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I have a Macbook Air and a Zenbook Prime. I also have an iPad Mini and a Nexus 7 and like to be familiar with all of the major OSes. 1) The Macbook Air's track
by larrykubin 13y ago
I have a Macbook Air and a Zenbook Prime. I also have an iPad Mini and a Nexus 7 and like to be familiar with all of the major OSes.
1) The Macbook Air's trackpad + keyboard just works for me. I've tried other ultrabooks, but always end up with accidental clicks and zooms or the keyboard is a little off. The Zenbook Prime is solid and looks nice, but I don't use it as much due to the trackpad and keyboard (and this is a newer Zenbook that supposedly addressed those issues). It's nice not needing a trackball or mouse.
2) The 1440x900 resolution of the Air is fine for me. The Zenbook has 1920x1080, but I don't find that resolution very usable on a 13 inch screen. And I dislike the other cheap laptops that have 1366 x 768 or 1200 x 800.
3) I like OS X, a nice terminal, Photoshop, and a simple editor. I like being able to work on native iPhone projects. I'm not going to buy a machine with Windows 8. I run Parallels and spin up a Windows or Linux VM when needed. Very easy to slide my fingers to the right and be in Windows or Linux.
- hardwaresofton 13y agoAaand there's the unicorn I was looking for. Thanks for the input. 1) You prefer the Air's trackpad+keyboard? Or is it more lack of use on the Zenbook's side? 2)I did notice this after sitting through some videos/spec sheets -- the increased resolution seems like it would be a plus when connecting to an external monitor especially, however. 3)How is gaming working out for you? Do you do that at all much?
- ChrisClark 13y agoThe resolution spec on laptops is just for the built in screen. If you plug it into an external monitor you use the resolution of the external monitor. So the resolution of the laptop does not limit external monitors.
- hardwaresofton 13y agowhat I meant was that if the hardware put together expecting to push that many pixels with good performance, it's more likely it won't skip a beat pushing to something bigger?
- joncalhoun 13y agofwiw I use a macbook pro retina and push to a 30" dell monitor (2560x1600) and a 24" monitor (1920x1200) at the same time. it probably can't run games at max res but it does great for movies, Netflix, coding, etc.
- hardwaresofton 13y agoas far as form factor, I'm eyeing an air, but that's reassuring to hear.
- joncalhoun 13y agofwiw I use a macbook pro retina and push to a 30" dell monitor (2560x1600) and a 24" monitor (1920x1200) at the same time. it probably can't run games at max res but it does great for movies, Netflix, coding, etc.
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