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Who uses, recommends or left MacBook Air, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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I'd replace my MacBook Pro with a MacBook Air. Long live the MacBook Air!
Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.
2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗
For work around the town and on the road, as well as upstairs, I rely on a 2011 MacBook Air, which I love more than any laptop I've ever owned, even though its motherboard died about 13 months into its lifespan and I had failed to purchase the extended warranty I always buy for Apple laptops.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.
2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗
The rest of the time I use a 13 inch MacBook Air from October 2010, which I adore with all of my being.
Her Uses This interview, on the machines, keyboard and apps she used as an MIT PhD student.
2012-10-05·usesthis.com ↗
Computer: My only machine is a 13" MacBook Air. I switched my daily partner from Linux boxes to Mac laptops 5 years ago. I love Macs since they work well with both UNIX tools and Adobe software.
His Uses This interview, on the pen tablet, keyboard and Ruby toolchain he builds distributed systems with.
2012-08-24·usesthis.com ↗
I got a 2011 13" MacBook Air in April. It's less powerful than the big monolithic Clevo laptop I used to own, but so, so much more pleasant to use.
His Uses This interview, on the laptop and tools he makes games with.
2012-03-05·usesthis.com ↗
Recently, because I fell in love with the MacBook Air form factor, I migrated away from the Lenovo and Ubuntu in favor of a tiny happy 11" MacBook Air (i7). It works well.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given while he was CTO of the Obama 2012 campaign.
2012-02-01·usesthis.com ↗
My secondary machine – and arguably my favorite computer ever – is my MacBook Air.
His written "Uses This" interview, listing his top-of-mind favourite tools for coding, writing, music and automation.
2011-12-02·usesthis.com ↗
I also recently picked up an 11" MacBook air for travel, which was an indulgence, but I really love it!
Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.
2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗
These days I'm mostly on my 11" MacBook Air. I'm not a big hardware fetishist, but I have to say it's my favorite laptop I've ever owned, and remarkably fast.
His written "Uses This" interview, from when he was founding director of Expert Labs.
2011-05-07·usesthis.com ↗
For everyday computing I use a 11" MacBook Air. It fits in a tiny bag. I used to carry a MacBook Pro 15" and a MacBook 13" in the same Timbuktoo bag. It was rather unpleasant. The Air is good for planes and has great battery life and speed. It multitasks like a pro and handles lots of large files.
Her Uses This interview, on documenting everything and the home automation around it.
2011-11-21·usesthis.com ↗
Boring Apple stuff, mostly: MacBook Air, iPad, iPhone 4. The Air is great because I lug it everywhere and hardly notice it.
His written "Uses This" interview, from GitHub's early years.
2010-12-03·usesthis.com ↗
Basically any 16GB/512GB or better Air is a solid portable these days, and should handle moderate Photoshop use just fine.
Hogan's “Recommended Mac Hardware” page on his own site, where he says which Macs photographers should consider. The page shows no publication date; the date used is the server's Last-Modified header (2026-08-30).
I use a MacBook Air that's four or five years old. (My god, I hope it never breaks because the new MacBooks suck.)
Her Uses This interview, on the writing and publishing tools behind Hack Education.
2019-10-15·usesthis.com ↗
For portable uses and for giving talks, I rely primarily on a MacBook Air and sometimes on a Chromebook Pixel.
His written "Uses This" interview, from when he led Google Brain.
2017-02-28·usesthis.com ↗
My primary computer is an 11-inch MacBook Air with 4 gigs of RAM.
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
I have a 13" MacBook Air. No other machines. People ask me all the time if this is enough computer to do the work that I need to do.
His written "Uses This" interview, describing a deliberately mobile studio.
2011-04-18·usesthis.com ↗
So late last year I bought this 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Air (I custom ordered it with the faster processor that normally ships with the solid-state drive model, but I bought a normal spinning hard drive to save money); it's maxed out with 2 GB of memory.
His written "Uses This" interview, walking through his office setup item by item.
2009-10-12·usesthis.com ↗
My laptop is a MacBook Air, which I mainly use for Internet consumption.
His written "Uses This" interview, from his Facebook iPhone-app years.
2009-06-28·usesthis.com ↗
Right now, I use a Mac Pro at home, a Mac Pro at work, and a MacBook Air (with a 3G modem) when I'm mobile.
His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.
2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗
I know it's a comically underpowered, overpriced, and overly-heavily laptop for 2019, but it's been reliable as heck for me over the past few years, and I value stability above all else right now.
His Uses This interview, on whiteboards, redundant hardware and software minimalism.
2019-06-20·usesthis.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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