Opinions on new MacBook Air

12 hour battery life and near 800MB/s read write on the SSD.

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GodAtum said:
The MBP is a lot bigger and heavier so how can you compare?
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Don't exaggerate ;). I've highlighted the larger values..

MBP height 1.9cm vs MBA height 1.7 (at thickest point)
MBP width 31.4cm vs MBA width 32.5cm
MBP depth 21.9cm vs MBA depth 22.7cm
MBP weight 1.62kg vs MBA weight 1.35kg

So, the MBP is 0.2cm thicker where it matters, and 0.27kg heavier.

Consider the lack of features on a MBA, and the price difference of £50 between the two basic 13" models, and you're really only paying for faster storage and a longer battery.

When the MBPs are updated in the near future this will probably become moot as they'll have the same storage and better battery life.
 
I don't think Laptops need touch screens. Keep them to phone/tablets and those weird hybrid 'convertible' things they keep releasing.

But the SSD benchmark does look very nice indeed :)
 
EVH said:
Don't exaggerate ;). I've highlighted the larger values..

MBP height 1.9cm vs MBA height 1.7 (at thickest point)
MBP width 31.4cm vs MBA width 32.5cm
MBP depth 21.9cm vs MBA depth 22.7cm
MBP weight 1.62kg vs MBA weight 1.35kg
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Which MBP are you talking about. the non-retina is:

Height: 2.41 cm (0.95 inches)
Width: 32.5 cm (12.78 inches)
Depth: 22.7 cm (8.94 inches)
Weight: 2.06 kg (4.5 pounds)

I was comparing the MBA with the MBP non-retina. You cannot even compare with the retina as it is a lot more expensive.
 
I returned my newly purchased iMac today in favour of the high end 13" Air. It's very impressive, I've been using it since about 2pm doing pretty heavy stuff. Installing lots of apps, transferring files from my external HDD etc and I'm still on 40% battery.

The SSD is super quick too, everything is almost iPad instant. Also temps are fine, roughly the same as my old 2012 Air.
 
Caris88 said:
I returned my newly purchased iMac today in favour of the high end 13" Air. It's very impressive, I've been using it since about 2pm doing pretty heavy stuff. Installing lots of apps, transferring files from my external HDD etc and I'm still on 40% battery.

The SSD is super quick too, everything is almost iPad instant. Also temps are fine, roughly the same as my old 2012 Air.
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Worth the change from the 2012?
 
Caris88 said:
I returned my newly purchased iMac today in favour of the high end 13" Air. It's very impressive, I've been using it since about 2pm doing pretty heavy stuff. Installing lots of apps, transferring files from my external HDD etc and I'm still on 40% battery.

The SSD is super quick too, everything is almost iPad instant. Also temps are fine, roughly the same as my old 2012 Air.
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interesting. So the Air copes with the new hot haswell chip?
 
Had a 2012 11" Air and loved it. Switched to a 15" rMBP and although I love it I'd love better portability, so I'm gonna order a 13" Air in the next few days :)

Looking forward to the battery boost!!
 
Remember that the new Air does not have an SSD. It uses PCIE based flash storage now. The SATA interface is gone :)
 
uvarvu said:
Remember that the new Air does not have an SSD. It uses PCIE based flash storage now. The SATA interface is gone :)
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More impressive, the new flash storage breezed through our file copy test, duplicating 4.9GB worth of multimedia files in just 21 seconds. That equals a transfer rate of 242.4 MBps, compared with 159 Mbps for the last Air. The new also Air beats the Samsung ATIV Book 9 (154 MBps) and Kirabook (221 MBps). However, the Acer Aspire S7's dual SSDs (318 MBps) and the VAIO Pro 13's own PCIe flash memory (392 MBps) trump this Air.
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