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Sandy Bridge (Mid 2011) MacBook Air

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Sandy Bridge (Mid 2011) MacBook Air
« on: 25 Aug 2011, 02:25 am »
Since I broke my laptop, I decided to finally get a Macbook Air 13". I got the maxed-out version with the latest OS.

I am stll exploring it, ran the battery down in suspended mode, since I didn't use it for  couple of weeks (super busy with a project at work). I had loaded Win 7 on it also, which is amazing on this machine. Apple has catered to the Win 7 user in many ways with this ultraight, beginning with a special version of Bootcamp for the new Macbook Airs which does all the heavy lifting for you if you want to dual boot with Lion and Win 7. It allows you to create a bootable USB device, downloads all the special MacBook Air drivers for Win 7 and creates a special install partition.

Tonight I am finally using it in the ultimate hipster coffee house. Fun! In windows, two fingers drag down to scroll down, in Lion two fingers drag down to scrolL up :)  Sweet screen and backlit keyboard!

It fits in my notebook case with my work laptop so I can take it with me to work if I want.

Anyone else get a Sandy Bridge Macbook Air?
« Last Edit: 25 Aug 2011, 03:59 am by jqp »
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JohnR

Re: Sandy Bridge (Mid 2011) MacBook Air
« Reply #1 on: 25 Aug 2011, 03:14 am »
Cool :thumb: Did they bring the backlit keyboard back? That's one thing I missed when I went to the 11" last year. Although having said that I don't notice any more.

Quote from: jqp on 25 Aug 2011, 02:25 am
In windows, two fingers drag down to scroll down, in Lion two fingers drag downto scrolL up :)

There's an option somewhere in System Preferences to make it go the other way.
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Re: Sandy Bridge (Mid 2011) MacBook Air
« Reply #2 on: 25 Aug 2011, 03:57 am »
Quote from: JohnR on 25 Aug 2011, 03:14 am
Cool :thumb: Did they bring the backlit keyboard back? That's one thing I missed when I went to the 11" last year. Although having said that I don't notice any more.

There's an option somewhere in System Preferences to make it go the other way.

They did bring it back

I saw that you could switch the scrolling to "classical" - I think I will leave it, not too hard to get used to, and I will know which "language" I am speaking when in Lion or Win 7.

The track pad is nice but I am having to get used to the "throw" of the click. I fell like i am going to wear out the clicker since you hav to click this 3x3 "button"
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Re: Sandy Bridge (Mid 2011) MacBook Air
« Reply #3 on: 25 Aug 2011, 04:01 am »
There is a tap to click option you can set in the trackpad preferences pane.
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