The benchmark is a PowerMac G5 1.6GHz at 1000 points, measured using GeekBench. You can switch between 32-bit and 64-bit performances.
My late 2007 2.2GHz MacBook scored 3281 for 64bit performance, just 50 points ahead of the same speed MacBook Pro released earlier in the same year, which means it’s just over three times more powerful than the baseline PowerMac G5. The base model 2011 MacBook Air with Core i5 though, scored 4988, nearly five times more powerful.
No matter how hard you expect it to happen, those keys on that MacBook’s keyboard won’t ever flip and reveal additional characters. Oh, and there’s no .?123 key on the MacBook to tap and flip the keyboard. Maybe in the future when Apple introduces context aware touch-enabled keyboard for its Macs as per their patent, but not now, not yet, and definitely not on this MacBook you’re typing on.
This is something I have to remind myself almost daily since May. The time spent typing on the iPad has definitely taken over my muscle memory on using the MacBook and its traditional (I’m trying to avoid describing it as quaint) keyboard.
Speaking of additional characters, I wish Apple would incorporate special characters and symbols into the iOS keyboards. All they have to do is make it an additional keyboard option that can be activated by tapping the globe icon.
More than a year ago I got so used to double tapping the space bar to end a sentence when typing on the iPhone, I started doing it on the MacBook.
I’ve pretty much offloaded most of the things I used to do on my Mac to the iPhone and the iPad for a much lighter traveling set.
Last week I spent four days out of town and left the MacBook at home. It was a test to see if it might be time to return to the desktop should I decide to replace my notebook. For the most part, it worked especially when time came to look for a power outlet. There was much less need for this ridiculous exercise.
Aside from browsing and email, Notes and Pastebot took care of my writing needs, I’ve got plenty of games in both devices to keep me entertained, iBooks works great as a portable library, and I’ve got almost a full folder of apps to play around with my photos.
What I haven’t found is an app that can fully replace Pixelmator on either the iPhone or the iPad. There are apps like PhotoForge and Photogene but they cover strictly photo manipulation processes. iDraw is an interesting proposition but will need to see convincing reviews for it.
Sometimes I need to come up with a quick image that’s not necessarily based on a photograph and I haven’t found the right app for it. Wanted to check out iDraw on the iPad but I need to know if it’s worth buying or if it’s overkill.
One last hurdle for replacing the Mac as my primary workstation is the fact that there’s no way you can embed a URL inside text. I consider that a deal breaker.
Aside from that and being the hub for the iPad and iPhone, there’s not a lot that I use the Mac for anymore.
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