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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1534981" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>The 2010 should be a 2.13 Ghz.</p><p></p><p>Below is based on both of these being the 13" screen.</p><p></p><p>The i5 1.7 is almost twice as fast with a Passmark score of 2734 while that C2D only scores 1487.</p><p></p><p>2010 GPU is nvidia 320M w/256MB</p><p>It offers analog audio out - no optical in/out.</p><p>No backlit keyboard.</p><p>Bluetooth 2.1</p><p></p><p>2011 GPU is Intel 3000 w/384MB</p><p>Analog out - no optical in/out</p><p>It has a Thunderbolt port</p><p>It has a backlit keyboard</p><p>Bluetooth 4.0</p><p></p><p>My money would go for the 2011. While it's a much better machine - with a 128 GB drive, it is going to require more work at keeping your drive clean and most of your work on an external drive.</p><p></p><p>Get to know everymac.com while you're looking to verify specs users are providing and to make comparisons.</p><p>Here is a comparison between these 2 models - <a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook-air/macbook-air-faq/differences-between-macbook-air-mid-2011-late-2010-models.html" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p></p><p>There is also a link there to a company that sells used so you can compare prices if they have the models in stock you're looking at.</p><p></p><p>One word of note, no matter what Mac you get, you're going to want to spend the $20 to get your own copy of 10.8 so that it's associated with your Apple ID. The OS with Apple now belongs to the individual rather than the machine. Makes it a pitr sometimes, but not too bad if you know going in and are prepared.</p><p></p><p>Don't do any audio work, so you'll need some feedback from others as to whether either of these is a machine to have for music production or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1534981, member: 24160"] The 2010 should be a 2.13 Ghz. Below is based on both of these being the 13" screen. The i5 1.7 is almost twice as fast with a Passmark score of 2734 while that C2D only scores 1487. 2010 GPU is nvidia 320M w/256MB It offers analog audio out - no optical in/out. No backlit keyboard. Bluetooth 2.1 2011 GPU is Intel 3000 w/384MB Analog out - no optical in/out It has a Thunderbolt port It has a backlit keyboard Bluetooth 4.0 My money would go for the 2011. While it's a much better machine - with a 128 GB drive, it is going to require more work at keeping your drive clean and most of your work on an external drive. Get to know everymac.com while you're looking to verify specs users are providing and to make comparisons. Here is a comparison between these 2 models - [URL="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook-air/macbook-air-faq/differences-between-macbook-air-mid-2011-late-2010-models.html"]link[/URL]. There is also a link there to a company that sells used so you can compare prices if they have the models in stock you're looking at. One word of note, no matter what Mac you get, you're going to want to spend the $20 to get your own copy of 10.8 so that it's associated with your Apple ID. The OS with Apple now belongs to the individual rather than the machine. Makes it a pitr sometimes, but not too bad if you know going in and are prepared. Don't do any audio work, so you'll need some feedback from others as to whether either of these is a machine to have for music production or not. [/QUOTE]
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