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Me too. I get every second generation. Air is so cheap, why not. The business apps I run used to require a Macbook Pro to run. Now the 13" air does it beautiful

Me too. I get every second generation. Air is so cheap, why not. The business apps I run used to require a Macbook Pro to run. Now the 13" air does it beautifully, and with amazing portability. I often have to carry 2 laptops when traveling. So before with an MBP 16" and 2nd laptop, it was damn heavy.

walteweiss 3y ago
I’m very curious why do you have to carry two laptops? If that’s not the case that you carry the second laptop for the other person. If you use the two, then I’m very curious of your use-case.
- evilduck 3y ago
  Not who you asked but you might find it interesting regardless. I've had a development role with an AV company where I'd periodically go on site a couple times a year to assist with shows to test real world scenarios or lend a hand just to see things in action ("production deployments" in both senses of the phrase, as well as to see actual users and behaviors in the moment. Time management, stress, and risk in a live event is something you can't really grok without having experienced it). Assuming the role of a show producer for those trips I would have two redundant company laptops to run the show that I carried but weren't mine specifically, while I had my personally-assigned work laptop with me to work remotely with. And if it was a long enough trip to warrant it, my personal laptop also to keep those activities separated. If new OS updates were being tested and deployed, add in a tertiary show laptop for that. There are carry-on sized Pelican cases that handle it fine. You might be surprised at the sheer amount of stuff AV professionals tote around the world, on top of the ridiculous amount of cargo that gets shipped via freight directly to venues. Going through airport security with two to five laptops was an average Thursday for many of the people I interacted with at that job.
  - walteweiss 3y ago
    Oh wow, yeah, that’s a curious scenario. I am aware of people that don’t use even a smartphone (still!), and there are people who routinely travel with five laptops!
- thelittleone 3y ago
  I consult to a company that only allows company issued laptops to connect to their network and prohibits use of company issued laptop for personal use.
  - walteweiss 3y ago
    Ah, so it’s one work issued laptop and one personal then. Very typical, but I forgot about that use-case.

walteweiss 3y ago

I’m very curious why do you have to carry two laptops? If that’s not the case that you carry the second laptop for the other person. If you use the two, then I’m very curious of your use-case.

evilduck 3y ago
Not who you asked but you might find it interesting regardless. I've had a development role with an AV company where I'd periodically go on site a couple times a year to assist with shows to test real world scenarios or lend a hand just to see things in action ("production deployments" in both senses of the phrase, as well as to see actual users and behaviors in the moment. Time management, stress, and risk in a live event is something you can't really grok without having experienced it). Assuming the role of a show producer for those trips I would have two redundant company laptops to run the show that I carried but weren't mine specifically, while I had my personally-assigned work laptop with me to work remotely with. And if it was a long enough trip to warrant it, my personal laptop also to keep those activities separated. If new OS updates were being tested and deployed, add in a tertiary show laptop for that. There are carry-on sized Pelican cases that handle it fine. You might be surprised at the sheer amount of stuff AV professionals tote around the world, on top of the ridiculous amount of cargo that gets shipped via freight directly to venues. Going through airport security with two to five laptops was an average Thursday for many of the people I interacted with at that job.
- walteweiss 3y ago
  Oh wow, yeah, that’s a curious scenario. I am aware of people that don’t use even a smartphone (still!), and there are people who routinely travel with five laptops!
thelittleone 3y ago
I consult to a company that only allows company issued laptops to connect to their network and prohibits use of company issued laptop for personal use.
- walteweiss 3y ago
  Ah, so it’s one work issued laptop and one personal then. Very typical, but I forgot about that use-case.