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mynest — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:42:11 -0000

Hey, thanks for you share, it gets me know the apple Macbook Air laptop better, So i am gona to buy one. I am looking forward to it for a long time. ^_^

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mothers day gifts — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:08:57 -0000

The higher end model is an ideal gift especially for mothers who are hitech and always on the go and up to date with the latest.

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Free Microsoft Points — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:52:24 -0000

2gb of ram is definitely enough, im using a 2 gb laptop and its pretty fast.. ( i just need a better cpu. 2 gb of ram is not enough old if you are running vista or running too many things at once.

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jogging double stroller — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:44:38 -0000

It's just a matter of checking who's who in this scenario of usable gadgets. Your expert thinking is the best remedy though.

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valentines day gifts — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:04:55 -0000

You must love your things to make the most out of it. No matter the glitches, you should think outside the box and focus on the good side while developing a rigid maintenance scheme that will somehow do the trick.

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term paper mikkey — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:20:52 -0000

As for me, I like Apple products. But Maybe MacBook Air wasn`t necessary one...
3.0 pounds instead stock 4.5 pounds for MacBook Pro 13.3 inches.... I don`t know.
And price. For 1.5 pounds you pay extra $300 minimum minus Processor Speed, RAM, Video Card and all, all, all.

Unnecessary

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JoAnne_SanMateo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:25:27 -0000

So who's ready for the Apple tablet? 1/27 is approaching fast!

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NFL jersey — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:50:27 -0000

I agree, (at the risk of sounding like an Apple fanboy (or fangirl) it makes sense to use Apple software as much as possible. At They usually are tested and configured against the hardware.

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Make Money Online — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:42:09 -0000

MacBooks are simply awesome. The day they came out was the day I bought one and forever fell in love with one. I will always support Apple.

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Thanks for sharing.

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corvette car seats — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:13:58 -0000

I have a MacBook Air too and I totally love it. It is so portable that I end up bringing it anywhere I go. I am a college student and I bring my laptop everyday for notes, etc. Regarding to the battery, however, I am not as lucky as you say you do. I get around 3 hours with lightwork. By light work, I mean MS Word + Firefox. I did drain the battery and other stuff though but I don't think I've reached the 4 hours battery life your claiming.

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Kids Online Games — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:56:51 -0000

I would love an Air, unfortunately it's just not practical for me. If only I was a jetsetter with a few extra bucks in my pocket.

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Marc — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:06:19 -0000

I like apple hardware, but the Macbook Air is really too expensive. Ok, the battery runs a few hours but this feature I can also have in cheap windows-based netbooks.

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Club Penguin Cheats — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:51:39 -0000

The things I like the most are the battery life which at 4 hours beats most notebooks. Say I do not have a power supply, in 4 hours I can do a lot and them move to somewhere else.

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Balan K — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:38:23 -0000

Thanks for the information. I am in the process of changing my whole system. Will keep it in mind the tips and experience of yourself.

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Sébastien — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:26:45 -0000

Well, it kind of depends how big of a VM you need to run. I run my MBA against a 23' CD 8 hours a day and fire up VMs when I need them and I don't see it being a big performance penalty. What really limits you on the MBA is the amount of mem you can really live with while running your other OS X Apps. FYI, The rule of the thumb is that VMWare Fusion takes about 2x the amount of the memory your VM is allocated. So personally I have not gone beyond 512Mo on the VM. Running a 2-3 Go swap file on the MBA is no problem btw if you have the SSD version, things are fast. So my recommendation would be that if you need a full windows desktop within a VM to run pretty much all the time, I would probably want a machine that can take more RAM. If however you just need to fire VMs now and then for testing or specific purposes, then I think you will be pleased with the MBA. Good luck!

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alastair — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:33:13 -0000

Hi Sébastien,

I'd love to hear more about your experience using VM with the MBA. I will spend time heavily in Windows for work and wonder, particularly if I'm using an external monitor and the integrated graphics are already sucking up some RAM, whether it will be able to cope with a bunch of VM apps running concurrently - think Outlook, OneNote and PowerPoint - without overheating or slowing terribly.

All the best,
Alastair

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Gemstones — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:23:48 -0000

two and a half grands, isnt that amazingly high, I was wondering if it is worth that money.. The system looks good though..

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OrientPoker — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:04:07 -0000

I also have a MacBook Air 2nd generation, and I loved it. The things I like the most are the battery life which at 4 hours beats most notebooks. Say I do not have a power supply, in 4 hours I can do a lot and them move to somewhere else. The keyboard and touchpad are excellent and make using this notebook a real pleasure. Price has come down a lot, I paid $1800 for mine. Enjoy

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Wedding Hairstyles — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:37:39 -0000

Thanks for a great analysis on that system, I have been looking to buy something similar and just could not make up my mind. Every person I meet and ask gives me a different opinion making it worse to my decision process.
However, you have outlined some amazing facts which I should know before I decide to buy this.
And yes I con understand how it is when your HD fails, I am your friend in that scenario when my HD has suddenly failed leaving me with nothing.

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Sébastien — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:10:10 -0000

Right :) I personally have not used Safari myself for day to day browsing until Safari 4 Beta was out. It is a worthy version finally. Camino has still has its appeal though, even if the lack of plugins/extensions don't make it as attractive anymore. FF is really getting slower though, after each update, but it has very powerful extensions for developing/debugging. All in all, they all have their fair place in my heart ;)

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JoAnne SanMateo — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:43:41 -0000

I agree, (at the risk of sounding like an Apple fanboy (or fangirl) it makes sense to use Apple software as much as possible. At They usually are tested and configured against the hardware.

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Sébastien — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:29:14 -0000

This is weird regarding the battery. It has gone done now for me as well (more around 3:20), after a 100 drain/charges. You might want to watch what processes are running in the background. The only noticeable things I am not running are Spotlight & Dashboard. Also, FF is known to generate more CPU usage than Safari, but not to the level you are reporting. We can only hope that the next battery in the MBA will be adaptive like the one in the new 17' ;)

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JoAnne SanMateo — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:39:54 -0000

I just got my new MBA as well last December. and I love it!. I am very surprised at how snappy it is. I don't think I can ever go back to another laptop that will be heavier than MBA. You get spoiled when it almost feel nothing carrying this around. I like my Macbook Pro's keyboard though; MBA's seems to require more pressure.