Hi all. I assume if I want to upgrade my MacBook Air, I have to send it back to Apple?
Thanks, Scott On 7/16/13, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: > That's my thinking too. I'll upgrade from the baseline processor to a > mid-level, then get 8GB ram and a 256 SSD (ccan't really afford a 512 ssd) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ricardo Walker" <[email protected]> > To: "Macvisionaries" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:58 PM > Subject: Re: MacBook Air upgrade options > > > Hi, > > For the majority of folks, The difference between the midlevel and high end > > processor won’t be noticed much. I would much rather spend my money on RAM > > and an SSD. The performance upgrade is noticeable, and immediate. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Jul 15, 2013, at 10:50 AM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Windows does a lot of disk read/write and folks I know who went with an >> SSD seem to have things start up much faster. I generally try to overbuy >> on the parts I can't upgrade as I keep my machines for a long time to >> justify the cost (7 years or more). Today's high end is tomorrow's minimum >> >> bar. >> >> CB >> >> On 7/14/13 7:08 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >>> I currently have an iMac with quad core I5 processor, 8gb ram, and >>> 7200rpm HD. Running fusion5/win7 with Jaws I find it totally responsive, >>> >>> no lag at all. I guess that's why I'm so happy with windows in a virtual >>> >>> machine. And, I'm using the default fusion5 settings of 1 core and 2gb >>> ram assigned to the VM. >>> >>> I'll most likely trick out the Air with 8GB and 256GB ssd. It's the >>> processor I'm wondering about. My experience with hardware upgrades, >>> especially processors, is that moving up one or two grades is worth the >>> money, but moving up to the utmost upgrade generally doesn't return much >>> >>> for the money involved. So, I'll probably bump up the processor a bit >>> from the base-line I5 1.3 GHZ. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Hogue" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 1:45 PM >>> Subject: Re: MacBook Air upgrade options >>> >>> >>>> Hi Phil, >>>> >>>> I have only ever worked with a MacBook Pro running 4gb of ram and with >>>> a 320 hard drive (not an SSD). From my experience, the virtual >>>> machine setup with usable for tiems when you only want to run Windows >>>> for a few minutes, in somewhat limited situations. What I have found, >>>> however, is that after setting up Boot Camp on my computer, I see no >>>> difference in performance whatsoever. I have been running my system >>>> under Windows exclusively over the past week or so for school-related >>>> things that I need Microsoft Word for, and it is though I were running >>>> on a PC. I always found Fusion with Windows and JAWS, or any other >>>> screen-reader, to be very sluggish, especially if I had other programs >>>> running in the background, no matter how much I increased available >>>> memory to the VM through Fusion settings. >>>> >>>> Now, this is only my opinion and thoughts, of course. It very well >>>> may be that for most people this set up works perfectly fine. Indeed, >>>> I made it work for me for around a year or so. However, for >>>> day-to-day reliable performance, I found I needed Windows under Boot >>>> Camp, and again, thank you to all on this list who helped me to >>>> achieve that. Your patience was and is very kind and appreciated. >>>> >>>> I considered upgrading my RAM, etc. and certainly increased RAM may >>>> help, but I'm not certain how much. I know that VoiceOver likes to >>>> say "Busy, busy, busy" in programs sometimes, and I remember that I >>>> have had the same issues with that as someone who had 2 gb of ram. >>>> But ram is always supposed to be the biggest factor in immediate >>>> increased performance. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> >>>> On 7/14/13, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I want to be able to run fusion/win7 on a macbook air with as little >>>>> degradation of performance as possible. What would you think would be >>>>> the >>>>> minimum upgrades necessary to a Macbook Air 13 inch? I assume 8GB >>>>> memory, >>>>> 256 SSD, and a processor upgrade of some kind - what would the list >>>>> recommend for processor? >>>>> >>>>> Also, what advantages do the Macbook Pro have over the Air? is it >>>>> worth >>>>> considering a Pro over an Air model? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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