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I am mainly an Android developer and use Eclipse, which is by no means light...So I guess, in this case, I should stay away from the MBA?

• younata 15y ago
  No. You'll be fine. Possibly, you'll have screen estate issues with the 11" air, but that's about the only issue with Eclipse you'll have. The SSD will severely speed things up.
• dgallagher 15y ago
  A good test would be to try out the MBA's resolution on your current display, and work with Eclipse in it. 1366x768 for the 11 inch, and 1440x900 for the 13.
  • andrewf 15y ago
    Fonts and interface chrome always seem to take up a tiny bit more space on OS X. Not usually an issue but I'd take it into account if, on Windows, a given res is barely usable. I have a 13-inch air; the pixels are tiny. If you try 1440x900 on a large monitor, bear in mind smaller fonts may not be using once you shrink down to laptop size. Apple stores seem pretty liberal about machine use (notwithstanding the guy being prosecuted for installing webcam upload software on a store's machines..) - maybe you could download Mac Eclipse to a USB key and try it out on a machine?
• masklinn 15y ago
  The biggest issue with IDE is screen real estate, rather than performance. While eclipse is an absolute dog, 4GB RAM and an SSD should be sufficient to work with it. The painful part is the surface eaten by the various panes and bars of the IDE.
• gte910h 15y ago
  Call the apple store, tell them this, you will be able to install it or they will on a floor model to show you. They're super keen on stuff like this.