Walter Davis wrote in post #977401: > On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:22 AM, David Kahn wrote: > >> kept inclining to see the screen :) But for me unless I have a >> change of heart, I plan on getting the 13" MBA. > > The big difference for me is in TextMate, in a project with lots and > lots of files in it (like a Rails app with the gems unpacked). When > switching back and forth between Terminal and TextMate, there's almost > no pause to re-index all the files. I have the new MacBook and an 8- > core Mac Pro with a standard spinning disk, and the extra cores are > only really pushing me ahead when I'm doing something unrelated to > Rails, like Photoshop. The SSD is so amazingly faster at switching > contexts, which is what it seems I do all day long, that I find myself > sneaking off to the MacBook away from my giant two-screen Mac Pro.
That's very interesting to know. I have a 3-year-old MacBook Pro which I love, but it's probably time to get a new laptop soon. I wonder if an Air would be suitable. Maybe not, though; I plan to use it for audio and live looping at least as much as software development (I do both music and programming professionally...yes, I'm busy). I wonder if the Air can keep up with the real-time sound processing... > > Walter Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
