{"id":2118,"date":"2011-03-29T12:48:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T16:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2011-03-29T12:48:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T16:48:06","slug":"imacmacbook-air-match-made-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/imacmacbook-air-match-made-in-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 iMac+MacBook Air = Match Made in Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justin Williams<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t really planning to make a change from this setup anytime soon, but the allure of the 13\u201d MacBook Air was too much to resist. If you do a spec comparison the 13\u201d MacBook Air is not much different to the MacBook Pro that was on my desk: same Core 2 Duo processor1<\/a><\/sup>, same screen resolution and same 4GB of RAM. If anything the biggest difference was the size and weight. I was more than willing to sacrifice 200MHz and an optical drive for something easier to carry with me.<\/p>\n

I had intentions of replacing the MacBook Pro on my desk with the Air, but for a variety of outside factors I opted to purchase a 27\u201d iMac instead. I have been leading the dual lifestyle now for several months and while it\u2019s not perfect, it\u2019s more than manageable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I devoted a few (hundred) more words to this subject a while back when I went from MBP 13 to 15 to 17 then I attached that 17″ to a 24″ monitor and bought last year’s 13″ MacBook Air. I stopped carrying the 17″ around and sold it for a 27″ iMac. Now, I have an 11″ MacBook Air + 27″ iMac and it’s the best computing experience I could ask for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Williams: I wasn\u2019t really planning to make a change from this setup anytime soon, but the allure…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-ya","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8472,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2021\/03\/04\/technology-regarding-apple-rumors\/","url_meta":{"origin":2118,"position":0},"title":"Technology: Regarding Apple Rumors","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"February was a wild month for Apple rumors. 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