This is the second battery and second power cable on a six year old laptop. It's finally time to replace it, now I really need to get looking at a or maybe a new Windows laptop. The last windows machine I owned or used was seven years ago…… Looks like I have to relearn it or hand out the cash for an Air.
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Go with the air… unless you need more than 256GB, you'll be exceptionally happy.
You could get an Ultrabook. light as a Mac Book Air but less expensive. but if you have the money just upgrade to the Air. Also make sure to get an SSD drive 🙂
Ugh, so frustrating
This might sound weird but I wish my laptop was in a state like that. I have two very good laptops currently, but I really want the Lenovo U300s ultrabook. The specs are good enough for what I do, and I absolutely love the design. It also comes in orange, which is the official Dutch colour, which makes it even better.
Zenbooks are also quite nice. And try Linux too! I know you may need your Mac software, but it turned my older laptop around instantly. 🙂
Same thing happened with my Dell Vostro. When battery's capacity goes down to 40%, Win7 automatically gives notification about replacement.
You will love the Air. Well worth the money.
Lynette, batteries are batteries. ALL laptop batteries in the world are made by just the same 3 manufacturers. It's how you use/charge them that mostly defines their life. I've had numerous Apple/non-apple hardware, and you're really never going to find better hardware than Apple.
no use of learning windows buy an Air, windows 8 is nothing like lion. and if you buy a windows laptop you will have to replace battery every two years
Sounds like we're using the same laptop, same year and same problems. I ordered a new iPad first, and thinking of getting an Air (or wait for new MacBooks). I'm using a Windows 7 machine for past 3 weeks and it's a good improvement from XP and Vista.
Go for Air on another MacBook Pro
You're in a no-lose situation. I use Windows, OSX, iOS, and Android on a regular basis. They're all great. Choosing between the "Heavies (Windows & OSX) isn't a case of "sacrificing" much of anything anymore… you'll have no problem. Just pick what ya like and enjoy the new machine. 🙂
Go Ubuntu, you'll never go back 🙂
welcome
Windows 7 is pretty cool and there are a few "ultrabooks" that are flying about at the moment. One of my clients went the other way to you quite recently – Windows to Mac (Air).
The whole experience made me never want to own a Mac (just for testing purposes only)!
I'm sitting in an Apple store right now – having them look at my cracked iPad over lunch. I'm sitting in front of an Air right now, thinking expensive thoughts. It's a seriously sweet machine!
I LOVE my Macs but my 17" laptop is a beast to carry around when I travel. The PC come smaller and less expensive so that's a perk!
Thinkpad 7 years and batery run up 7h small and simple
And 10''
SAme with me, and went right to another ultra cool upgraded MacBook pro. Do it.
As with any Technology purchase it all depends on what you want to do with it. If you do anything multi-media based, go with a Mac.
For Windows, desktops are faster. Studies show that if you buy an Intel i7 desktop, put in the most advanced graphics adapter, and max out the RAM, and get the fastest hard drive, Macs still outperform Windows based computers hands-down.
If you only run basic business apps, and don't mind waiting quite a while for a ad hoc graphics function, then the money savings might off-set the time loss.
Macs seem expensive off the shelf, but the price for performance is in line on a Mac. To get a laptop that will do what a Macbook Pro will do, will set you back quite a lot.
Also, remember Windows is written in such a way, that battery life is low. This battery life shortage is caused by the way Windows interacts with the CPU and internal components. Even though Windows 7 was re-written, Windows will likely always behave this way.
The Mac OS works with it's hardware much differently. So you should get much higher batter life than on a Windows laptop.
I looked at a small Macbook Pro at Best Buy a few weeks back, and I loved it. Plus a smaller screen means even more battery life.
+Jeremie Orth Could you point out a few of those studies?
Girl, get yourself an Air and call it a day.
if you were my wife I would have an Air waiting for you when you got home. Just sayin.
Well my question would be this. What is the difference between a Mac Book Air and Chrome Book? Both rely on cloud technologies right? Chrome Books have Solid State drives don't they?
THey do, yes. Have ssd's, that is.
I picked up an AWESOME MSI gaming laptop for $1500.. plays Mass Effect 3 damn nice!
+Roger Sherman So unless you have a need to run native apps – that is applications that require a Mac OS or Windows OS – I'd recommend a Chrome Book over a Mac Book Air, they are half the price and do come with a Hard Drive.
Native apps are apps that are coded to whatever OS they are meant to run on, be it Mac, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, whatever.
Personally, I'd go with…well, what I have. A System76 linux powered laptop. If I recorded music or was a graphic designer, I'd go with a Mac. I'm not – I'm a dev/sysadmin/IT jack of all trades type, and Linux works best for me.
I would not go with a Chrome book, unless I was going to reformat it as an Arch box. I've heard bad things about their build quality, and I don't want to live entirely in the cloud.
Personally I think the cloud is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Now we truly have the ability to collaborate easily and quickly. From a Sys Admin standpoint alone, this keeps multiple attachments off our email servers. It lowers our Total Cost of Ownership because we no longer need large file servers to house large amounts of user data. The cloud allows IT professionals to focus less on the tedious tasks of the job and focus on more enjoyable tasks, like how to use their skills to grow a business.
The cloud is an easy sell to a purchasing manager. Technology has been searching for the next big thing, that will propel the industry for years to come. Cloud technologies have finally gotten to the point where they are this next big thing. Cloud technologies provide the pathway to major productivity increases. Now with the Cloud we can share documents easily, revisions are stored automatically, and documents are saved with no user interaction.
And since it is all stored off site with a trustworthy organization there is no longer a need for expensive file servers, time consuming back up methods, the need to constantly apply updates, and the need to budget for new hardware.
Imagine being free from the monotonous task of your job and being able to focus on the more enjoyable parts. Imagine a large increase in productivity in your company, and you getting the credit. What would that do for your next raise or bonus?
That's a very convincing PR job. Now tell me the down sides of being based in the cloud.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing – it's like any other bit of tech, it has some beneficial uses, and it has aspects that suck. I don't want ANYBODY else to EVER be able to claim that they own something of mine, and that means local storage is essential. I have far more faith in my ability to keep my own files secure than I do Dropbox, or Google, or Apple. Security is a real concern in the cloud, and a very valid one – surely you heard about the deduplication mess that Dropbox has to deal with? Perhaps the data and productivity loss when Azure went down on Feb 29th? And how about when Amazons EC2 service overloaded last year?
+Roger Sherman I have been working with Cloud stuff for awhile now, and I am having a hard time finding serious problems with Cloud based solutions. Sure it is just like anything. There are good TVs there are bad TVs, there are good Cloud solutions, there are bad ones. Google has a great one.
There is one point of growth for it that I have noticed. I haven't found anyone that provides Cloud based data basing. I expect that will be added to solutions in the future, so if you need to run an Oracle application say you are still going to need a Mac or Windows computer.
Yeah go with a windows
+Jeremie Orth did you seriously just suggest I can't run an Oracle app on a Linux computer?
Like I said, I understand the benefits of the cloud. I also understand the downside – and I notice you didn't address any of the issues I mentioned.
Ewww. I hope mine never says that +Lynette Young