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<\/p>\nI am loving my 11-inch Mac Air.<\/p>\n
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Random stickers I had around the office found their new home pretty quickly.<\/em><\/p>\n Since I previously did not have a laptop, I carried a first generation iPad for my travel device. I spent several months on the road with only the iPad in the US, and a several long trips overseas with only the iPad for my connection. I had trouble doing a lot of writing on the iPad so I got the nifty blue took portable keyboard — which is a very fine piece of technology. I considered duct-taping the keyboard to the iPad to prevent the frequent inadvertent key activations which drain the pad’s power, but then these new Airs came along to solve my problem. <\/p>\n The smaller 11-inch Air is about the same weight as the iPad plus keyboard, and just as cool. Battery will last a cross country flight. Instant awake (from sleep), compact, enough speed and power for non-game needs, it has everything I wanted except a touch screen. It’s more of a working stiff, but it can play too. It has a full sized keyboard, and sits easy on the lap or knees, or even in your arms. Compared to an old Mac Air it feels light as a breeze, and feels like a zero compared to a MacBook. <\/p>\n I got the minimum configuration ($999) since this is my nomadic netbook which I only use when I am away from my Mac Tower and two cinema screens. I don’t keep any unique data on it for long; everything stays synced on the cloud. <\/p>\n One significant problem is that the ONLY way to connect to the cloud is via wifi. There’s no built-in ethernet plug. Sure I could carry an extra plug-in or a mi-fi, if I wanted to, but if you rely on the device itself, you need to find a wifi spot to get online. That’s no problem in the US, a bit more an issue in Europe, and a big problem in Asia. As far as I could tell there’s no wifi in India worth mentioning. I’d get the 3G version at this size in a hearbeat. Can’t be far away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am loving my 11-inch Mac Air. Random stickers I had around the office found their new home pretty quickly. Since I previously did not have a laptop, I carried a first generation iPad for my travel device. I spent … Continue reading