{"id":2154,"date":"2011-04-08T12:41:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T16:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2011-04-08T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T16:41:21","slug":"more-geeks-switching-to-macbook-air-imac-27-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/04\/08\/more-geeks-switching-to-macbook-air-imac-27-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 More Geeks Switching to MacBook Air + iMac 27&#8243; Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elliotjaystocks.com\/blog\/a-cloud-centric-mac-set-up\/\">Elliot Jay Stocks<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As it stands, my trusty\u00a0MBP\u00a0sits comfortably between two extremes: power and portability. It\u2019s relatively powerful and it\u2019s relatively portable. But what if\u2009\u2014\u2009instead of trying to find a middle ground\u2009\u2014\u2009I sold my current gear and opted for the two extremes? In other words:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>27&#8243; iMac<\/strong> to live permanently at the home office and provide me with a powerhouse computer,<\/li>\n<li>and an\u00a0<strong>11&#8243; MacBook Air<\/strong> for travel, whether that be on a train, at the studio, or simply downstairs on the sofa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At first, this may seem a little excessive, replacing one solid, all-round computer with two computers that are each quite dedicated to particular tasks. But the key thing for me is that I see the iMac and Air combo more as just\u00a0<em>one<\/em> computer: with everything stored in Dropbox, I\u2019m effectively only changing the\u00a0<em>chassis<\/em>. Except that with this set-up, there\u2019s no hardware to move around.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wishing I could have gotten this much notoriety 18 months ago when I sold my 17&#8243; MacBook Pro, bought a 13&#8243; MacBook Air and 27&#8243; iMac. I haven&#8217;t looked back other than to sell the 13&#8243; for an 11&#8243; MacBook Air<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elliot Jay Stocks: As it stands, my trusty\u00a0MBP\u00a0sits comfortably between two extremes: power and portability. 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