Laptop dedicated to Logos only

Hello folks,

I would like to purchase a Mac laptop dedicated to my Logos software only. I have about 8,500 books in my library. Would the MacBook Air be the best choice? Would RAM be a factor for speed only? Since the recent price drop I don't see a big difference between a i5 1.3 vs 1.4 processor for speed, so the $799 cost for the 11+ inch seems a good value.

Your thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Donnie Hale

My priorities would be:

1) SSD
2) As much RAM as possible
3) Best graphics card possible
4) CPU model and speed (i7 vs i5, etc.)

With the Air, there may not be as many options for those factors.

Donnie

Deacon Steve

Where are you seeing them for $799?

Dan Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/593907#Comment_593907

Refurbished MacBook Air - Apple Store

JT (alabama24)

the 11+ inch

My wife has that and I hate it. She loves it. Too small for my nearly 39 year old eyes.

Would the MacBook Air be the best choice?

MBA's are great computers... but they aren't very easily upgradeable. Make sure you buy what you need for the duration of your use of the machine.

David Wilson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/593908#Comment_593908

You might want to compare the $799 model with the 256GB i7 which will allow you more headroom for your library (128GB is going to feel rather tight in a year or so if you expand your library much). Note these have the older series i7 so the battery life will not be as good as for the current models...
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/G0NB0LL/A/refurbished-116-inch-macBook-Air-20ghz-dual-core-Intel-Core-i7

Newer model (refurbished) with much better battery life:
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/G0NY2LL/A/refurbished-116-inch-macbook-air-17ghz-dual-core-intel-core-i7

Father Gregory

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/593907#Comment_593907

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD711LL-11-6-Inch-VERSION/dp/B00746YHV6/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1400117137&sr=1-4&keywords=macbook+air

I hope this helps.

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/593908#Comment_593908

Refurbished MacBook Air - Apple Store

Faster models tend to be more expensive; Mac Benchmarks => http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks

Keep Smiling [:)]

Mike Binks

Hi Cap'n

You have received a lot of good advice.

If you buy the 11 inch you might find that the screen size is great for travelling but a little small for desk work. But your machine will drive a substantial monitor without thinking about it.

Stick one of your old desktop monitors on the desk and buy and adaptor to link it to the laptop and you will be driving a big format from a little machine – you will love it.

Also although the newer models to have longer battery life than older models the older models still leave other brands wondering where the mains socket is a good deal earlier.

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/593926#Comment_593926

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD711LL-11-6-Inch-VERSION/dp/B00746YHV6/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1400117137&sr=1-4&keywords=macbook+air

Amazon $ 765.00 + $ 7.49 shipping while Apple refurbished is $ 719 + sales tax:

=> http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD711LL/A/refurbished-116-inch-macbook-air-13ghz-dual-core-intel-core-i5

Keep Smiling [:)]

Alan Charles Gielczyk

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/593918#Comment_593918

You might want to compare the $799 model with the 256GB i7 which will allow you more headroom for your library (128GB is going to feel rather tight in a year or so if you expand your library much). Note these have the older series i7 so the battery life will not be as good as for the current models...
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/G0NB0LL/A/refurbished-116-inch-macBook-Air-20ghz-dual-core-Intel-Core-i7

Newer model (refurbished) with much better battery life:
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/G0NY2LL/A/refurbished-116-inch-macbook-air-17ghz-dual-core-intel-core-i7

I disagree. I have the 128gb with over 14,000 resources and still have plenty of room. If he is dedicating the machine to Logos the 256 will not be necessary.

Deacon Steve

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/593971#Comment_593971

... which brings up another related point/question in my mind (not to get too far off topic). I see that the price on the Apple Store website has been dropped for all the MB Air's. Is this the signal that a hardware update is coming?

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/593978#Comment_593978

They were updated 2-3 weeks ago: http://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/29/updated-macbook-airs-faster-haswell/.