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Originally Posted by mgmueller
I wanted to have the 11" for its portability. Quite frankly, I'm not sure anymore whether 13" wouldn't have been the better choice. 11" is big enough, but for Numbers and other apps certainly the lowest limit.
Anyway...
The battery makes about 4 to 5 hours, the usual range for such compact notebooks. Coming from iPad's 10 hours, this seems low at the beginning but I got used to it rather quickly.
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Thanks that is exactly why I asked, because I also bought a MBA 11 a few months ago. And a few months later, did exactly what PilotBob is thinking... bought a MacMini.
Are you getting 4 to 5 hours consistently? I need to measure that but I find the battery life being not so good. I was going to change or return or sell and get the bigger one, but really like the size. What kind of programs do you run to get the 4 or 5 hrs you said?
PilotBob, may I suggest buying the 2010 MacMini version? I really dislike the lack of optical drive on the new one. I don't find the differences in CPU a big deal for day to day tasks, like browsing or word processing, even virtual machines.