Say Hello To My Little Friend....
- Thread starter Rameses
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I like it....
Looks really nice mate.
Not sure what the posts above me mean though.
Oh don't worry about them, they are just jealous of my Steve Jobs doll.
Cheers!
I've had 'Maureen' for several months now! I acquired her from a shop called Peacocks, after a Valentine Day window campaign. I kindly went in and asked the girls and one went into the back to find her rolled up for the trash and kindly gave her to me!
lol.
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Performance side, I'm really impressed and thats coming from having an MBP prior. The help of the SSD is quite obvious, programs appear instantly with the icons never bouncing....
Strange as it might seem, flash heavy websites etc seem to load a lot better. Youtube has a slight more 'instant' playback? (Dunno if this is in my head, but I'm sure there is...).
HD playback, be that iTunes version or .mkv is brilliant as this was a concern of mine to begin with.
I downloaded FlatOut 2 Demo (Awesome game) and it played that at decent setting excellently.
The weight is less than I remember it when the first one came out. The build is very sturdy.
Two things that have quickly become obvious giving the purpose of the ultra light thin MacBook and that is peripherals. Not that I had many to begin with. Connecting my main source of storage (Drobo) obviously left me with no option for my favourite mouse, and as well as connecting my iPhone.
DroboShare is a must now, if I want to be able to move this laptop around the house or chill in bed then I'll need to invest in one. Also to that I'll need a powered USB hub for things like the iPhone/Mouse + USB Key.
Once these are sorted it'll be the pride & joy of my mac ownership (and that is or has been vast: Mac Pro, iMac's, Mac Mini, MB, MBP & know MBA!!!)
The trackpad is not as smooth as the glass, but a lot smoother than others I've come across. It is a button along with bottom of the trackpad, right click - left click. I actually prefer the button instead of pushing down on the glasspad on the MBP, it just makes it feel more precise?
It is nice and big, and also includes the finger gesture etc, which I've used more on this than I did on the MBP. I'm going to see if I can set and custom ones soon.
Screen is as bright and as crisp as the MBP, I don't know the specs between the two panels but I'd say the same? LED of course.
Screen res. isnt as obvious as you might think. Perhaps the widescreen nature of the res makes up for that. Webpage viewing etc is 'normal' to me as was on the MBP. Maybe you scroll down a little more but thats about it.
I wonder if a skin is a worth while investment for it? Certainly a decent case is needed as it's going to be taken to work with me on occasions to have a blast in dinner hour etc. Especially now I can tether along with my beauty! (iPhone)
I have yet to purchase it, but yea good little game. Have a look on fleebay for it, as I will.
Just finished my second campaign on Red Alert 3 on the MBA, whoever said you can't play games on this machine is mistaken.
Great little system it t'is!