Drops Pricing on 13-Inch Models and released a High-End MacBook Air 
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/02/13/apple-updates-retina-macbook-pro-with-lower-pricing-drops-pricing-on-high-end-macbook-air/
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/02/13/apple-updates-retina-macbook-pro-with-lower-pricing-drops-pricing-on-high-end-macbook-air/
Sorry ye, its a few £ cheaper.
The New MBP retina is much more in line price wise, where it should have been but its still running that old cr*p intel graphics chip.
The new ones are rumoured to run the new quad core haswell chip on the 13" and the new GT3 graphics chip which will be much better.
The New MBP retina is much more in line price wise, where it should have been but its still running that old cr*p intel graphics chip.
The new ones are rumoured to run the new quad core haswell chip on the 13" and the new GT3 graphics chip which will be much better.
Maniac said:
Yes, looks like they've knocked £75 off the MBA.
Have had my 13" MBA for 6 monts or so, I do love it for what I do, but I haven't completely got the hang of it, took me a few hours to figure out where the actual programme files are 
.....but it may just be me
and whilst am at it, I think I actually prefer windows 7 as an operating system, but I know my way around that.
.....but it may just be me
and whilst am at it, I think I actually prefer windows 7 as an operating system, but I know my way around that.
tomscott said:Cancel it and reorder or give them a ring see if they will discount. Worth a try
On the phone to Apple as we speak Tom!
Got the £75 knocked off my order. 
8MB of RAM.... I think you might need more 
We have a few MBAs in work that we use when going up and down to London. Oldest is the first gen so several years old now and the newest is the latest version. The oldest one has just dies but it met with an untimely end (dropped on a hard floor). It still works but the case bent and Apple regard it as "vintage" so no longer carry spares.
They are more hardy than they feel/look and we've never had any speed issues with them although they do get used for lots of graphics work which can slow some of our older iMacs.
In terms of the MacBooks with the retina display. One of our developers has one and says he never uses it in that resolution as it absolutely drains the battery.
We have a few MBAs in work that we use when going up and down to London. Oldest is the first gen so several years old now and the newest is the latest version. The oldest one has just dies but it met with an untimely end (dropped on a hard floor). It still works but the case bent and Apple regard it as "vintage" so no longer carry spares.
They are more hardy than they feel/look and we've never had any speed issues with them although they do get used for lots of graphics work which can slow some of our older iMacs.
In terms of the MacBooks with the retina display. One of our developers has one and says he never uses it in that resolution as it absolutely drains the battery.
Had a macbook, it's too old now so I got a new MBA. Love it. spend more time on it than on my Imac. The "No disc drive" is a bit of a pain but that was solved easily with a remote apple drive. I think it was $80 or so.
I also got an adapter to hardwire ethernet through the USB connection. I was in a camp and the Wi-Fi didn't reach the rooms so that fixed it.
Also picked up a thunderbolt remote hard drive for storage and backups.
I also got an adapter to hardwire ethernet through the USB connection. I was in a camp and the Wi-Fi didn't reach the rooms so that fixed it.
Also picked up a thunderbolt remote hard drive for storage and backups.
You can't put more than 8Mb RAM in a MBA Mowflow unfortunately.
I've just bought a 2TB remote hard drive for backups and storage and also got the ethernet adaptor as well mcbeee
I've just bought a 2TB remote hard drive for backups and storage and also got the ethernet adaptor as well mcbeee
tomscott said:Might struggle with 8mb OG
You mean 8gbs
Haha! Good spot Tom!
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DrNick said:
Doubt it. Ram is working memory and drives are storage. RAM is much much faster than hard drives, and I assume also much faster than solid state?
DrNick said:
It's a bit less significant, yes, but whereas if you ran out of RAM and the system started to use the Hard Disk your system would almost grind to a halt and run at 10% speed, with an SSD your speed would just drop to 50%... much better than with a traditional disk but still well worth making sure you have enough RAM.
tomscott said:
Haswell or 4th generation core is a little way off yet. The graphics in Ivy Bridge or 3rd gen core are actually pretty good. Think about why Apple decided to run with them over using a discrete card. (A clue, they outperform mid range cards)