* Remote Desktop, running remote updates.<\/p>\n
* Software Update, running local updates.<\/p>\n
* Safari, surfing Wikipedia.<\/p>\n
* Reeder, reading RSS<\/p>\n
* Twitter, duh<\/p>\n
* Mail, ditto<\/p>\n
* Google Chrome Canary, playing a full-screen HD stream of last night’s USMNT match in its own Flash engine<\/p>\n
* And whatever was active in the two other accounts that were logged in previously in the background.<\/p>\n
This is the cheaper of the two processors, with 4 GB of RAM backing it. \u00a0In other words, the second-cheapest MacBook Air. \u00a0Now obviously this is all going to bleed the battery dry, esp. since I was on Wi-Fi the entire time. \u00a0One 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.<\/p>\n
ARD is not as ineffective as I expected, but it’s still trying to work with a large-scale display. \u00a0I also strongly suspect the battery life will suffer by comparison. \u00a0Still, 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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
* 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 … <\/p>\n