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Macbook Air advice

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Kartik.Sharma1607 Original post #1
Jun 14, 2013 at 10:42 AM
I am planning to get 2 MacBook air's (2013).

I am confused in 11" and 13" model's.
Both have same processor , ram and everything except screen size and price.

I am getting MacBook for Software Development (XCode, Android, Win 8) and other for my sister (she will do stuff related to fashion designing and photoshop).

Choice 1 is to get 11" and upgrade RAM to 8 GB and Processor to i7.
Choice 2 is to get 13" and upgrade if necessary for me. I am confused if Haswell i5 and 4 gig of RAM is enough for Software Development.


Is i7 really needed for Software Development. Is Getting with 8 GB is worth it?

Please answer question from both perspective for me as well as my sister.
omega44-xt
omega44-xt #2
Jun 14, 2013 at 5:35 PM
For programming Haswell i5 + 4GB RAM should suffice.

As far as fashion designing is concerned, it should work well too. Is the software used for fashion designing too graphics intensive ? I mean uses 3D models, etc
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Kartik.Sharma1607 #3
Jun 14, 2013 at 7:46 PM
anupam_pb said:
For programming Haswell i5 + 4GB RAM should suffice.

As far as fashion designing is concerned, it should work well too. Is the software used for fashion designing too graphics intensive ? I mean uses 3D models, etc
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For Fashion Designing she usses CAD, PhotoShop, Corel Draw.
I have decided to go with 13" with 8 gig of RAM. Thanks.
skeletor
skeletor #4
Jun 15, 2013 at 6:27 PM
Why don't you wait for a while and get the Macbook Pro when it gets an update?

The thing is, Macbook Air has a ULV processor which is slow. Sure it is portable as hell, but Macbook Pro (next gen) is what you should be looking at seeing your requirements.
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Kartik.Sharma1607 #5
Jun 15, 2013 at 8:16 PM
ico said:
Why don't you wait for a while and get the Macbook Pro when it gets an update?

The thing is, Macbook Air has a ULV processor which is slow. Sure it is portable as hell, but Macbook Pro (next gen) is what you should be looking at seeing your requirements.
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1 budget
2 already waited for 3 months
dashing.sujay
dashing.sujay #6
Jun 15, 2013 at 8:33 PM
^Still ULV processors are not the way to go.
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fz8975 #7
Jun 15, 2013 at 8:35 PM
where are you going to buy ??
aroraanant
aroraanant #9
Jun 16, 2013 at 10:42 AM
Get the Macbook air with Haswell i5 and opt for the 13" model.