* Remote Desktop, running remote updates.
* Software Update, running local updates.
* Safari, surfing Wikipedia.
* Reeder, reading RSS
* Twitter, duh
* Mail, ditto
* Google Chrome Canary, playing a full-screen HD stream of last night’s USMNT match in its own Flash engine
* And whatever was active in the two other accounts that were logged in previously in the background.
This is the cheaper of the two processors, with 4 GB of RAM backing it. In other words, the second-cheapest MacBook Air. Now obviously this is all going to bleed the battery dry, esp. since I was on Wi-Fi the entire time. One of the things I want to try next is metering this sort of thing without the power plugged in at any point and see how far we get.
ARD is not as ineffective as I expected, but it’s still trying to work with a large-scale display. I also strongly suspect the battery life will suffer by comparison. Still, the 11″ is a dandy little piece of work, and if I were only interested in a personal machine, it would be a tough option to pass up…