Hi Matthew, This has been my experience as well. I'm not running a virtual machine so can't speak to that, but I have found the MBA to be extremely responsive. I would agree with Neil, I find my MBA to be more responsive than my 2009 MBP was. Best, Donna On Dec 1, 2011, at 4:39 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote:
> Matthew, > > I have the 11in Air, upgraded to the i7 and a colleague the 13in also > upgraded. > > we both run virtual machines without issue on the Air. > > The Air is highly responsive with VO and there is no lag at all with > applications etc. > > I think you'll be very surprised... often I hear far to much talk of, I need > a full machine, or one with a little juice... nonsense for the majority of > users, and even then, what do they really mean, more power, an Air with even > the i5 processor and 4Gb of RAM is more than enough to out perform many of > the equivalent MacBook Pro's owing to the SSD. > > > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - [email protected] > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 24 Nov 2011, at 14:46, Matthew Campbell wrote: > > Hi all. > I've got a few questions for those of you who are using the 2011 MacBook air. > 1. How's the speed? Is VO responsive? Do applications run quickly? > 2. How well do virtual machines run on it? > I'd like to purchase a MacBook air with the core I7 upgrade but am wondering > how the MacBook air as a whole is performing for those of you who have one. > Thanks to all who can answer my questions. > Matthew Campbell. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
