I’ve been messing with netbooks, hacking them to run MacOS, and it’s mostly worked, but it’s never been a wholly satisfying result. \u00c2\u00a0Updates are an annoying and sometimes dicy process, and certain things (like the trackpad) never seem to work quite right.<\/p>\n

So I finally broke down and bought a real MacBook “don’t call it a netbook” Air (11″).<\/p>\n

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Carl gave me the handy tip to check the refurbished section on Apple’s site, doing so saved me a couple hundred bucks.<\/p>\n

So far? \u00c2\u00a0I’m very happy with my new Air! \u00c2\u00a0The screen resolution is just right – a little on the small side vertically, but not as cramped as 800 x 600 netbooks, plenty usable.<\/p>\n

It’s pretty light, feels sturdy, and it warm to the touch when it’s been running, but not too hot to actually use as a “laptop”.<\/p>\n

I installed the usual base of apps I use for development, plus Shimo and Remote Desktop so I can VPN to work when I need to.<\/p>\n

I’ve been thinking about getting a sticker from Gelaskins to decorate it. \u00c2\u00a0I got a sticker for my phone and liked that. \u00c2\u00a0Narrowed it down to these 4, kinda leaning towards the leaf…<\/p>\n

Underworld<\/a><\/p>\n

Enamored Whale<\/a><\/p>\n

Enamored Owl<\/a><\/p>\n

Loose Leaf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been messing with netbooks, hacking them to run MacOS, and it’s mostly worked, but it’s never been a wholly satisfying result. \u00c2\u00a0Updates are an annoying and sometimes dicy process, and certain things (like the trackpad) never seem to work quite right. So I finally broke down and bought a real MacBook “don’t call it … Continue reading New Laptop!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/words.tev.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/words.tev.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/words.tev.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/words.tev.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/words.tev.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/words.tev.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/words.tev.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/words.tev.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/words.tev.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}