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Macbook Air Turbo Boost feature: can improve PDF rendering speed?
I would like to know if the Turbo Boost feature of Macbook Air (1.7 -> 2.6 Ghz) can affect tasks like PDF rendering. If yes, in which extent/way? What is the comparison to Mac Mini with fixed CPU ...
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Which Time Machine backup destination over Wi-Fi to choose: old computer running Ubuntu or Time Capsule?
Here is my situation. I live in a shared house where there is already a wireless router that other people use. I have a Macbook Air that has 128GB of hard drive. I want to use Time Machine for ...
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Using FaceTime without the video
I have a first generation MacBook Air that heats up a lot when playing videos, and almost grinds to a halt after a few minutes of playback.
Is there a way I could turn off the video during FaceTime ...
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MacBook Air mid 2011 Geekbench results too low
My MacBook Air from mid 2011 recently only scores about ~1800 on geekbench vs 5300+ that it was before. I'm starting the benchmarking right after reboot, and the CPU seems initially calm. Any points?
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Early 2011 MBA vs. Late 2011 MBA: NVIDIA GeForce 320M vs. Intel graphics [closed]
Which is the faster overall Macbook Air (MBA) comparing:
MacBookAir3,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.13 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 ...
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MacBookPro / MacBookAir performance question [closed]
I plan to replace my old MacBook with a new MacBookPro or Air but I am not exactly sure what I need. I work as a windows software developer so I need to run Windows with Visual Studio 2010. I am very ...
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Will the MacBook Air (2011) perform as well as my MacBook Pro (2008)?
I've got a 13" 2009 MBP (8GB, 2.53Ghz). A lot of the time it runs a Win 7 web dev environment (Visual Studio, SQL Server databases, various editors, Photoshop etc.) under Parallels Desktop. It ...
