hi Dona, just a thought, what about keeping the mbp as main computer, and get an ipad for your travel use?
On 15/08/2011, Donna Goodin <goodi...@msu.edu> wrote: > Hi Ricardo, > > thanks for responding. What you said was pretty much what I expected, but > good to have it confirmed. As for high-resource tasks,I am hoping to do a > lot more with garage-band once I get a keyboard. But another option would > be for me to keep my MBP as my main computer, and just use the Air for > travel, teaching, and other situations where I need portability, which > speaks to your suggestion of just getting the standard 11 inch. > Cheers, > Donna > > On Aug 15, 2011, at 7:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Hi Donna, >> >> There is a noticeable difference in sound from a macbook air to a macbook >> pro. But this is to be expected on a smaller machine. Sound is so poor >> in my opinion, headphones will come in handy a lot. Especially in noisy >> public environments. As far as performance, I don't think you will see >> any difference at all. From following your post the last couple years, >> you don't seem to do many resource intensive tasks like audio production, >> or anything like that. I think you could probably even be able to make do >> with the standard 11 inch air. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Aug 14, 2011, at 7:46 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Since I'm going to be schlepping my Mac around a lot for work in the next >>> several months, and possibly then some, I'm seriously considering >>> shelling out the $$ for an 11-inch MacBook Air. I'm looking at one of >>> the new ones, with all the specs maxed out. My MBP is two years old, >>> running a 2.53GHZ processor with 4G of ram. I'm wondering if there's >>> anyone on list who can give me an accurate comparison of the user >>> experience on these two models. A couple of the things I'm wondering >>> about are: >>> 1. Speed. How will day-today- use compare. My MBP has the faster >>> processor, but the Air has the solid state drive, which I assume will >>> compensate, at least to some extent. >>> >>> 2. Sound quality? this won't be a deal breaker, but wondering how the >>> two compare. >>> >>> If there are any other differences that people have experienced, either >>> good or bad, I'd love to hear. >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> >>> P.S. I am aware of the connectivity differences, that's something I can >>> live with. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
