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An 11-inch MacBook Air for iOS Dev?

Oh yeah.

The iMac in my home office couldn’t cut it anymore. I had to have Xcode and Photoshop with me on the go. It turns out this little computer can handle everything I’ve thrown at it. If I need to render 3d, edit video, or watch 32 tabs of flash movies, my desktop will come in handy for that. The 11-inch Air is amazing. It crushes Photoshop CS5.5, with an average load time of just shy of 3 seconds. I’ve also been running Xcode without a hiccup, including some rather detailed XIB interfaces. I think it’s crashed only 2 or 3 times in 4 months, which by my standards is pretty decent for Xcode 4.2.

Outside of iOS development and design, the MacBook Air 11″ is without a doubt, the funnest computer I’ve ever owned. It’s small enough to carry with me anywhere, thanks to the InCase neoprene sleeve. I absolutely love this computer.

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