Macbook pro 2011 hard drive screwdriver windows#
I've had a look to see if I could find a similar ultrabook to replace it with since I want something with more RAM for when I start my Master's course (normally I use it in addition to my desktop at home) and none of the Windows ultrabooks seem comparable. A few months after I got it, I was hit by a car while cycling and managed to roll over the car with my MBA in my backpack. I carry mine at all times without even noticing it's in my backpack (it weighs a little over a kilogram). Mainly because of the size of the thing - it's so damn easy to take around with you. Just to add more fuel to the conversation - I currently own a base model 2011 11" MacBook Air and love it. I was alerted to the deal for my air by subscribing to a slickdeals deal alert. Also you can watch your local best buy for open box and clearance monitors. There is a $29 adaptor that turns the thunderbolt port into an Ethernet port. Would it be a good idea to get a docking station like LandingZone for extra USB ports? In general, what are people’s experiences with docking station for Macbook Air? I was thinking about getting one that’s around Is it worth investing a lot of money on a monitor? I know the Dell U2711 one comes up a lot but I don’t think I need the screen to be 27”, even though bigger the better.Īlso, I realized that there is no Ethernet port on Macbook Air and I need one for my residence room. Thanks for the great post! I am also thinking about switching to the MBA from MBP for the portability.Ĭan you guys recommend a good external monitor? I did some searches and most of the recommended ones are really expensive ($700+). There are many images with such a comparison currently floating around the internet if you are curious about what the difference actually looks like. This actually has the effect of making documents of the same size easier to read on the retina display.
However, since the native resolution is 2880 x 1800, you are getting much crisper text than on a normal 1440 x 900 screen (eg the MBA) at the same resolution. The effective display resolution in the 15" retina MBP is actually set to 1440 x 900 by default, which is the same in the MBA. The retina MBP is a great example of this. Granted, on a 13" screen or smaller it can be hard to read smaller text at a high resolution natively, but this is easily alleviated by DPI scaling. You can zoom out a document as much as you want to fit more on your screen regardless of resolution, but if you scale something too small relative to the size of your screen, then resolution actually does start to matter since you will have fewer pixels to represent what you are actually seeing. I suppose you are right in that increasing resolution technically doesn't really increase the amount of content that can be physically be displayed on your screen if you take downscaling into account, but there is a significant difference in image quality.