Wednesday, October 24, 2012

MacBook Air

On my recent US Visit I got a MacBook Air 2.0 GHz Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz, Dual-Core Core i7 Processor, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB Flash Drive, I found this to be the highest and the best configuration for an MacBook Air.

I brought this machine out of curiosity to know how MAC Works when compared to PC. I have been a PC user for more than 10-Years and now switched to an MAC.

First I have to say about this MacBook Air, its "Simply the best" machine out there in the market. Air machines are there for a long time even tough, there is no PC manufacturer has even tried to match the closest sleek hardware design of the MacBook Air and still Apple leads in sleek Laptop (Ultra Book) market.



As an Consultant

MAC OS seems to be an unacceptable environment, because most of the programs which I use as a Oracle ERP consultant is not supported by an Mac OS, It was like a "Fish out the water"

For example: Toad or Oracle Forms or Reports, BI Publisher etc... None of these will work with Mac OS.

Here comes the wonderful option of Boot Loader from MAC, So there is no issues! as you can still run your Windows 7 as a optional operating system where you can run all your Windows program as you will do with an PC, but with the Power of the Apple Hardware. The negative part is, you will have to restart your Machine if you want to change the operating system to Windows from MAC or vise-versa but this not it ! You can run Parallels to work on both the OS simultaneously !

Now almost 2-months using MAC as my primary computer for all my day to day task, I love my MacBook and no hiccups.

Positives
  1. Light Weight
  2. Long Battery Life (5+ Hours)
  3. Beautiful Display
  4. Wonderful Key Board with Back Light (You can appreciate only when you use it)
  5. Two USB 3.0 Ports, One Thunderbolt Port, SD Card Slot
  6. Large Precise Track Pad (You don't need a mouse most of the time)
  7. HD Front Facing Camera
  8. Excellent Photo & Movie editing tool (iPhoto & iMovie), any one can use !
Negatives
  1. Pretty expensive
  2. No optical drive
  3. Display has reflection glare issues
Dear consultants if you are planning to upgrade your machine and if you love to have the  most adorable machine then its definitively the Mac Book Air. If think "burger should have cheese and laptops should have optical drives" then go for the latest MacBook Pro 13 inch with Retina display.

Any doubts regarding  installation of windows soft ware in MAC or issues related in installing Windows on MAC mail me @ regan.gpr@gmail.com

Start using it, for sure you will love this sexy machine !

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan