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Mon Oct 8, 2012 3:37 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Bob Cook" cookrd1
Here are some tests -
http://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2012/06/macbook-air-pro-benchmarks/
Regarding screen size, my personal opinion is bigger is always better. But
then you have to consider portability. Listening to podcasts, most people
say the 11" is just to small.
Resolution is important also. I am currently playing with a 11.6" Windows
8 pro tablet with a full HD screen. It may be beautiful, but it is almost
useless for most tasks because everything is just too small for me (simple
to change in windows, but then the text doesn't look as sharp to me as it
does on its native setting).
-Bob
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:13 AM, texasexpediter <K5LDB.Leo@gmail.com > wrote:
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>
>
> I've got a 6 mo old 13" Macbook Pro with the 2.5ghz Core i5 processor. I'm
> thinking about getting an Air. I'm looking at both the 11" Core i7 and the
> 13" Core i5. I know the 13" 1.8ghz Core i5 isn't going to compare with the
> 2.5ghz Core i5 in my 13" Pro. What I don't know is how the 2.0ghz Core i7
> compares to a 2.5ghz Core i5. I will go with the 8gb ram in either one. I
> have 4gb in my Pro.
>
> So, how much difference is there between the i5 and i7? How much
> difference does the extra 4gb of memory make? How much difference does the
> flash memory make over the standard HDD? How much, if any, difference does
> the 11" screen make since there's less real estate to process at any given
> time? Bottom line, if the current model 13" standard configuration Pro is
> the baseline and assigned a value of 1000 approximately where would one
> expect the two Air configs to fall?
>
>
>
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http://www.primatel
Regarding screen size, my personal opinion is bigger is always better. But
then you have to consider portability. Listening to podcasts, most people
say the 11" is just to small.
Resolution is important also. I am currently playing with a 11.6" Windows
8 pro tablet with a full HD screen. It may be beautiful, but it is almost
useless for most tasks because everything is just too small for me (simple
to change in windows, but then the text doesn't look as sharp to me as it
does on its native setting).
-Bob
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:13 AM, texasexpediter <K5LDB.Leo@gmail.
> **
>
>
> I've got a 6 mo old 13" Macbook Pro with the 2.5ghz Core i5 processor. I'm
> thinking about getting an Air. I'm looking at both the 11" Core i7 and the
> 13" Core i5. I know the 13" 1.8ghz Core i5 isn't going to compare with the
> 2.5ghz Core i5 in my 13" Pro. What I don't know is how the 2.0ghz Core i7
> compares to a 2.5ghz Core i5. I will go with the 8gb ram in either one. I
> have 4gb in my Pro.
>
> So, how much difference is there between the i5 and i7? How much
> difference does the extra 4gb of memory make? How much difference does the
> flash memory make over the standard HDD? How much, if any, difference does
> the 11" screen make since there's less real estate to process at any given
> time? Bottom line, if the current model 13" standard configuration Pro is
> the baseline and assigned a value of 1000 approximately where would one
> expect the two Air configs to fall?
>
>
>
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Mon Oct 8, 2012 3:45 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"texasexpediter" texasexpediter
Thank you. I'd never heard of that particular website before. It appears the Air would be an equal performer to the 13" Pro I already have. Actually, the Air i7 is about 15% faster than the latest 13" Pro I could find but that is probably one or maybe two upgrades older than mine so I suspect pretty much equivalency, perhaps a slight edge to the Air with an extra 4gb of RAM installed. Thanks again for the link.
--- In macbook@yahoogroups.com , Bob Cook <cookrd1@...> wrote:
>
> Here are some tests -
> http://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2012/06/macbook-air-pro-benchmarks/
>
> Regarding screen size, my personal opinion is bigger is always better. But
> then you have to consider portability. Listening to podcasts, most people
> say the 11" is just to small.
>
> Resolution is important also. I am currently playing with a 11.6" Windows
> 8 pro tablet with a full HD screen. It may be beautiful, but it is almost
> useless for most tasks because everything is just too small for me (simple
> to change in windows, but then the text doesn't look as sharp to me as it
> does on its native setting).
>
> -Bob
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:13 AM, texasexpediter <K5LDB.Leo@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I've got a 6 mo old 13" Macbook Pro with the 2.5ghz Core i5 processor. I'm
> > thinking about getting an Air. I'm looking at both the 11" Core i7 and the
> > 13" Core i5. I know the 13" 1.8ghz Core i5 isn't going to compare with the
> > 2.5ghz Core i5 in my 13" Pro. What I don't know is how the 2.0ghz Core i7
> > compares to a 2.5ghz Core i5. I will go with the 8gb ram in either one. I
> > have 4gb in my Pro.
> >
> > So, how much difference is there between the i5 and i7? How much
> > difference does the extra 4gb of memory make? How much difference does the
> > flash memory make over the standard HDD? How much, if any, difference does
> > the 11" screen make since there's less real estate to process at any given
> > time? Bottom line, if the current model 13" standard configuration Pro is
> > the baseline and assigned a value of 1000 approximately where would one
> > expect the two Air configs to fall?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
--- In macbook@yahoogroups
>
> Here are some tests -
> http://www.primatel
>
> Regarding screen size, my personal opinion is bigger is always better. But
> then you have to consider portability. Listening to podcasts, most people
> say the 11" is just to small.
>
> Resolution is important also. I am currently playing with a 11.6" Windows
> 8 pro tablet with a full HD screen. It may be beautiful, but it is almost
> useless for most tasks because everything is just too small for me (simple
> to change in windows, but then the text doesn't look as sharp to me as it
> does on its native setting).
>
> -Bob
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:13 AM, texasexpediter <K5LDB.Leo@.
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I've got a 6 mo old 13" Macbook Pro with the 2.5ghz Core i5 processor. I'm
> > thinking about getting an Air. I'm looking at both the 11" Core i7 and the
> > 13" Core i5. I know the 13" 1.8ghz Core i5 isn't going to compare with the
> > 2.5ghz Core i5 in my 13" Pro. What I don't know is how the 2.0ghz Core i7
> > compares to a 2.5ghz Core i5. I will go with the 8gb ram in either one. I
> > have 4gb in my Pro.
> >
> > So, how much difference is there between the i5 and i7? How much
> > difference does the extra 4gb of memory make? How much difference does the
> > flash memory make over the standard HDD? How much, if any, difference does
> > the 11" screen make since there's less real estate to process at any given
> > time? Bottom line, if the current model 13" standard configuration Pro is
> > the baseline and assigned a value of 1000 approximately where would one
> > expect the two Air configs to fall?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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