mac air 2013

[H4rdBeats]

So i have a hackintosh and an older leptop(2,4ghz amd Thurion, 6gb ram 60gb ssd, 500gb hdd(replaced the cd rom) so i'm looking for a new portible leptop. 

Like an ultrabook or somthing in that route but now i saw that the new mac air haz a 12 houer batery and that is realy great for me, becouse i'm alot of the time on the go and dont always find a power plug. 

 

is there a ultrabook that can hold up 12 houers like the new air or should i just go for the air

[Guest]

Some Windows 8 tablets might have higher battery life when combined with their keyboard docks (which have an extra battery), although those might be a bit thick/heavy and underpowered.

[H4rdBeats]

i dont want a windows 8 tablet :P  and most of them are arm based and the ones with a x86 cpu have a low batery again 

[Zappy]

There nothing right now that uses the same low power version of Haswell chips other than the Macbook Air (mid 2013)

 

<edit> i stand corrected the Sony VAIO Pro 13 and Sony VAIO Duo 13 also give around ~10 hour battery with the new chips if you want to go that route </edit>

[TheRetiredSlave]

If you like Apple's design and OS, I think the Macbook Air is a decent choice. I did some searching for other Ultrabooks, such as the Aspire S7, but I couldn't really find anything that was all that supremely better than the Air, and many of them are actually more expensive than it as well.

[H4rdBeats]

i got the vaio pro a look but it is more or les the same as the air given the point that osx is optimized only for a certan hardware, and it is a bit more expensive so i'l go with a base model air 13". 

Thanx for your help guys :) 

[Zappy]

i got the vaio pro a look but it is more or les the same as the air given the point that osx is optimized only for a certan hardware, and it is a bit more expensive so i'l go with a base model air 13".

Thanx for your help guys :)

One thing to keep in mind is the Vaio Pro has a 1080p touchscreen.. the Air not so much

[MrSuperb]

OS X has much better power management.

 

I bought an 11" Macbook Air in April. Got a GREAT deal (brand new, i5, 8GB, 512GB SSD - Samsung 830) for 990€ (vs 1699€ on the Apple Online Store) and I love it. Only thing bothering me is battery life, which should be solved with haswell.

[H4rdBeats]

how can u have a samsung 830 in a mac air ? 

 

mac air haz a pcie ssd 

[MrSuperb]

how can u have a samsung 830 in a mac air ? 

 

mac air haz a pcie ssd

 

The 2013 MBA has an PCIe SSD (some of them are afaik manufactured by Samsung)

The 2012 MBA has Sata SSD (some of them are made by Samsung with PM830 Chipset > same as Samsung 830 SSDs)

[Safinn]

I would go for the air. Apple have the best looking laptops out right now I would say. Thats why I went and got a macbook pro and if you need windows it's very easy to install it using bootcamp and have dual boot options or use parallels to run windows in a virtual machine. I like having the option of both operating systems also.

[CrabCreations]

Hello, I just got my Air 2013 about a week ago after selling my MPB.
You surely can't go wrong with Apple products, they offer some neat quality and performance.
The battery is outstanding, It stays about 20min on battery still saying 100% full.
Finally, the Haswell chip combined with it's 5000HD Graphics enables to gain the speed and power of MBPs.
I got my Air for 1000$, which might seem pricey but I assure it's worth every buck. Apple products can be easily

sold in addition to that, youll have the possibility of upgrading it in a few years if you choose to.

[H4rdBeats]

the only sad thing i that in eu they are much more expensice like 1.150 eur