1800 Air for 2300 M18x?

shoja · **1800 Air for 2300 M18x? -** 03-21-2012, 03:41 | posts: 1,544 | Location: USA

I got 2011 macbook air with core i7, 4gb, and 256gb ssd. I posted it on craiglist for sale and this guy called me about trading it for his mx18 with 8gb, two HDs(256Gb and 500GB), core i7 2.0 GHz, and dual 560 I believe. I actually met the person and he agreed to trade it in after he gets all his files backed up to his desktop.

So my question is: Is it worth giving up on lightness and slimness for buffed up specs and heavy weight?

scatman839 · 03-21-2012, 11:40 | posts: 8,751 | Location: Dundee, Scotland

Yes, absolutely. Just don't expect to be able to sit it on your chest for any long period of time.

aless83 · 03-21-2012, 16:25 | posts: 158 | Location: Madrid, Spain

Well, I would do it. The MX18 is an awesome "lap"-top (it's really heavy), it's powerful, well made and very cool (temps). It depends really if you want a portable small laptop (mb air) or a big workstation...

pd: the i7 of your apple has nothing in common with the mx18's one

review of the mx18
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-...k.55194.0.html

Vxheous · 03-21-2012, 21:20 | posts: 1,085 | Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Yeah, Apple's been putting Dual core "i7"s into their macbooks....

shoja · 03-22-2012, 00:01 | posts: 1,544 | Location: USA

Yeah I just made the trade and I am not regretting it at all lol..

I never carried my mb air with me because I had ipad 2 and now the new ipad so now I can actually use my latop for something(gaming -- wow, swtor, gw2 etc)

Edit: The dude who I made a trade with was a programmer and wanted to study OSX and start making apps for it. Idk, that was sort of interesting.

yelsewshane · 03-27-2012, 19:56 | posts: 1,469

You got the best deal on that trade for sure ! However, curious as to why he just didn't put osx on that laptop and duel boot it. Surely if he can program he would know how to do such a simple install of another os.

shoja · 04-04-2012, 21:59 | posts: 1,544 | Location: USA

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Originally Posted by yelsewshane

You got the best deal on that trade for sure ! However, curious as to why he just didn't put osx on that laptop and duel boot it. Surely if he can program he would know how to do such a simple install of another os.

He had many reasons for a macbook but that was one of them. He never owned one was another one and then tired of carrying an 18inch laptop everywhere lol This laptop is awesome.

Lethal Abz · 04-26-2012, 00:44 | posts: 1,186 | Location: London

good choice!