![]() ![]() I found that with only two USB Type C or Thunderbolt 3 ports I did have to use a mini-dock some of the time and so I bought a new one to go with the Air. The screen is great and the whole thing fits inside a laptop shade far more comfortably than either of my MacBook Pros. It handles multiple CR2 RAW files from my Canon EOS5D MkIV cameras with ease and is every bit as quick at that as my well-specified 2017 MacBook Pro. ![]() On jobs it is no real inconvenience to carry and working with it in my car has become an easy task. People were claiming incredible longevity on each charge and once I had seen for myself that even running Photoshop and Photo Mechanic I could get over six hours I finally parted with the cash and bought one. The Air’s tiny power supply became another factor but the thing that tipped the balance was its battery life. When Apple released the M1 powered 13″ laptops earlier this year I thought that I might finally have found a solution and the reports coming from other photographers about how good they were helped me make my mind up to invest in one.Ĭhoosing between the 13″ MacBook Pro and the 13″ MacBook Air wasn’t easy and the fact that their performance was almost identical whilst you saved a few ounces and small amount of money with the Air were factors that started to push me in that direction. I kept the rapidly ageing laptop in service for longer than I should have and carried my 2017 15″ MacBook Pro on more jobs that I would have wanted to. Four years ago I tried really hard to find a way to use an iPad to do the same sort of on-location quick edits that the small laptop had been so good for but I never really made it work. It went everywhere with me because it was so portable, so useful and did the job that I needed it to do. Ten years ago I bought an 11″ MacBook Air. ![]()
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