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	Capt'n Corrupt	2010-12-06 , 09:02
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Originally Posted by daperl

This MBA is excellent, but if you're considering it and you haven't already done so, you should go to the macrumors MBA forum.

Installing an Ubuntu 10.10 ISO image inside VirtualBox is simple, yet even when the VM is paused, top reports that VirtualBox is still sucking on 1.3% of a CPU. Not sure what's going on there, but it's the same for my Mac Mini. VMs consistenly run at over 6% whether or not X is running.

I have no doubt that the Air is an excellent laptop! The price is high, but considering the sheer amount of time that I spend in front of a screen, I don't mind paying for quality in the slightest so long as it does what I need it to do -- and does so well. I've visited the forum, viewed some threads and am even more impressed. The battery life is FANTASTIC (optimization at its finest), and the performance is great.

I have run a VM inside of a host OS for a year now, and would not wish to do this for another year. The added complication, high CPU utilization, and loss of performance are three reasons why this is not ideal. Also, Ubuntu is the only OS I'm interested in (for professional reasons). While OSX seems nice, for more than a few reasons, its not ideal for me.

Now if Ubuntu could be run on the 2010 Air, *and* it got great battery life, it would be worth serious serious consideration.

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