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Macbook Air 2011 vs Sony S Series Help Please Why do I want to keep the new AIR????
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<blockquote data-quote="ct1211" data-source="post: 1280942" data-attributes="member: 208918"><p>Well here's my story. I have been an avid computer user for years and a laptop user most of the time. My desire has always been owning the lightest fastest (FOR THE SIZE) Laptops. At one point I had an 11" Vaio TZ series and later a 13" Z series. Since I use my computers a lot for work and play I get a new one probably once a year. Last December Sony re-vamped the S series and I bought one for just $999.00 - This included a netgear wireless HDTV adaptor that allows us to watch DVD's and netflix etc via the Sony to a wall mounted 50" flat panel TV. That computer has done a fairly good job for me and even with a modest processor it runs fairly fast. I did bump it to 8GB of RAM. </p><p></p><p>Now, being a gadget freak, when the new AIR came out I jumped on the 128GB 13.3" version at the Apple store on the day they were released. As I have many programs I need for work like office and adobe CS5 I also installed Windows 7 using bootcamp. (The Apple store told me both Adobe and Microsoft would let me do a switch over at no charge for those two programs) Um, they were WRONG! Ok so with bootcamp I could use both MAC and Windows on one computer. At the end of two weeks I realized 128GB was not going to cut it so I returned the Mac to the Apple store and bought the 13" 256GB at Best buy because it was $100.00 cheaper. THAN I read about parallels!! Again, on forums I read you could share serial numbers for windows (to keep it as both a stand alone in boot camp and work on top of MAC in Parallels. Wrong again. But parallels is buggy anyway so I am about to delete it. Sorry for the long story but it leads me to this question. Other than being a little slimmer than the Sony (they weigh about the same) The only real difference between the two seems to be the almost instant on of the AIR and I like the glass touchpad and gestures!! Why does everyone seem to LOVE the OSX operating system so much? Has Jobs cast a spell on the planet? It seems like a cute layout and I have gotten used to it. But given it does not run any useful programs with full functionality on it’s own (for me anyway) Can anyone tell me why I should stick with the MAC? Am I missing something? I was even going to pop for Office for MAC but I tried the trial and that was awful (about 85% of the full program) The Apple office like programs are not good and have compatibility issues. Guys and Girls any insight into why I should keep the Mac is really appreciated. Darn it maybe I'm too old to appreciate it!! Someone tell me what I am missing!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ct1211, post: 1280942, member: 208918"] Well here's my story. I have been an avid computer user for years and a laptop user most of the time. My desire has always been owning the lightest fastest (FOR THE SIZE) Laptops. At one point I had an 11" Vaio TZ series and later a 13" Z series. Since I use my computers a lot for work and play I get a new one probably once a year. Last December Sony re-vamped the S series and I bought one for just $999.00 - This included a netgear wireless HDTV adaptor that allows us to watch DVD's and netflix etc via the Sony to a wall mounted 50" flat panel TV. That computer has done a fairly good job for me and even with a modest processor it runs fairly fast. I did bump it to 8GB of RAM. Now, being a gadget freak, when the new AIR came out I jumped on the 128GB 13.3" version at the Apple store on the day they were released. As I have many programs I need for work like office and adobe CS5 I also installed Windows 7 using bootcamp. (The Apple store told me both Adobe and Microsoft would let me do a switch over at no charge for those two programs) Um, they were WRONG! Ok so with bootcamp I could use both MAC and Windows on one computer. At the end of two weeks I realized 128GB was not going to cut it so I returned the Mac to the Apple store and bought the 13" 256GB at Best buy because it was $100.00 cheaper. THAN I read about parallels!! Again, on forums I read you could share serial numbers for windows (to keep it as both a stand alone in boot camp and work on top of MAC in Parallels. Wrong again. But parallels is buggy anyway so I am about to delete it. Sorry for the long story but it leads me to this question. Other than being a little slimmer than the Sony (they weigh about the same) The only real difference between the two seems to be the almost instant on of the AIR and I like the glass touchpad and gestures!! Why does everyone seem to LOVE the OSX operating system so much? Has Jobs cast a spell on the planet? It seems like a cute layout and I have gotten used to it. But given it does not run any useful programs with full functionality on it’s own (for me anyway) Can anyone tell me why I should stick with the MAC? Am I missing something? I was even going to pop for Office for MAC but I tried the trial and that was awful (about 85% of the full program) The Apple office like programs are not good and have compatibility issues. Guys and Girls any insight into why I should keep the Mac is really appreciated. Darn it maybe I'm too old to appreciate it!! Someone tell me what I am missing!! [/QUOTE]
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