Re: MacBook Air vs MacBook pro

[Eugene]

Optical drive is going the way of the dinosaur. Like the floppy it appears Apple is killing it off early but like the floppy it will die. Battery life is still better on the MBP Flash storage doesn't have as long a life in terms of write cycles compared to HDs. No firewire (can't use target mode - techies hate this) 11" has no SD.  Lower resolution No backlighting on keyboard (not a real problem) Half (11") to almost half (13") the weight of MBP 2Gb ram not 4 Gb Having said that I still think I would prefer the 11" over the other 2, it is way cool!!                       Regards,                       Eugene                    On 08/11/2010, at 6:11 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: They are even better than they look. Very fast, very sleek. They don't feel underpowered or delicate. 128/256GB disk options make it useful for a lot of different scenarios. Sharing a DVD player from another Mac was very easy for software install. But it didn't work when trying to play back a DVD. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: On 8 November 2010 17:53, Rod Blitvich <rb...@iinet.net.au> wrote: Hi WAMUGers two different  (Windoze) people asked me today about buying a macbook air. I've done a bit of homework, see below. Please do you have anything to add to either list or an overall opinion? ta Blitto AIR Plusses Flash storage - instant on!! Amazing! Flash storage - no moving parts! Less things can go wrong. Small and light Large multi-touch trackpad up to 5 hr battery External, plug in via USB  CD/DVD drive only costs an extra $99 Very sexy!! AIR Minuses No CD Drive No DVD Drive Less storage - 64, 128 (extra $200) or 256 GB (extra $700) - this might be an issue if you are into movie making or storing thousands of digital photos at high res MacBook Pro come3s standard with 250 GB storage and options up to 512 GB storage for an extra $189 Might need an extra 2GB of RAM if you are into photo & movie editing (extra $135) No firewire port (if you have a firewire movie camera or external firewire hard drive) Doesn't have ethernet port (BUT does have wireless N) Rod Blitvich  - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   0409 681 256    rb...@iinet.net.au   http://web.me.com/blitto I haven't lost my mind......  .......it's backed up on disk somewhere! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>