Previously i wont even consider to buy any mac due to the hefty price, imagine having RM9K price tag when MBA 1st came out even when it flaunted as world thinnest and lightest notebook. It's a no-no for my wallet.


Now these MBA are cheaper and windows 8 ultrabook are not that cheap either.

So If i were to buy expensive ultrabook, things i look for are ability to multiboot with OSX and physically fit to modify so it can look like macbook with laser cut apple logo on the shell cover so i can have illuminating logo on it.

Then i paid heed to my commonsenses, why on earth i want to go through all that if i can just buy a MBA and still can run windows, ubuntu, chrome, android without dripping a sweat.

ahh i see, i thought u dont like the speed. there's a lot of apps for you to transfer files to an idevice like USB drives, but still have to do through itunes la.

for small files, i use dropbox a lot is there anything in particular u wish to be able to do?

erh... i don't quite get your point.. sry man. only point i get and agree is tht a good UB is expensive and costs more than MBA, which i had some intense discussion with the upper managements about UB strategy

wat about to non-iDevice? e.g. pendrives? like share files among PCs? can it be done without much hassles?

i suppose i have to stick to iTunes for now since i not gonna change my ipon4 any time soon.. haha

well sir, ultimately i wan a laptop which
1. lightweight
2. boots fast
3. long batt life
4. slim

I'm a very strong advocate of ultrabook, but after some survey and looking at the prices, i really wat kind of plan is UB which is to rival MBA, but having higher price tags than MBA? lol doesn't make sense to me..

so hence i'm considering MBA now also. now, i don't wanna end up buying MBA just cos of the hype or brand, i wanna know wat i buy and i get wat i wan, u know?

but of cos being able to play game is also an added bonus lor.. hehe

myky, air can play games one. My friend she every day play Hon on her 13" also, lol

Thumbdrive, Printers and all works like it does on Windows.
Even softwares, the major ones are on mac as well.
worst come to worst you still have the option to install Windows on your mac

thanks man, this info helps a lot

since I am new with this MBA 13" need to know something.
Since the battery is irreplaceable, how many charge cycle does it have before it become a long gone (powered off without charger)?

aha about external drives and thumbdrives. some sold are formatted in 'NTFS', which is a windows thing. OSX can read but not write to NTFS (meaning u can view & copy but cannot edit, paste n delete). but there's an easy way to overcome this...just install a free app called NTFS-3G to enable NTFS write support. that's it! copy paste works as normal. ejecting is actually easier.

wireless file sharing even with windows is no problem as well.

i've been surveying ultrabooks myself (same like u..i want something thin and light, but cheaper than MBA). there are some models cheaper than MBA but the quality is too far worse. so now im hoping to get an MBA myself. pretty much the best choice in the market.

if u really wanna know what u get, i suggest u drop by any apple store and spend as much time as u want on the demo machines.

macbook air *should* be 1000: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1519

been a new user of Mac as well... switched to Mac from Windows 2 months ago. There're some learning need to do of course, but very soon you will get adapted as everything is just... make sense... lol

Don't worry too much, there's always google available to provide you with every single solution you require. Overall, most of the things in Mac is simpler than Windows (although there are some which need one or two steps more as compared to Windows) but overall, it is a very nice experience running Mac

Macbook air 13" upgrade 8gb from apple online store need to wait how long only can get?

I have a question about MBA. They don't come with CD like MBP. So how to make recovery CD or MAC cd or installation CD?

actually even the MBP doesnt come with a recovery/installation dvd.

there's a recovery partition in macs. for minor problems, u can just boot into the recovery partition to fix ur OSX.

you can also create an external recovery using a flashdrive in case the interal recovery partition doesnt work (e.g. ur hard drive crashed)

more info here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433

for normal file backup, you just need to connect one external hdd and run time machine.
for OS installation, you have to purchase the OS X from app store, then download it to your USB pendrive to make it a bootable USB.
so in future, if you format your laptop, you can use the usb to install your OS, then restore files and setting using time machine.
you can google for the steps to make the bootable usb for OS X.

Hi guys,

I'm looking for an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro XI (PDF Editor) which is very expensive.

Is there any cheaper PDF Editor that you guys can recommend (from App Store)? There are many but which one would you recommend?

Thanks

what sort of editing are you trying to do? Preview is quite capable already compared to adobe reader

Hi guys,

I was on firefox sending email when my screen become all dark with the message "you have to shut down your computer because mac os quit..." no big deal it happened to me already (quite a lot the past few days to be honest).
So I try to restart it, but then the screen goes on, with the apple logo and the wheel of loading too. It stays like this for a few minutes and then shuts down.

What should/could I do?

I backed up most of my datas already but still got vital project on it!

Thanks for any advice

Ben

I have same thought with you! It's not just about Mac OS X, its about how much thing it can run and handle. Not to mention quality of material MUCH BETTER than other PC Laptop.

PC Laptop can't run Mac OS X (legally).

Exactly, go to any disco or concert or recording studio or huge party like Ibiza, the DJ will have Mac on the console to run DJ mix application like Traktor, Serato etc (yes Macbook Air 11.6 is DJ dream machine coz it is small and light to carry around, backlight keyboard and powerful enough to run Serato without skipping a beat)

Finally ordered 11/8/128 from the edu store, but will ake about till 19th to the last quoted delivery date

you're a DJ !? Amazing.

I wonder why DJ prefer to use Mac to run Traktor or Serato. Is it PC version not available? Or is it more stable running on Mac? I guess those DJ don't want the application crash while playing songs for crowd right