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Forum: Marine Electronics 22-04-2014, 15:59
Replies: 90
Views: 10,482
Posted By RainDog
Re: MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

I find that insane in a $2000+ laptop. Bordering on negligent on their part. No way I would ever buy one of these. I cannot imagine what would have led them to make such a poor decision. Then to...
Forum: Marine Electronics 22-04-2014, 11:36
Replies: 90
Views: 10,482
Posted By RainDog
Re: MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

You can easily survive with just an iPad. My wife does that and has never connected it to a computer. To make this work you will have to transfer data via network or connect it to an external hard...
Forum: Marine Electronics 22-04-2014, 09:18
Replies: 90
Views: 10,482
Posted By RainDog
Re: MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

I have a MacBook Pro.
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-04-2014, 16:02
Replies: 90
Views: 10,482
Posted By RainDog
Re: MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

and games, compilers, databases, ......

Quite a few games already require 4 gig min (e.g. Running the game - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W) (https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Running_the_game)). That will...
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-04-2014, 11:36
Replies: 90
Views: 10,482
Posted By RainDog
Re: MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

It is planned obsolescence if it is designed so that it will not be able to run applications as long as the user would expect to hardware to last. So if they design it with a max of 8 gigs, it will...
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-04-2014, 10:52
Replies: 90
Views: 10,482
Posted By RainDog
Re: MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

What was someone saying about "planned obsolescence"? I would never consider buying a new laptop with less that 16 gigs of RAM if it could not be upgraded.
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-04-2014, 07:16
Replies: 90
Views: 10,482
Posted By RainDog
Re: MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

As a Macbook Pro user, I can recommend against it. It is heavy, gets extremely hot (to hot to put in my lap), and is an energy hog. Mine is about 18 months old, so maybe they have fixed some of these...
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