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I need a new computer and I've been loving my 2011 Macbook Air until now but to be honest, with the current offering, I almost feel like buying another Air befo
by oliv__ 8y ago
I need a new computer and I've been loving my 2011 Macbook Air until now but to be honest, with the current offering, I almost feel like buying another Air before they are killed.
It's hard to beat 12 hours of battery life, Magsafe, a super slim form factor, a soft, silent keyboard, more ports, and the lit up apple.
I just wish it had smaller bezels and a better screen but apart from that, it's looking like the more logical option to me, as strange as that might sound.
- jpkeisala 8y agoIs there a reason why you are not considering PC?
- dijit 8y agoI dislike these questions because they almost feel like bait. As in, someone is going to try to refute the arguments for choosing a Mac over a PC but usually only in the shallowest of ways. > 12h battery "Well, the spec of a dell XPS with a 6-cell upgrade says 12 hours!" > Thin and light "Well, the HP Spectre is lighter!" > MacOS is a good OS and works quite well "Linux is good these days!" > Magsafe "You can buy a magNeo..." or "Well, that's not such a big issue!" Pedantry aside, my point is that the whole package was just _slightly_ better than the alternatives. No single thing was causing the platform to be so good. The answers to these topics rarely look holistically. And, no, I'm not a Mac fanboy- I like it enough because it has MS Office and Exchange integration along with a slew of other proprietary tools needed to work with my Microsoft heavy company, tools which do not work at all on Linux. And I cannot possibly stand Windows. (But, otherwise would prefer Linux on my precision 5520)
- JBorrow 8y agoThere are rumours of anew air this October.
- coatmatter 8y agoI'm fairly sure the lower resolution display of the Air helps with battery life.