Max speed is at 480mbps, 57 megabyte per second. but overhead already 10-15% as per USB 2.0 specs. Unless you go firewire.

This post has been edited by mfitri77: Aug 30 2010, 08:12 AM

I wanted to get an Ipod Touch. I walked away with a Macbook Air. Bought it here, in Malaysia, just the one with the low end spec.

I don't think I'd go really crazy with the space, so just got myself the 64GB version. Testing it right now, while charging.

It really does depend on what you are planning to do with your laptops. If you are doing static work, with some movements, like home to office, really multimedia content creation, then by all means get the 15" macbook pro. It's a very good computer, if your needs is like above.

If you are looking for a machine that you can move around, you can't go wrong with the MacBook Air. With the previous versions, that I wouldn't recommend, but this one I do so wholeheartedly.



This post has been edited by mfitri77: Oct 27 2010, 10:59 AM

Have no idea on that, because none of the retailers I went to have stocked up on the casing and bags yet.

For those of you that bought Mac Office 2008 with an upgrade option to 2011, the download is now available. It's about 870mb in size, for the Home & Student version. Very sad that it does not come with Outlook.

Anybody here know how much the business version would cost here?

Well, I was looking for the trial just now, but couldn't find it. Only if you do buy it, then you get the download link. I'm guessing, after a few months, after all the promised upgraders have downloaded it.

Definately I think lion would be sold in usb drives. Will show you a pic of the restore USB i got with the air when I have the time.

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Added on October 27, 2010, 8:42 pmWell, up until now, haven't yet found a good alternative to outlook yet, and I have a lot of outlook contacts to deal with.


This post has been edited by mfitri77: Oct 27 2010, 08:42 PM

Single license for Home & Business?

Not really. Actually, smaller on the side by about 0.8 ~ 0.9 inches.

Haiz... Ok, who wan't to share?

Best way to know, is to make a trip to the local apple store and test there kaw-kaw.

From what I know of Apple's dealer pricing, means probably the MBA margin is very the very not good, which is standard for new products. If he's recommending the MBW, then better go for the Pro 13.

My advise, if you are really looking for portability, like I was, then MacBook Air 11" is the one to go for. I wouldn't recommend the 13" because of the price, which is well over 4k. What you would spend of a MBA 13 could get you a tricked out Pro 13.

It all goes back to the original question - what are you buying for?

If you are going to create a lot of contents, i.e. manipulating photos, videos, etc etc that the Air is not suited for that task, the power and size comes to play.

Definitely there will be a performance issue, since the processor is clocked lower. Definitely there will be upgradability question also. However, how certain are you that your MBW will stay with your for the next year? Or the next 2 years? If upgradability is the key question then you should save up and get the mbp 13, because in the end, you won't be able to upgrade the body, and price difference is only about less than RM500. Some are selling at RM3600 range.

But if you want something that you can actually slot in a file (presumably with a wafer thin sleeve case to go with it), then get the 11" Air.

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As for adapting to the 11" screen, no problems there. Be reminded though that I am used to using 10" screens (Lenovo S10-3) and 11" screen (Acer 1810-1830, Ferrari), so no problem there. It's the same resolution screen (1366x768) that you would find on a majority of notebook today, so images do look much sharper that compared to the standard 1024x600 on 10" netbooks.

Maybe that's why a bit cheaper considering Apple is now also ordering the same screen as everyone else.

Add : Screen Size 26 cm Horizontal 14.7 cm vertical.

Another thing, this things is super quite, and super cool to use. Normally after the workout I'd been doing today, the fan of my dm3 before has probably started to whirr.

Probably that's why this thing is SSD option only. Cuts down of the heat from HDD.

This post has been edited by mfitri77: Oct 28 2010, 04:33 PM

Well, if movies you mean those you ripped and stored in HDD, then yes, movies are fine on the Air, however, if you have an external USB DVD, it works well too. Been testing it without problems so far.

Oh, no. That's just asking for trouble, especially the autocad and 3dmax. Your render would be hours on end.

Come to think of it, got autocad for mac os x meh?

Oh well. You learn something new every day. However, reiterating again, no, MBA cannot do autocad properly.

Has anybody seen the new Mac Office 2011 being sold in box set yet? Pm me if you want to join up and share-share buying.