Well, if anyone's interested, I've gone the boring practical route and
just got home with a new aluminium MacBook.
Does look nice though...
Thanks all for the info.
Cheers,
Dave
On 08/01/2009, at 7:40 PM, Phil Oye wrote:
>
> I have one of the new MBAs with the SSD. But it is only my travel/
I have one of the new MBAs with the SSD. But it is only my travel/
couch machine (I have a loaded MacPro as my primary).
I have no experience with the original, but I would say that even the
new Airs are not suitable as a primary machine. And they fixed the two
biggest weaknesses with the or
Hi Dave
I use an MBA as my dev machine and am pretty happy with it. I'll
often run multiple rails apps concurrently and it's almost always
zippy. Here are some pros and cons
- The HDD is a bit small (I store my music and photos on an eternal
disc)
- It gets very hot when playing videos
- It do
Hi David,
Works fine for me - Rails 2.2, MySQL, using Ferret & Sphinx as text search
engines.
Only problem is the size of the HDD is a bit small.
The specs might look a bit light on now.. but 18 months ago they would have
been really impressive.
It's an awesome machine - screen is great, so ligh
Hi David,
I have MacPro as primary machine and Macbook Air as portable
machine.
I have used the MBA at worksites (connected to a 20+" monitors) and
its fine
Issues:
Memory. 2gb get a bit limited, so be careful with what you open
Video. Wont run a 30" monitor (new ones will)
S
so get a long extension lead and some muscles!
(yes you're probably right)
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Bodaniel Jeanes wrote:
>
> If his choice is between a MB and a MBA he's probably in the market
> for a laptop...
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Robbie Shepherd
> wrote:
> > build a
If his choice is between a MB and a MBA he's probably in the market
for a laptop...
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Robbie Shepherd
wrote:
> build a hackintosh? I built a dual-core 2.2Gb intel with 4gb of ram and
> 500gb HDD, running leopard for under 650 bucks!
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:55 P
build a hackintosh? I built a dual-core 2.2Gb intel with 4gb of ram and
500gb HDD, running leopard for under 650 bucks!
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:55 PM, David Phillips wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was looking for some feedback from anyone out there using a MacBook
> Air as a Rails dev machine. Would you r
