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13" vs 13". CPU is faster in the Pro, but only dual core in the 13". I tried a 13" Pro for a week and for what I do (Visual Studio, SQL Server, and Outlook with a 30GB PST), the extra CPU power made barely any difference (except the fan was even noisier, if possible, than the Air). I returned it.
The trackpad is a fine trackpad - Apple make the best (and I've tried many, many trackpads). It just didn't blow me away like Apple wanted. It's..."nice".
My conclusion with the Pro was:
1. It was too heavy
2. It was crazy expensive
3. The effective vertical resolution was 800px vs the Air's 900px (though you obviously could get more going non-native)
4. It was barely faster than the MacBook Air.
5. It didn't have anywhere near the battery life of the MacBook Air
The latest update has helped with battery life, and I do miss 16GB vs 8GB, but I still went for the Air. 2X SSD speed compared to the old will make a HUGE improvement.
I have a 21" iMac, quad core, and my SSD equipped Air runs rings around it due to the HDD instead of SSD in the iMac.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I have a 21" iMac, quad core, and my SSD equipped Air runs rings around it due to the HDD instead of SSD in the iMac.
Do what I did.
Grab a Seagate Portable Thunderbolt Adapter (was AUD$114 when I bought it - exchange rate hike has made it more expensive from here!)[^]
Grab an SSD - whichever takes your fancy
Grab some bluetack
Grab a thunderbolt cable
Use a blob of bluetack under the drive to keep it level on the adapter (which is designed for Seagate's enclosed drive) and stick it behind your Mac
Now either migrate your HD to SSD or (what I did) install Yosemite on the SSD and re-install just the stuff you want - while leaving the internal drive for less frequently accessed stuff.
makes it feel like a new machine for a couple of hundred bucks!
I can't believe I didn't do it earlier - Thunderbolt external SSD can be actually (slightly!) faster than an internal one! (I read it on the interwebs, so it must be true!)
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Actually, I bought one of these[^]
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Nice - from a neatness POV - but slow as all hell compared to a Thunderbolt SSD (95MB/s vs around 450 MB/s)
Does it work OK in an iMac? The page is v specific about working on the laptops, but no mention of iMacs that I could see.
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I just popped it out of my MAcbook and into my iMac and yep, works fine.
(and yeah - a little slower  However, I need it for space, not speed)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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D'you know if you can boot off it? I'm quite tempted for my 21" if its bootable
actually, forge that - it's too slow isn't it - it wold be slower than the HD in there already!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
modified 21-Mar-15 9:22am.
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You can also replace the drive - see ifixit[^]
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You can replace the drive, yes - if you don't mind risking damaging the screen, which has to come right off, then de-soldering components (depending on the exact model) and fixing he fan controller so it works with an SSD, then putting it all back together and hoping to hell it all works!
I'd rather just plug a cable in and get better performance!
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Check your keyboard. I think the "O" key is stuck. 
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No - it clearly states that the MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015) only supports windows 8 64 bit.
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Chris Maunder wrote: I'm setting up a Macbook
It just works.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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Isn't that like riding a bicycle in a bus on a bumpy road to Kandahar?
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But Mac users don't need any other version of Windows. Must be true because Apple has decreed it.
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I thought it was Apple policy to ONLY support the current version, backward compatibility - phooy
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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That's why I use Parallels[^]. Still got my Windows 7 and holding out for 10!
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke!
My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.
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What??? Are you kidding me? Apple is the most evil of them all.
They fail to get the phone right, so they expect you to buy a new one every six months. 
They tell you their phone is better than the rest. But it only has one button and the others have 3 buttons at the bottom. So clearly the others are 3 times better.
They take a Nano, strap it to your wrist and tell you its a smart watch and charge you 5 times the amount. 
They sell you a laptop, call it a MacBook and charge 5X the price of a laptop. And then the people who buy these install a Windows VM. Why not run Windows in the first place??? I digress.
I've seen Satan's car. Or at least it was a red Volkswagon beetle that had "Satan" vanity plates, and yes you guessed it... an Apple logo sticker on the back. 
And remember, what got Adam and Eve thrown out of the garden. Oh yes... an Apple.
So yes. Apple is evil.
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What society has come to ... without actuality actually
modified 18-Mar-15 16:44pm.
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I would take all of this as, "Big words". If you read the content to the end, you will find, "humans will live to be 500-years-old". If you can do it... Do it! If can't, don't market your products in a way that tomorrow you can't fulfill your promise.
Anyways, if that cancer thing works... I'm going to fear less things in my life. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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That would be really nice on a google watch ...
I'd rather be phishing!
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All this kind of patent achieves is to prevent the people who could actually achieve their aims from doing anything:
"I know I can cure cancer with a gadget that you strap to your wrist, but I can't build it, because google has a blanket patent for something that they can't make and have no idea how to make".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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An interesting point: do you know this to be the case? That would be criminal, really.
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