07-10-2010, 06:07 PM

Hello, I'm new to these forums. I'd like to be enlightened about the MacBook pro and the macbook air. I would like to purchase either a MacBook pro or a macbook air. Obviously they would be for two different purpouses, but here's my reasons.

I'd be after the 2.66ghz configuration of the 13" core2duo, I'd expect this to run moodern warfare 2 with good graphical settings, does not mean the highest settings, but good graphics with reasonable fps. Another thing is I would purchase this with a 128gb ssd drive, I like the speed it provides intherms of access times.

However, I'd alternatively want a macbook air, however I have noticed that most other apple products have been updated, leaving e MacBook air with the old configuration and speed. What do you think the MacBook air would update to, will it update at all? If so, any ideas of when? I'd want the MacBook air with ssd, expect it to run ms office lightening fast, Photoshop and dreamweaver lightening fast. Perhaps modern warfare 2 as well if I'm VERY lucky on any updates on the air.

Please provide and share your thoughts on this matter, thank you.

07-11-2010, 04:29 PM

Bump?

07-11-2010, 06:04 PM

Nobody knows when and to what specs apple will update anything it may be this fall it may not be.
If you don't multitask when using Ps, Dr and MSO the Air should handle it without to much problem, just be aware that it isn't a power house.
I don't know about gaming on the Air, it could be barely acceptable but a dedicated gaming rig would be much better.

I personally wouldn't want the Air, it lacks may things I use almost every day.
No optical drive, firewire, ethernet. The RAM is soldered to the Mother Board so it can't be upgraded that easily.
And IMO it is way overpriced for what you get if you compare it to a MacBook Pro.

07-11-2010, 11:54 PM

Choosing the Air over the cheaper, faster standard 13-inch MacBook, or the comparably priced MacBook Pro, will depend on your needs. Travelers who want minimum weight, maximum screen real estate, and who live their lives via Wi-Fi hot spots, with little need for wired connectivity, will find Air a reasonable investment .

07-12-2010, 02:35 AM

Hello Madman! Glad to see your interested in buying an apple laptop!

I'd be after the 2.66ghz configuration of the 13" core2duo, I'd expect this to run moodern warfare 2 with good graphical settings, does not mean the highest settings, but good graphics with reasonable fps. Another thing is I would purchase this with a 128gb ssd drive, I like the speed it provides intherms of access times.

Personally, if your going to be playing modern warfare 2 I would at least go with a 15'' Macbook Pro, with a graphics card that has designated RAM. Even though the graphics card in the 13'' is superb, a graphics card that shares memory with the system most often gets bogged down when running games. Especially since your going to have to dual boot to play MW2, since I don't think there's a mac version of it.

Also, I would not get a macbook air unless you need your laptop to be small. Although the air is cool and slick, it only has one USB port (Messed up, I know right?) and it doesn't have any firewire ports. Not only that, the macbook air is still running the Nvidia GeForce 9400M series graphics card and a Intel Core 2 Duo processor, where as the new macbook pros run the Intel HD Graphics5 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M series graphics card and the new Intel Core i5 and i7 processors.

Unless you absolutely NEED a super thin laptop (Like if you travel a lot for work or something) I would definitely choose the MacBook Pro over the Air. Especially if you want to do some serious gaming.

Not saying that the Air is a bad laptop, I just think it pales in comparison to the new MBPs.

Hope that helped, and as always best of luck

Regards.

07-12-2010, 03:31 AM

For $100 more than the 13" you're looking at, you could get the refurb 15" i5 Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 - Apple Store (U.S.)

07-13-2010, 07:40 PM

Only thing about the MacBook pro 15" is the fact that if I buy it knowing that I could have spent an extra £500 to buy a Sony vaio z series laptop, which has an i7, 1920x1080 screen (screen res is a big thing for me) 1gb 330m and is only 13". I'd rather not buy a refurb, and a 15" would set me back about a good £1,600-£1,700. Also the vaio z weights less than 1.5kg, macbooks are over 2kg. I don't want to sound like a fool comparing apple with Sony. I'd rather have Mac than windows, but it' obviously need it's qualities. I'm not concerned about the lack of ports on the air, or the lack of a DVD drive, I'm just hoping apple updates the air very soon to appealing specs.