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Old 20th May 2011 | 03:13
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reubenjosephdsouza
 
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Toshiba r-700 or mac book air/pro

hey there people i am in the process of updating my old windows laptop n moving onto a new laptop,now the problem is that i have 2 choices,basically am looking for a really ultra light and portable lappy..so i checked outthe following two however need advice on which one will be compatable for my use and based on the aviation software im using :

TOSHIBA PROTOGE R-700:
BASIC CONFIGURATION:

13" SCREEN/INTEL i5 processor,500 GB hard drive,ON BOARDGRAPHICS INTELCHIPSET,3 GB RAM,SUPER SLIM DVD DRIVE INBUILT,TOTAL WEIGHT:1.35KGS
WINDOWS 7 OS

V/S

APPLE MAC BRRO AIR/PRO OF 11"/13" SCREENS
AIR: INTELCORE 2 PROCESSOR
PRO: INTEL i5 PROCESSOR

HDD:320 HDD ON PRO AND 128 SSD ON AIR ,
RAM:3 GB ON PRO, NOT SURE ON THE AIR I THINK ITS 3 GB ALSO
GRAPHICS CARD IS AN NVEDIA CARD
AIR WT: LESS THAN 1KG AND PRO:2.1 KG
AIR : DOESNT NOT COME WITH AN DVD DRIVE ITS APPROX 75 USD FOR AN EXTERNAL DRIVE
PRO: INBUILT DVD DRIVE

now here is the problem:

I NEED SOMETHING LIGHT REALLY LIGHT HENCE THE AIR/TOSHIBA R-700 , now for the main issue :

im flying the airbus a330/320 and have cbts to review from time to time ,obviously those using mac already know that this isnt possible on the ac hence i ws thinking of the ptoshiba r700, however with bootcamp and parallel os compatability on the mac as claimed by mac i want to knowis it really possible and comfortable to us e a mac and should i switch to a mac based system.

also buying a seperate dvd external forthe air is it worth it,

please do adivse me on which laptop would be better. i have checked the prices and the apple is more expensive but with additional expenses where as the r-700 isnt that expensicv and might work out for me ..

i welcome ne tips on this topic asap...my old laptop is really dieing outon me and i need to upgrade asap....

looking forward for ur comments and views ..

thanks


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