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I'm currently traveling around the world (8 months, 12 countries so far) carrying a refurb MacBook Air from 2013 (I think). It's great, and I especially like th
by vosper 10y ago
I'm currently traveling around the world (8 months, 12 countries so far) carrying a refurb MacBook Air from 2013 (I think). It's great, and I especially like that the all-metal chassis makes it really quite rugged. It fits perfectly down the back of an REI Trail 40 backpack, along with the rest of my stuff (great backpack for traveling light, BTW). If it breaks down there are Apple stores or repair shops in lots of places (though it may not be a cheap fix...) and if I'd bought AppleCare I think that would cover me all over the world.
Edit: We're also carrying an iPad, and it's the least-used
piece of electronics we have.
For planning our trip, booking, programming, email etc the laptop is way better, and for everything else we use
our phones. Unless you're sure you want a tablet you might just want a normal laptop. Also, weight matters a lot (this might be an argument back in favor of the Teclast)
- contingencies 10y agoIn my experience traveling, about 2013 Macbook Pros got too thin to be described as rugged. I have sporadic hardware issues with mine (late 2013) due to what seems to be physical pressure while in transit.
- vosper 10y agoIt's not rugged in the sense of a ruggedized laptop, but I do think they're tougher than anything else of a similar size. I've had the odd transient problem with the keyboard (keys swapping or not working) but that's always resolved itself, and actually it hasn't happened for a while. What problems are you having?
- contingencies 10y agoImmediate graphical corruption and hard resets based upon minor pressure on certain regions of the touch pad, comes and goes. When it's "on" it's frequent and irritating. Quote to fix is too high.