ArsT Reviews MacBook Air w/ SSD [not worth the price]

Written on February 6, 2008 – 1:15 pm | by peconi | 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
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Jacqui, over at ArsTechnica, compared the two MacBook Airs, one with the regular Hard Drive, and the other with (a $1300 extra greens) SSD Drive and a bit faster CPU.

Their Conclusion:

The Good:
  • No more entire machine slowdowns! (well, most of the time…)
  • Speedy boot, disk read, and build times
The Bad:
  • The moderate gains in everyday use aren’t worth $1,300
The Ugly:
  • Battery life. Still.

What I concluded from the article: MacBook Air is the slowest Mac EVER! SSD does not even help it; just look at the graphs. Buy yourself a MacBook Pro (but in 2-3 months) when the new one comes out :)

Via: ArsTechnica

Need another good review? Here’s one by yours truly: MacBook Air: Yesterday’s computer in Tomorrow’s Body!

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