Hi Erik, all MacBook Airs have dual core processors. You cannot get a MacBook Air with a quad core processor.
Best, Grant On Oct 6, 2015, at 12:47 PM, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: Anders, I think the 1.6 ghz processer is a quadcore which makes it more expensive and also as it's a laptop processer with four cores, it will have more l2 cash and be engineered to run a little cooler than the desktop processer in the mini. The 2.7 ghz processer in the mini is a duel core from what I remember. As it has half the cores, it may run faster, but will carry less load and probably have less cache. I suspect that given 8 gb of ram and solid state hard drives, you would have to take the processers out and do benchmark tests to notice the differences, but lets just say you should be very happy with your 2.7 ghz duel core, 8 gb ram, and 500 gb ssd for audio production. Another thing that bulds out the price of the mba is that it now comes with retina display. OK, the mba does not have an ethernet port, firewire adapter, and some other things which you would have to by thunderbolt connecters for if you want to expand them. Mac mini does come with ethernet and HDMI which are the two you probably want most, but it doesn't come with a monitor or a keyboard. THird parties do make some most excellent keyboards for less than half the price of the apple bluetooth keyboard, and a monitor? pooie! Hook up to a tv or something if you are desperate. Unless you have a need for a mobile workstation to do field recordingm the mini seems like the best bet for what you want to do. Besides, you can always pick up good field recording gear later if you want it. Best, Erik Erik Burggraaf > On Oct 6, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! > Am about to spend money on a new Mac. > I have been comparing macs on app store. > First i really wanted a macbook Air but the i wanted my 11 inch with 8 gb ram > and 512 flash disk. > And that will cost me more than i can afford. > I don’t know the differences in the processor types. > I mean is 2.7 much faster than 1.6 ghz. > Ofcourse i could reduce the flash drive to 256 gigabyte but it feels very > very small. > My mac mini has a harddisk capacity thats 500 gb. > I will also use my mac for some hobby music production and i don’t know if > 8gb of ram is enough for that. > I actually did a comparision with a mac mini 2.7 GzH with a ram amount of 16 > gb and a fusion drive of 1 tb. > Thats much cheaper than the mac book air i put to gether on the app store > app. > Maybe thats the way to go. > But if some has some ideas i’d be more than happy to hear from you. > Thanks. > /A > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
