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Among the apple products, the 11" air seems like a oddball option to me. Two things

1. For people who say it is like an iPad with a keyboard, I find that the iOS apps I use (games, camera, touch based things) are very different than those on the MBA (Developer tools + Adobe stuff). So not sure what the connection to the iPad is. It is not even touch enabled. How can you say you are getting an iPad/Tablet experience without touch??

2. I find the 11" pretty cramped (keyboard space and screen size) to be honest. Especially if you spend more than a few minutes working. Looks like you find it too, given you have to put in additional paraphernalia (keyboards, external disks etc.) to make it work. It also has a much poorer battery life compared to the 13" counterpart.



Umm, the 11" and 13" use the same keyboard -> http://blog.timecenter.com/content/uploads/2010/08/macbook-a...


Nope. Look at the keyboard pad space, much smaller on 11". Unless you have baby size hands, your wrists will feel like they are hanging in the air and become uncomfortable pretty soon.




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